Author: ISM Media Group

  • “Shebab and Jeish” – A New ISMer’s Journal From Beit Ummar

    by Ernesto July 4th: We got into the West Bank with no hitches. Unfortunately, I did not get to visit the old city of Al-Quds or Jerusalem, like I promised folks back home I would. I will when I get the opportunity. Around a dozen of us, internationals – from the U.S., Ireland, Scotland, Sweden,…

  • The Media on Prisoners

    by Alizarin Crimson

  • Protests Against Expansion of the Kurmei Tsur Settlement Continue Today

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Palestinian landowners have been laying down in front of bulldozers that are building a fence surrounding the Kermi Tsur settlement on land belonging to Hallhul and Beit Ummar farmers every day since work started Sunday. Tuesday morning Palestinian and International peace activists were beaten and detained by the soldiers. But only the…

  • The Master Plan, The Settlements, The Barrier

    by The Michigan Peace Team in Bil’in Reflecting on one of our experiences in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: On Friday June 30th our Summer 2006 Peace Team to Palestine/Israel participated in a large non-violent action in the Palestinian village of Bil’in. It was organized by Bil’in’s Popular Committee Against the Wall. Local Palestinians, Internationals, and…

  • New Action Alert: “Stop Israel’s Attacks on Gaza”

    3rd July: Israeli tanks, armored bulldozers, and APCs roll into the northern Gaza Strip in the early morning. (AFP/David Furst) US Campaign to End the Occupation, June 30th, 2006 BACKGROUND: Israel is using weapons supplied by the United States to target Palestinian civilians and civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip in violation of the US…