Author: ISM Media Group
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“Welcome to Israel” – a trip down the Jordan Valley
by John, December 14th Today we had a trip down the Jordan valley which didn’t start too auspiciously for our Palestinian contact – he had just been delayed for two hours at a checkpoint. A soldier on the way through a checkpoint had drawn a star of david in the dust of the car. When…
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Haaretz: “IDF told to dismantle small barrier hampering Palestinians”
by Amos Harel, December 14th The High Court of Justice on Thursday ordered the Israel Defense Forces to dismantle a small barrier that runs along 41 km in the southern West Bank, following a petition submitted by Palestinian residents and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel. The 82 cm-high barrier was built along the…
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Destroyed Homes in Walaja: “It’s always the same picture for us…”
In the space of two weeks, the Israeli occupying army has come to the village of Walaja at least three times. The first time was to demolish an outbuilding that housed animal feed. The second, last week, was to arrest a father of five during the night for apparent links to political party Hamas (he…