Author: ISM Media Group

  • Chaos Caused by Israeli Checkpoint

    by ISM Nablus, Wednesday 1st November At one o’clock this afternoon, the Israeli checkpoint of Beit Iba, just west of Nablus City was closed for all vehicles and pedestrians attempting to pass it. Located at a junction between the villages of Beit Iba, Quusin and Deir Sharaf, this is a central thoroughfare to and from…

  • International Accompaniment Makes a Difference in Zawata

    by ISM Nablus, Wednesday 1st November “What do you think of this place? Isn’t is beautiful?” The woman asking the question, a mother of four polished and polite children, looks at us expectantly. What can we say? Wadi Al-Khrazey on the outskirts of the 2,000 person village of Zawata, west of Nablus city, is not…

  • Two Hour Delay for Teachers at Tel Rumeida Checkpoint

    by ISM Hebron, November 1st 8:15 a.m., a human rights worker who happened to be walking through the Tel Rumeida checkpoint, discovered that 12 teachers and the headmistress from Qurtuba School were being refused entry at the checkpoint. At this time there were two observers from EAPPI present. At 8:25, after a lot of argument,…