Author: ISM Media Group

  • ISM Co-Founder Nominated for Nobel Prize

    *Reflections of a Deportation *ISM Co-Founder Among Duo Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize *Palestinian Action Alert for Friday, February 10 *Church Votes to Sell off Shares to Caterpillar *Villagers Expand First Palestinian Settlement * Rickman and Rachel Juggle Three Wins *How to Provoke a Settler in Hebron *Bil’in Waiting for Justice REFLECTIONS ON A DEPORTATION…

  • Palestinian action alerts for Friday, Feb. 10

    Bil’in: Villagers will attempt to hold a demonstration on areas of their land confiscated for the construction of Israel’s annexation barrier after 12 p.m. prayers. Bil’in villagers have employed an array of creative nonviolent tactics to oppose the expropriation of about half their land for nearly one year. The most recent development has been the…

  • ISM Co-Founder Among Duo Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

    Letter from the AFSC nominating Ghassan Andoni and Jeff Halper for the Nobel Peace Prize The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker peace and social justice organization, has nominated two candidates for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize: Jeff Halper from Israel and Ghassan Andoni from the Occupied Palestinian Territories. In a region torn by…

  • Villagers expand first Palestinian settlement

    Released February 8, 2006 Palestinian outpost with Israeli settlement constructionin the background. The Israeli army served Bil’in villagers a seizure order for six dunams yesterday. The villagers responded by expanding their own outpost, building a second house on the west side of the annexation barrier. The military order was issued for the construction of a…

  • Statement Against Cartoons

    Statement by the International Solidarity Movement, International Women’s Peace Service, the Tel Rumeida project and Holy Land Trust (local organisations working with international citizens and peace teams in Palestine): We strongly condemn the recently published derogatory illustrations of the prophet Mohammed. The cartoons demonstrate disrespect and ignorance about Islam and perhaps also deliberate incitement. We…