Author: ISM Media Group

  • Farmer’s Land Threatened by Israeli Bulldozers in Beit Ummar

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Early this morning Israeli bulldozers came back to destroy village agricultural lands after they were blocked by the people of Beit Ummar yesterday. A group of Palestinians and internationals who went early to the lands succeeded to stop the work and push the bulldozers back. Right now, there is no work going…

  • Beit Ummar Farmers Continue Struggle against Israeli Settlers’ Land Grab

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, July 3rd, at 6:30 am, farmers from Beit Ummar and Halhul, along with international and Israeli supporters, will gather on their land to stop its illegal destruction by the Israeli state. The army is building two barriers with a patrol road in between them in order to expand the Israeli settlement…

  • Ha’aretz: “A black flag”

    From Haaretz By Gideon Levy A black flag hangs over the “rolling” operation in Gaza. The more the operation “rolls,” the darker the flag becomes. The “summer rains” we are showering on Gaza are not only pointless, but are first and foremost blatantly illegitimate. It is not legitimate to cut off 750,000 people from electricity.…

  • Bil’in Protests Israeli Re-occupation

    by an ISM activist in Bil’in Friday 30th June: We walked down the Bil’in road to where the soldiers stood waiting behind two jeeps blocking the gate. The road that runs behind it leads to a settlement built down the other side of the hill. The village has lost many acres of land to these…

  • Amnesty International: “Israeli attacks on Gaza Strip are war crimes”

    Amnesty International, 30th June: “Deliberate attacks by Israeli forces against civilian property and infrastructure in the Gaza Strip violate international humanitarian law and constitute war crimes, Amnesty International said this weekend. “’Israel must now take urgent measures to remedy the long-term damage it has caused and immediately restore the supply — at its own cost…