Author: ISM Media Group

  • Israel begins expanding settlement in Jenin

    Saturday, October 16th, 2010 | Ma’an News Agency JENIN (Ma’an) — Israel began large-scale digging works on Saturday in preparation for the expansion of an illegal settlement in the northern West Bank district of Jenin. Residents of the Ya’bad village, on which the Shaqed settlement is built, said bulldozers entered on Saturday and began razing…

  • International aid convoy to Gaza due to sail Sunday

    15 October 2010 | Palestine Solidarity Campaign LONDON – October 15 – A ship loaded with vehicles and aid for Gaza is due to leave Syria for Egypt this Sunday, carrying members of Palestine Solidarity CampaignUK. The ship will pass the exact place in international waters where Israel boarded the Mavi Marmara in May and…

  • Settler press conference and clash in Sheikh Jarrah

    16 October 2010 | International Solidarity Movement Thursday illegal settlers of the Umm Haroun Compound of Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem gave a press conference about their plans for the upcoming year. The Settlers’ Organization stated that they plan to build two new blocks of settlements and a holy tourist park of biblical archeology on the Palestinian…

  • al-Arakib razed sixth time

    13 October 2010 | International Solidarity Movement Al-Arakib, the Bedouin village in Negev, was demolished for a sixth time Wednesday morning. Haya Noah, leader of the Forum for co-existence in the Negev, was hit by police officers and arrested following her request to see a court warrant. Israel Land Administration officials refer to the village…

  • Turkey will not attend OECD conference, minister says

    12 October 2010 |ANKARA – Hürriyet Daily News Turkey will not send any delegation to a biannual tourism conference in Israel later this month, the country’s culture minister said Tuesday, marking the first boycott of Israel on a multilateral level since a deadly raid on a Turkish aid ship in May. Culture and Tourism Minister…