Author: ISM Media Group

  • En Bil’in de nuevo (In Bil’in again)

    A journal entry giving more detail about Friday’s demonstration in Bil’in. English version follows Spanish by Maria del Mar, 10 Noviembre Tengo 61 anos. Soy Espanola. Estuve tambien el ano pasado en Bil’in. Las Fuerzas de Ocupacion Israelies rompieron mi hombro en dos trozos y un tendon, durante la manifestacion pacifica, por nuestro lado, pero…

  • Bil’in mourns Gaza atrocities

    by the ISM media team, November 10th Bil’in village today mourned the atrocities in Gaza as well as commemorating the second anniversary of the death of Yasser Arafat. The villagers, accompanied by Israeli and international supporters, marched from the mosque led by a youth marching band, carrying a funeral tent and wearing black ribbons around…

  • Scottish Rabbis volunteer threatened with deportation during olive harvest

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Theresa McDermont, a volunteer from Scotland who came to pick olives with Palestinian farmers and Israeli rabbis today sits in an Israeli detention cell, awaiting deportation. She is not being charged with any crime. Theresa, a post office worker, has been detained since the 31st of October. She will have a court…

  • Israeli soldiers rampage through Hebron after Palestinian youth demonstrate

    by ISM Hebron, 8th November Palestinian youths demonstrated against the Israeli massacre in Gaza at the Israeli checkpoint on Shuhada street today. All shops in Hebron closed in mourning. International Human Rights Workers (HRWs) arrived at 1pm to see Israeli soldiers firing live rounds at demonstrators who hid behind burning tires and threw stones. Two…

  • Ma’ariv: “Forbidden by the High Court, Built by Construction Companies, Approved by State Prosecutor”

    translated from the Hebrew orginal by Rann Bar-On The [Israeli] state prosecutor is singing from two hymn sheets: it submitted a document to the High Court condemning illegal construction in Modi’in Ilit, but is also asking to legalize it to ease the lives of residents. by Efrat Forsher, November 2nd Ignoring the High Court Despite…