Author: ISM Media Group

  • The Guardian: “Anti-wall protests hit second anniversary”

    by Rory McCarthy, February 23rd Israelis and Palestinians will gather today for a demonstration to mark the two-year anniversary of their most high-profile joint campaign against Israel’s barrier in the occupied West Bank. Weekly protests at Bil’in, a village west of Ramallah, may have done little to alter the path of the 437-mile concrete and…

  • The Wall – The Battlefield in Bil’in

    by Abdullah Abu Rahme, Bil’in is a small, peaceful village surrounded by hills and valleys, lying halfway between Yaffa and Jerusalem and is among the villages that fall under the governorate of Ramallah, 16km west of Bil’in. It has a population of 1800 in an area approximately 4000 dunums in size. Its people are known…

  • South Bethlehem village marked out for the Wall

    by ISM Hebron, February 21st Human rights workers (HRWs) in Hebron received a request for international presence in Umm Salamuna village south of Bethlehem as the IOF had invaded the village. They arrived in Umm Salamuna village around 9:30 am and joined internationals from other groups. At a Palestinian vineyard about 8 Israeli soldiers, 2…