Author: ISM Media Group
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Close Encounter of a Settler Kind
(Israeli settler after assaulting a Human Rights Worker. Behind the car is the settlment of Suseya) by Jon Qawawis is a village in the south Hebron Hills, very close to the green line, and surrounded by settlements and settlement outposts. In Qawawis are about 5-6 families, all of whom have roughly 10 kids (the kids,…
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Palestinians United Again to Appeal for the Release of Peace Activists held Hostage in Iraq
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Following the recent release of new video footage of the four Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) members being held hostage in Iraq, Palestinian leaders united again to appeal for their release. With the election behind them, representatives of Fatah and Hamas, along with religious leaders, have come together to appeal for the release…
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Gaza, Elections, and Democracy
by Hannah January 27, 2006 Finally, after several years of wanting to go to Gaza, Dunya and I managed to spend two days there under the auspices of election observation. It didn’t take very long for Dunya to observe that the elections in Gaza City were far cleaner than those in Ohio in 2004, where…
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Palestinians Unite Again to Appeal for the Release of the Peace Activists held Hostage in Iraq
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 29th January 2006 What: Press conference Time: Monday 30th 12:15 PM Ramallah Location: El Piano Restaurant, the mission neighborhood (el mission), Ramallah Next to the Heads of Ministry Building (Mahbna Rias Al Wizarah) For more info ring: ISM Media office 02-2971824 Following the recent release of new video footage of the four…
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J.A.G., the Jerusalem Post & Kalandia
Jews Admit Defacing Kalandiya Sign by MARGOT DUDKEVITCH Photo: Civil Administration Members of a group called Jews Against Genocide (JAG) claimed responsibility for defacing the newly erected sign to the Kalandiya terminal checkpoint north of Jerusalem, daubing on it the infamous Auschwitz inscription “Arbeit macht frei” (Work liberates). Shlomo Bloom, one of the founding members…