Author: ISM Media Group

  • British peace activist was ‘intentionally killed’

    From Guardian Unlimited Monday April 10, 2006 A jury has ruled that a British activist shot while acting as a human shield in the Gaza Strip was “intentionally killed”. Tom Hurndall, from north London, was wearing an orange jacket to mark him out as a peace activist. The 22-year-old had apparently been trying to move…

  • The Earth is Closing in on Us

    By Leila eL Haddad The shells keep falling. They’ve gotten inside my head, so that its not just my house shaking but but my brain throbbing. It’s like someone is banging a gong next to my ear every few minutes; sometimes 5 times a minute, like last night. And just when I savor a few…

  • The shells have been falling non stop

    By Leila al Haddad from Gaza City The shells have been falling non stop we are being silenced and consigned to the realm of the irrelevant, the over and done with they are nailing the coffin on Gaza. Gaza is like a neglected prison in zoo where the zookeepers turn off the faucets cast it…

  • al-Aqsa Martyr Brigades Issues Press Release

    1. Press Release from al-Aqsa Martyr Brigades 2. Israel Denies Work Permits to Protesting Villages 3. Beit Sira Demonstrates Despite Threats from Israeli Civil Administration 4. Hebron Anticipates Escalating Violence over Passover 5. Just another Gaza Friday 6. ‘Bite’ Activist Arrested 7. Farmers in Nablus Prevented from Working their Land by Both Settlers and Military…

  • Farmers in Nablus Prevented from Working their Land by Both Settlers and Military

    Farmers in Salem, near Nablus, were joined on Friday the 7th of April by Israeli and international human rights workers to protect against further settler violence. Earlier in the week a 68 year-old villager was beaten by settlers and required hospitalization. Rabbis for Human Rights, members of the Kibbutzim movement, and internationals accompanied the farmers…