Author: ISM Media
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URGENT APPEAL from Al-Aqaba Village
To the embassies, consulates, and international, Arab, and Islamic representative offices; To domestic and international humanitarian and human rights organizations; To all domestic and international media outlets that have visited the steadfast village of Aqaba, and to those that have not visited; To Israeli humanitarian and human rights organizations; Al-Salam (Peace) Street remains closed before…
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Sleepless nights in Burin
By Alma Reventós 25 July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank “I have not slept all night.” The words of a young man from the Bilal Al-Najjar youth cultural center in Burin, after a night of raids by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on the town. On Monday 23 July at 9:30 p.m., some…
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Al Mufagarah: Cave dwellers struggle to remain on their land
By VLR 21 July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank In the peaceful landscape of the South Hebron Hills, the occupation of the land is a daily struggle. Whilst life seems to be quiet and smooth the Palestinian communities often have to forget their daily life problems to focus on a bigger issue: resisting…
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Askar Refugee Camp: “Our dream is to visit Jerusalem”
By Hakim Maghribi 21 July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank A short distance from Nablus one finds the community of Askar camp. What appears as a suburb or cut-off of the city, is actually a refugee camp. Established in 1964, it today houses some 6,000 people in 1 square kilometre. The inhabitants are…
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Apartheid Safari
By Markus Fitzgerald 21 July 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Saturday evening, around 6pm, a group of illegal Israeli settlers move through the Old City of Palestinian Al Khalil (Hebron). They are both surrounded and fortified by Israeli soldiers. On paper, this tour through is a supposed “ultimate family experience in Israel“. In…