Author: ISM Media

  • This court case was my only hope: Arafat Hassan Abdel Dayem

    13 March 2013| Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Occupied Palestine At approximately 07:30 am on 5 January 2009, during ‘Operation Cast Lead’, Israeli forces fired a tank shell at the house of Hany Abdel Dayem. At the time of the attack, members of the Dayem family were mourning the death of a family member named Arafa, a…

  • South African educationist denied entry into Palestine

    12 March 2013| Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Occupied Palestine Well-known South African educationist and human rights activist, Dr Salim Vally, was today detained, interrogated and denied entry into Palestine by Israeli security forces when he attempted to enter the country from Jordan. Dr Vally, director of the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation at the University…

  • Farmers attacked by Israeli army and settlers, preventing them from planting olive trees in memory of Rachel Corrie

    12th March 2013 International Solidarity Movement, Occupied Palestine By Lisa Marchant Farmers peacefully planting olive trees in the land of Asira al Qiblya were today disrupted by Israeli soldiers who halted the planting. The presence of Palestinians on their own land also attracted the attention of illegal settlers from the nearby settlement of Yizhar, leading…

  • ISM activist risks jail, pledges not to answer questions if stopped under Terror laws in the UK

    11th March | International Solidarity Movement, Occupied Palestine Tom Woodhead, an ISM activist who is currently being deported by Israeli immigration authorities, has pledged not to answer questions if British authorities attempt to misuse the Terrorism Act 2000 when he arrives at the airport in the UK. The British activist, is currently being deported by Israeli…

  • Call to action : sanctions against Israeli settlements

    10th March 2013 | European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine In the latest EU Heads of Mission Report on Jerusalem 2012 the EU consuls urge sanctions against Israeli settlements. Authored by the EU heads of mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah, the report makes recommendations on settlements that are related to financial translations linked…