Author: ISM Media Group

  • SABC: “Apartheid Israel worse than SA apartheid: Cosatu”

    from the South African Broadcasting Corporation, July 10th The “apartheid Israel state” is worse than the apartheid that was conducted in South Africa, Willie Madisha, the Congress of SA Trade Unions president, said today. He said Palestinians were being attacked with heavy machinery and tanks used in war which had never happened in South Africa.…

  • Boston Globe: “My Life in Gaza”

    by Mona El-Farra, July 10, 2006 The irony is almost beyond belief. Since the capture of an Israeli soldier on June 25, the Gaza Strip has been subjected to a large-scale military operation, what Israel calls “Summer Rain.” Because Israel bombed the power plant, and the area needs electricity to pump water, most of Gaza…

  • Ha’aretz: “Israel bars Palestinian Americans for first time since 1967”

    by Amira Hass, Ha’aretz, 10th July 2006 For the first time since 1967, Israel is preventing the entry of Palestinians with foreign citizenship, most of them Americans. Most of those refused entry are arriving from abroad, but have lived and worked for years in the West Bank. The Interior Ministry and Civil Administration made no…