Category: In the Media

  • Lebanon Articles and Sites Round-up

    Demonstrators Rally for Victims in Lebanon in Ramallah, West Bank July 31 Lots of people have asked us for information about Israel’s current aggression against Lebanon. ISM works in Palestine and as such we are not directly involved in Lebanon. However, the terrible situation there is of great concern to Palestinians, many of whom live…

  • Palestine Info: “Palestinian captives in Negev wage hunger strike over Qana massacre”

    July 31st, 2006 Ramallah – Palestinian prisoners in the infamous Israeli Negev prison went on a hunger strike Monday in condemnation of the Israeli massacre in the Lebanese town of Qana as well as the intensified quelling measures the IPA is exercising against them. More than 2,320 Palestinian detainees in that prison heeded calls from…

  • Observer: “We suffer together, we leave together”

    from the Observer, Sunday July 30th By Fida Qishtais, a 23 year old community activist and educator from Rafah in the Gaza Strip. She founded Lifemakers Center which serves 300 children in Rafah. July 13th After two weeks of waiting with my parents and brother at the Egyptian border crossing, I returned home to Rafah,…

  • Round-up of Recent Media on the Boycott of Israel from PACBI

    A collection of recent press articles on the Boycott, Divestment Sanctions (BDS) campaign from around the world. Compiled by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI). The links below are all to PACBI site, on which the articles have been reposted, along with links to the original (where available). PACBI…

  • PHCR: “Four from One Family Killed and 3 Injured in Gaza City, 20 Killed and 193 Injured in El-Maghazi and Nablus”

    Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, 22 July 2006, 11:00 GMT Large scale destruction in houses, agricultural fields, infrastructure, and governmental and security buildings In another crime of disproportionate use of lethal force, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) killed 4 members of one family on Friday, 21 July 2006. A mother, her 2 sons, and the sons’…