Author: ISM Media Group

  • IWPS: 19 year old man shot at Huwarra checkpoint

    12 August 2006 Today the International Women’s Peace Service (IWPS) visited a family in Haris whose son had been shot after he passed through Huwarra checkpoint on the way out of Nablus. Their son Salem is 19 years old and has permission to travel to Nablus. He works at Barqan Industrial Complex. He had been…

  • B’Tselem and HaMoked:Israel’s freeze policy on family unification in the Occupied Territories splits tens of thousands of Palestinian families

    15 August 2006 Today, B’Tselem and HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual, are publishing Perpetual Limbo , a report on Israel ‘s policy of freezing family unification for Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. Although the policy affects almost every Palestinian family living in the Occupied Territories, it is unknown to the Israeli public.…

  • Demonstrators Remain in Hospital for Head Injuries in Bil’in

    Rina, center, carries fake bloody bodies with other demonstrators to represent an entire family killed by the Israeli army FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Rina Klauman, a Danish citizen from Copenhagen, and Lymor Goldstein, Israeli and formerly of Germany are still being hospitalized for their injuries from a demonstration in Bil’in village on Friday against the confiscation…

  • Army Demolishes Homes in Askar Refugee Camp

    IOF armoured bulldozer used to demolish homes in Askar camp FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today, August 15th 2006, at approximately 1 am, soldiers of the Israeli Occupation Force (IOF) launched a military incursion into the Askar Refugee Camp (population 15,000), in the Nablus region. During the military operation, two homes were bulldozed, at least four homes…

  • Israeli Soldier in Bil’in: “This is Lebanon!”

    Israeli activists have uploaded a video of the shooting of Lymor and the initial violence of the Israeli military in Bil’in on Friday, August 11th. To view it click here. Higher quality for broadcast is also available from the ISM media office The video clearly shows the Border Police unit firing on the demonstrators from…