Author: ISM Media
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In photos: Beit Ommar weekly protest
by Younes Arar 17 March 2012 | Beit Ommar Popular Committee The Beit Ommar Popular Committee organized today’s weekly peaceful protest adjacent to Karmei Tzur colony built on the stolen land of Beit Ommar farmers. When we arrived next to the so called security fence surrounding the colony, more than 60 heavily armed Israeli occupation…
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When teargas and rubber bullets are not enough: Israeli soldiers release the hounds on unarmed Palestinian protesters
17 March 2012 | Ni’lin Village In Kufur Qaddoum, clashes between Israeli Border Police officers who shot tear-gas projectiles and rubber-coated bullets and local youth who threw stones at the forces developed. Roughly 15 minutes later – in a scene that seemed as if it was taking place in the American South of the…
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The education of common grounds: From al Nakba to Black History Month
by Lina 18 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Last month we celebrated the 36th annual African American History Month. The origins of this month come from the need to study the major contributions that Black people brought to America. “The fact is that the so-called history teaching in our schools and colleges…
