Author: ISM Media Group

  • Haaretz: Shady land deal unfolds from West Bank to California strip mall

    By The Associated Press To view original article, published by Haaretz on the 19th December, click here The transformation of a piece of West Bank land from a Palestinian field into a Jewish settlement has roots in an unlikely place – Orange County, California – and in a document that a man supposedly signed more…

  • Protesters throw shoes at Israeli soldiers in Bil’in

    Friday 19th December Report by Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Apartheid Wall and Settlements Video by Israel Puterman Video published by Al-Jazeera Demonstrators marched today after the Friday prayer carrying Palestinian flags and banners calling to end the Israeli occupation, stop the wall and settlement building, stop land confiscation and settler attacks, closures and roadblocks,…

  • One Palestinian arrested as IOF raid Beit Ummar

    On Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at 1.00 in the morning, the IOF raided the home of the Al-Salabi family in Beit Ummar. About forty soldiers came to the village located near Road 60, south of Bethlehem. Two soldiers remained by the door, as six soldiers forcefully entered the house. The entire family, parents and their…

  • Free Gaza Movement: We do not ask permission from Israel

    To view the Free Gaza Movement website click here December 18, 2008 The Free Gaza Movement is sending the Dignity on its fifth mission to Gaza with envoys on board from civil society organizations in Qatar. The boat also carries journalists, human rights observers, and Palestinians who want to return home and have been prevented…

  • LA Times Blogs: Dubai – Politics and AIDS at film festival

    By Raed Rafei in Beirut To view original blog, published by the Los Angeles Times on the 16th December, click here Movies aren’t the only point of attraction at this year’s Dubai Film Festival. In addition to being a venue for glamorous stars, the festival, which opened last week, has quickly become a platform for…