Author: ISM Media Group

  • Israel Declares Greek Human Rights Worker a Security Threat

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today, July 22nd, an Israeli judge decided today in administrative court to deport Maria Nikiforou, a 34 year old human rights worker, without a hearing. The security has informed Maria that they will put her on the next available flight, tomorrow morning to Olympia, Greece. Maria’s case is indicative of a pattern…

  • Settlers in Hebron Continue Campaign of Harassment and Violence

    by Harry and Kyle July 19-22, 2006 In Tel Rumeida, Hebron, six settler men between the ages of 16 and 25 entered a Palestinian shoe manufacturing shop across the street from the ISM/TRP apartment. They began throwing shoes around, disrupting the work and intimidating the staff. In response, three international human rights workers confronted the…

  • When Killings Don’t Count: A Week of Israeli Restraint

    By Tanya Reinhart In Israeli discourse, Israel is always the side exercising restraint in its conflict with the Palestinians. This was true again for the events of the past week: As the Qassam rockets were falling on the Southern Israeli town of Sderot, it was “leaked” that the Israeli Minister of Defense had directed the…