Category: Press Releases
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Non-violent Resistance Works
International Solidarity Movement Digest 7-24-2006 to 7-26-2006 1) Palestinians Open Checkpoint by Laying down on Settler Road 2) Qalqilya: Palestinian Grandfather Killed by Israeli Checkpoint 3) Maria Nikiforou Was Illegaly Deported 4) Court Victory for Bil’in 5) Rice Not Welcome in Ramallah! 6) Settlers Burn Farmer’s Roof; ISM Rebuilds Despite Intimidation 7) Palestinians, Israelis and…
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Maria Nikiforou Was Illegaly Deported
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On 24th July 2006, Maria Nikiforou was forcibly sent back to Greece from Tel Aviv airport, despite the decision of the appeal court. The judge had intialy issued a stay on her deportation order. After reviewing secret evidence provided by the Israeli “General Security Services” (Shabak/Shin Beit), he then reversed his previous…
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Court Victory for Bil’in
CLARIFYING NOTE, 29th July: This court decision is a temporary injunction. Retroactive permission to build the settlement (which was started without permission) is still being sought by the construction company. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A victory for the Palestinian villagers of Bil’in came down from the Israeli High Court of Justice yesterday. In HCJ 143/06 the…
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Qalqilya: Palestinian Grandfather Killed by Israeli Checkpoint
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today, July 26th at 8:30pm at Azzun checkpoint near Qalqilya, Palestinian Grandfather Mahmood Ahmed Sumha, 68 years old from the village of Jayyous died from complications resulting from heart disease. He was on his way to hospital when the ambulance he was in was stopped by the Israeli army at one of…
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A Flying Start to Freedom Summer 2006
International Solidarity Movement Digest 7-19 to 7-23-2006 1.) A Flying Start to Freedom Summer 2006 2.) Israel Declares Greek Human Rights Worker a Security Threat 3.) Settlers in Hebron Continue Campaign of Harassment and Violence 4.) Bil’in Mourns Hundreds of Civilian Deaths 5.) US State Dept.: You’re on Your Own 6.) Israeli Soldiers Contaminate Water…