Bil’in Commemorates Land Day by Martinez All over the West Bank today, non-violent demonstrations were enacted against Israel’s Apartheid Wall and Israel’s theft of Palestinian land. Today was the 31st anniversary of “Land Day,” a day when Palestinians commemorate the ...
Read More »More harassment and stonings in Tel Rumeida
Harrassment continues at checkpoint in Tel Rumeida by ISM Hebron At 11.50 at checkpoint 56 a Palestinian man approached the checkpoint, to pass from the Palestinian market to Tel Rumeida, with a metal cart with lots of bags and trays ...
Read More »“Judaising” Jaffa: the demolition of Ajami
Normalising injustice by Arthur Nelson, 28 March 2007 “Beneath the pretty flowers of Israel’s propaganda machine lie some ugly facts on the ground in Jaffa.” Diplomatic briefcases are unlikely to be dropped at news of Condoleezza Rice’s call, on the ...
Read More »Hebron: More detentions and home occupation update
More detentions and update on home occupation by Israeli settlers by ISM Hebron, 25 March UPDATE on Palestinian home occupied by settlers, March 27 Tuesday, 27 March The settlers have worked very quickly and through the nights, despite the still ...
Read More »PCHR: Weekly report: 2 Palestinians killed, 13 injured including 7 children
PCHR Weekly report: 2 Palestinians killed, 13 injured including 7 children by Saed Bannoura, March 22 The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR), based in Gaza, published its weekly report on the Israeli violations of human rights in the occupied ...
Read More »Not a happy Mother’s Day
Not a happy Mother’s Day by Martinez “No, this is not a happy Mother’s Day!” said Fatima Brijea as she pointed to the framed photograph behind me. It was her son. He was assassinated by the Israeli army. I sat ...
Read More »Soldiers Beat Palestinians and Human Rights Workers in Tel Rumeida
Soldiers Beat Palestinians and Human Rights Workers in Tel Rumeida by ISM Hebron On Tuesday, March 20th, at 6 pm the Israeli army took a shepherd, Gandi Badder, to their military base. They claimed that they had called him down ...
Read More »House Demolition in Halhul and House Invasion in Hebron
House Demolition in Halhul and House Invasion in Hebron by ISM Hebron House Demolition in Halhoul At 8am, Human Rights Workers (HRWs) received a call from Rabbis for Human Rights to say that the Israeli army had already begun a ...
Read More »Settlers attack Palestinians in Tel Rumeida, Human rights Workers Detained
Settlers attack Palestinians in Tel Rumeida, Human Rights Workers (HRWs) Detained UPDATE 10:30 PM March 18 The two HRWs were released from Kiryat Arba at 10:05 PM At approx. 17:30 today, Sunday March 18th, two Palestinians, approx. 15 years old, ...
Read More »Tanya Reinhart, a powerful voice has been lost
by the ISM Media Team, March 18th Tanya Reinhart, Israeli anti-apartheid activist, died suddenly of a stroke in New York last night, March 17, 2007. She was 63 years old. Reinhart received her B.A. and M.A. in Philosophy and Comparative ...
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