Author: ISM Media Group
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Tales of the prophets: harvesting in the shadow of the settlements
by ISM Nablus, Monday 30th October Itamar settlement and settler road on the land of Rujeeb village “He turned his walking-stick into a giant snake that swallowed up all the others’ tiny snakes. And so the Pharoah knew that Moses was a prophet and not just a simple magician.” Rada, 29 years old, is telling…
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Guardian: “Israeli barrier and settlement to leave West Bank village with nowhere to go”
from The Guardian, Monday 30th October. by Rory McCarthy in Wadi Fukin Land confiscation and pollution threaten future of ancient farming community From his rooftop, Mohammad Ibrahim can see from one end to the other of the narrow valley that contains the village of Wadi Fukin. Beyond houses bunched around the tall minaret of the…
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The Independent: “Music therapy: The pied piper of Balata”
by Donald Macintyre, 30th October The Palestinian children of the West Bank grow up amid the sounds of guns and bombs. But a project inspired by Professor Nigel Osborne is determined to help them listen to a different tune. Donald Macintyre reports The Reid Professor of Music at Edinburgh University, and one of Britain’s foremost…
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Two Brothers Arrested in Balata Refugee Camp
by ISM Nablus, Monday 30th October Photo credit: Ma’an News Agency About five o’clock this morning, Israeli Special Forces invaded Balata refugee camp east of Nablus. It was an unusually quiet military incursion and a large number of Balata inhabitants did not even notice the Israeli army presence until a few children started throwing stones…
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Media Distortion of Palestinian Non-Violent Protest
by Dennis Fox, October 29th Every Friday for the past year and a half villagers from Bil’in, a small West Bank village near Ramallah, march with supporters toward the triple-layer fence separating them from their olive trees. They are always blocked by Israeli soldiers and border police, who typically escalate from tear gas and concussion…