Category: Press Releases
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Palestinians to hold non-violent demonstration at Qalandia checkpoint against Israeli war crimes in Gaza
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE At 2pm tomorrow, November 19, Palestinian activists joined by international supporters will hold a non-violent demonstration at the Qalandia checkpoint near Ramallah against the ongoing Israeli attacks in Gaza and the Beit Hannoun massacre. The demonstration will be a “die-in”, with protesters donning white t-shirts splattered with mock-blood. Although the Western media’s…
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Palestinian villagers to hold non-violent protest against Israeli ghettoization and annexation
Detail of apartheid wall route map, courtesy of B’Tselem. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE At 11am on Thursday, the Palestinians of Azun Atme will hold a non-violent protest against the construction by Israel of a wall surrounding and isolating their village. Israeli and international supporters will take part in the demonstration. The Israeli apartheid wall will completely…
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Scottish Rabbis volunteer threatened with deportation during olive harvest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Theresa McDermont, a volunteer from Scotland who came to pick olives with Palestinian farmers and Israeli rabbis today sits in an Israeli detention cell, awaiting deportation. She is not being charged with any crime. Theresa, a post office worker, has been detained since the 31st of October. She will have a court…
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“It was very painful to see children dead on the street” — a Doctor’s account of Israeli massacre in Gaza
Photo by Dr. Mona El-Farra, November 8th FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE From ISM Media team interview with Dr. Mona El-Farra, a Gazan doctor working at Alawda Hospital in Jabalia: “This morning at 6.30 am army tanks on the east of the village fired missiles against some homes of Beit Hanoun Village, the outcome was disasterous, 11…
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Gazan doctors pull shrapnel marked “Made in USA” out of Palestinian
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Photos by Dr. Mona Elfaraa Gazan doctor Mona Elfaraa reports from Al Awda hospital, Jabalya on clearly marked American-made shrapnel found in a Palestinian now in critical condition during the current Israeli attacks on northern Gaza. According to Israeli newspapers, the so-called “Operation Autumn Clouds” has left 57 Palestinians dead so far.…