Author: ISM Media Group
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Israeli Soldiers, Police and Settlers Block Olive Harvest In Yanoun, Nablus Region
by two ISM activists in Nablus Our experience of the harvest started in Yanoun village, Nablus region at 7am on the 26th of October. We accompanied two old Palestinian women in a field just down the hill from the Itamar settlement. Half an hour after we started, a settler came and tried to get rid…
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Four More Arrests in Bil’in; Further Arrests Resisted by Villagers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Israeli soldiers invaded Bil’in last night for the fourth time in six days. A group of about 20 Border Police arrived in jeeps and arrested four non-violent Palestinian activists who they accused of damaging the fence, including an expectant father, two brothers and a 16 year old boy. Afterwards, a group of…
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“Demolish all the illegally built homes in the West Bank” – Israeli Chief of Staff General Dan Halutz
PRESS RELEASE by the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) ICAHD notices with concern the statement by Chief of Staff, Gen. Dan Halutz, as reported in Ma’ariv (October 26, 2005), in which he is quoted as saying that in response to the recent suicide attack in Hadera Market he would implement various responses. Amongst responses…
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First Hand Account of Palestinian and International Arrests in Hebron
by Johan At approximately 13.15 I and another international were at Shuhada Street in Tel Rumeida, Hebron. I saw a soldier holding a 15-year old girl on her shoulders, so I walked over and filmed with my video camera while I asked the soldier what was going on. The soldier said “she won’t leave”. After…
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Settler Violence Against Human Rights Observers and Palestinians in Hebron
Tel Rumeida, Incident Report by Sarah After the main group of settlers had passed us on the hill, Moran and I followed the rest of them up to the intersection at the top of the hill where many of them were milling around. We wondered where Eva and Sarah were. We later found out that…