Author: ISM Media Group

  • Haaretz: “Routine Anarchy” of the Israeli Colonies

    by Akiva Eldar, September 21st Last Tuesday, the Interior Ministry held another session of the inquiry commission on changing Modi’in Ilit’s status from that of a local council to a city. Ostensibly, this is a routine process of upgrading a community that meets the accepted standards. In effect, we have before us another example of…

  • Palestinian and International Activists Remove Roadblock

    by Palestine Solidarity Project On September 21, 2006, in the village of Al-Jab’a, Palestinian and international activists partially removed an earth mound roadblock that separates the Palestinian village of Al-Jab’a from the Palestinian village of Surif. In 2002, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) created the illegal roadblock to prevent the villagers of Surif and the villagers…

  • Israeli Colonist Attacks Continue Against Beit Ommar Farmer

    by Palestine Solidarity Project On September 20, 2006, in the village of Beit Ommar, activists with the Palestine Solidarity Project visited the farmland of Abu Jaber and his brother Abu Sameer. This is the third time that activists with the Project have met with the farmers to document damage done to their land by nearby…