Category: In the Media

  • YNet: Chairman MK Yossi Beilin visits Tel Rumeida

    Beilin calls Hebron Jews ‘deluded’ Tal Rabinovsky, 17 April 2007 Meretz chairman visits disputed Hebron building, says he intends to submit ‘bill calling for evacuation of all Jews from Hebron’ Meretz-Yahad Chairman MK Yossi Beilin received a not-so-warm welcome by extreme right-wing activist Baruch Marzel upon his arrival at the Jewish area of Hebron on…

  • There is No Israeli Partner for Peace

    Palestinian Minister of Information: “There is No Israeli Partner for Peace” 14 April 2007 Ramallah, 14-04-07: In a press conference held in Ramallah today, Minister of Information and Official Government Spokesperson, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, underlined that Israel’s continued refusal to discuss final status issues pointed to a lack of willingness to engage in peace negotiations.…

  • Evening Tribune: ISM at Alfred Univeresity

    “Founder of non-violent Palestinian resistance movement speaks at AU” by Ryan Westerdahl, The Evening Tribune 12 April 2007 ALFRED – For Huwaida Arraf, a young woman who has stared down armed soldiers, a speaking engagement at Alfred University presented a different challenge – persuasion. Arraf, who spoke for more than an hour in AU’s Nevins…

  • AP: IOF Soldier suspended after forcing Palestinians to act as human shields

    Cooperation between Research Journalism Initiative and the International Solidarity Movement in publicizing video footage of Israeli soldiers forcing Palestinians to be human shields leads to a rare case of action against IOF officer IDF suspends officer over troops’ use of Palestinians as human shields By The Associated Press 13 April 2007 The Israel Defense Forces…

  • YNet: Peretz to order evacuation of settler-occupied Hebron house

    Peretz to order evacuation of Hebron house by Hanan Greenberg, YNet, 11 April 2007 Defense Minister Amir Peretz on Tuesday evening instructed Major-General Yosef Mishlav, coordinator of the government activities in the territories, to evacuate settlers who took over a house in the West Bank city of Hebron about three weeks ago. Peretz issued the…