Author: ISM Media Group

  • Aljazeera: “Israel’s Hebron settlers criticised”

    Aljazeera, January 20th The head of Israel’s central Holocaust memorial has criticised Jewish settlers who harass Palestinians in the West Bank city of Hebron. Yosef Lapid, the chairman of Yad Vashem, Israel’s largest Holocaust memorial said on Saturday that the abuse recalled the anti-Semitism present in Europe prior to the second world war. Lapid’s unusually…

  • Residents demand freedom of movement at Tel Rumeida checkpoint

    by ISM Hebron, January 20th Today, at 13:00, internationals and local residents gathered at the main checkpoint into Tel Rumeida, known as the 56 checkpoint, to protest against settler violence and the continued closure of Shuhada Street to Palestinians. Children held signs in front of the checkpoint saying, “No to settlements. Yes to peace.”, “Freedom,…

  • Abir Memorial Ceremony in Anata

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tomorrow, Sunday January 20th, students of all 3 schools in Anata will hold a memorial ceremony for 10-year old Abir Aramin. According to eyewitness accounts, Abir was shot by a border police officer on Tuesday morning outside her school. Abir was declared brain dead and put on a life support machine until…