Author: ISM Media Group

  • Maria Nikiforou Deported

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE This morning, July 24th, Maria Nikiforou was deported from Israel. She was sent on the 7am flight to Athens without a hearing. For more information about Maria’s case see previous reports: Israel Declares Greek Human Rights Worker a Security Threat Greek Activist Celebrates Birthday in Detention Israel Refuses Greek Human Rights Worker…

  • A Flying Start to Freedom Summer 2006

    Picture from a road-block removal action in Izbat Tabib from the 15th of July. Three weeks in, and the International Solidarity Movement’s “Freedom Summer 2006” has gotten off to a flying start. More and more activists are coming to the West Bank every week, participating in two days of training before heading out to the…

  • Israel Declares Greek Human Rights Worker a Security Threat

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today, July 22nd, an Israeli judge decided today in administrative court to deport Maria Nikiforou, a 34 year old human rights worker, without a hearing. The security has informed Maria that they will put her on the next available flight, tomorrow morning to Olympia, Greece. Maria’s case is indicative of a pattern…

  • Settlers in Hebron Continue Campaign of Harassment and Violence

    by Harry and Kyle July 19-22, 2006 In Tel Rumeida, Hebron, six settler men between the ages of 16 and 25 entered a Palestinian shoe manufacturing shop across the street from the ISM/TRP apartment. They began throwing shoes around, disrupting the work and intimidating the staff. In response, three international human rights workers confronted the…

  • When Killings Don’t Count: A Week of Israeli Restraint

    By Tanya Reinhart In Israeli discourse, Israel is always the side exercising restraint in its conflict with the Palestinians. This was true again for the events of the past week: As the Qassam rockets were falling on the Southern Israeli town of Sderot, it was “leaked” that the Israeli Minister of Defense had directed the…