Author: ISM Media Group

  • Travel Advisory: Prayer may be Hazardous to your Health in East Jerusalem

    by Lucretia and Sunbula Outside the Faisal Hostel opposite Damascus Gate/Bab’al-‘Amoud, there appeared to be about one cop for every two Palestinians. There were regular police, along with the dreaded and despised Special Units and Border Police, who are well-known for “breaking” pesky troublemakers. They looked like they were prepared for war. There is a…

  • Israeli Army raid on Kindergarten in Jericho

    12th July: The ISRAA is a small, community based organisation working with the poorest children and their families in the town of Jericho in the West Bank, providing funding for underprivileged students. They run two kindergartens, one for children age 0-3 and one for those age 3-6, catering for around 150 children in the same…

  • Israeli Stranglehold on Palestinian Farms in the Jordan Valley

    by Elliot Bruce 11th July: Near the villages of Az-Zubeidat and Marj Na’ja is the farm of Abu Rhader, 49 years old. ISM activists met with the farmer, as well as his neighbor, Abu Jamal, 48 years old. Abu Jamal is one of many teachers and civil employees to be left unpaid for five months…

  • Three Days in One Room: The Experience of the Attar Family

    by Mona El-Farra Thursday, July 13, 2006 2am Two successive big explosions wakened me up, Sondos jumped quickly to my bed , frightened, shivering and covered her head, with the blanket. It was two big explosions ,but not sonic booming, I am an expert now. The power has been off, it was a great blessing…

  • Khaleej Times: “The Berlin Wall fell, so will this one”

    by Greta Berlin, 12th July Every Friday, after noon prayers, the people of Bilin prepare to peacefully demonstrate against the Israeli theft of their land. Israel insists it has the right to take over 50 per cent of the land to build a security barrier. But anyone who been to this beautiful village, nestled in…