Author: ISM Media Group

  • Court Victory for Bil’in

    CLARIFYING NOTE, 29th July: This court decision is a temporary injunction. Retroactive permission to build the settlement (which was started without permission) is still being sought by the construction company. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A victory for the Palestinian villagers of Bil’in came down from the Israeli High Court of Justice yesterday. In HCJ 143/06 the…

  • Palestinians, Israelis and Internationals Rebuild Homes Demolished by the Occupation Forces

    by Ernesto The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) has been instrumental in challenging one of the most nefarious features of the Israeli occupation of Palestine – the demolition of Palestinian homes. ISM’ers have begun to pitch in and lend a helping hand with ICAHD’s summer rebuilding camps when not supporting non-violent direct action against…

  • Palestinians Demonstrate at Checkpoint Near Tulkarem

    Yesterday, 26th of July, the Israeli military set up a so-called “flying checkpoint” – made up of three jeeps and a couple of cement blocks – on the busy road from Ramallah to Tulkarm between the villages of Beit Iba and Beit Lid. They refused to let any Palestinians pass going in both directions starting…

  • Palestinians Open Checkpoint by Laying down on Settler Road

    by Ali Omar and Raad Today, July 26th, at 5pm, the IOF closed Yesthar checkpoint (west of Nablus) in all directions for all Palestinian and settlers passing on the road. They re-opened it at 7pm for just the settlers, while there were dozens of Palestinians waiting to go back to their homes. Previously the road…

  • Qalqilya: Palestinian Grandfather Killed by Israeli Checkpoint

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today, July 26th at 8:30pm at Azzun checkpoint near Qalqilya, Palestinian Grandfather Mahmood Ahmed Sumha, 68 years old from the village of Jayyous died from complications resulting from heart disease. He was on his way to hospital when the ambulance he was in was stopped by the Israeli army at one of…