Category: Press Releases

  • IOF attacks Marda village, Salfit region

    by International Women’s Peace Service Around 10:30p.m. on Thursday 28th September 2006 the Israeli army entered the village of Marda with at least seven armoured vehicles, including jeeps, hummers and a truck. IWPS volunteers present in the village witnessed as soldiers got out of the vehicles and dispersed into several groups all over the village,…

  • Bil’in Announces Plans to Build Hotel on Israeli Occupied Village Land

    UPDATE, 27th of September: By now the sign has been practically destroyed by Israeli colonist settlers. The plan to build the hotel is going ahead. UPDATE, 12.30 am: The villagers of Bil’in have successfully inaugurated their project to build a hotel on their land in the illegal settlement. A sign detailing their plans was erected…

  • Tulkarem Farmers in Boycott of Israeli goods

    Palestinian traders and farmers will gather in the Tulkarem Refugee Camp on September 20th for a Palestinian goods market, boycotting Israeli products as a statement of resistance against Israel’s ongoing occupation, The Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign said. The Campaign said that The Tulkarem trade fair will gather over a hundred businesses and farmers, many…

  • TOMORROW: Brian Avery Shooting Investigation Appeal

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On Wednesday, September 20, Israeli attorney Michael Sfard will again apply to the Israeli Supreme Court in Jerusalem demanding that the Israeli military open an investigation into the circumstances of the shooting of Brian Avery in Jenin on 5th April 2003. The application will be heard by judges Beinish, Arbel and Heshin…

  • ISM Responds to Internet Photos, Reaffirms Commitment to Non-violence

    Ramallah, 16th September 2006: Recently, photos were posted on the internet showing five foreigners posing with members of the Palestinian security services in Jericho while holding police weapons, along with the claim that four of the foreigners were volunteers with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM). The article accompanying the photos also claims that the fifth,…