by the ISM media team, February 2nd UPDATE 10.30: Farhat Burnat will be held at Ofer Military Detention Centre for another 4 days on suspicion of ‘assaulting a soldier’. Many Bil’in residents have been abducted and held at Ofer on ...
Read More »Civil Rights Lesson and Art Class at Hebron Checkpoint
by ISM Hebron, February 1st Today at 2pm ISM Hebron held a teach-in at the Tel Rumeida checkpoint in Hebron. The kids learned about Martin Luther King Jr. and his successful non-violent struggle for the freedom and civil rights of ...
Read More »Wall Route Around Bil’in and Land Theft Approved by Occupation Planning Board
by the ISM media team, January 31st Today the Planning Board in Beit-El gave its decision to approve the new scheme for the Matityahu East neighborhood, on the lands of Bil’in west of the Apartheid Wall. The Planning Board, composed ...
Read More »Bethlehem Villagers Celebrate Wedding on Land Razed for Wall
by the ISM media team, January 26th Villagers from neighbouring villages gathered this afternoon on the bulldozed land of Umm Salamuna to celebrate the wedding of Mohammed Brejiah, 28, and Sunai Abu Raiyeh, 25. The local men and children sang ...
Read More »Protesters Caught in Crossfire in Bil’in
by the ISM media team, January 26th Today’s sun-drenched demonstration in Bil’in was marked by the usual Occupation violence as the media and peaceful protesters alike were frequently forced to run for cover and attacked as they were doing so. ...
Read More »Local Residents Rally Against Occupation in Tel Rumeida
by ISM Hebron, January 25th Over a hundred local residents attended today’s peaceful demonstration at the Tel Rumeida checkpoint against colonist violence and road closures in Hebron. Members of the local Tel Rumeida community spoke about their struggles dealing with ...
Read More »Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians Continues in Jordan Valley
by the ISM media team, January 25th On Tuesday 23rd January IOF bulldozers carried out the latest round of home demolitions in the Jordan Valley as part of the ongoing attempt to ethnically cleanse the valley of its indigenous inhabitants. ...
Read More »Soldier ‘attacked’ by HRWs in Hebron – soldier: “this is fun”
by ISM Hebron, January 24th Today in Tel Rumeida, at around 1:45, two human rights workers (HRWs) were detained for supposedly attacking a soldier at the main Tel Rumeida checkpoint after the soldier became aggravated over a third HRW refusing ...
Read More »OCHA: South Hebron farmers to face difficult year in 2007
from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 2007 is set to be a particularly hard year for the Palestinian farmers of the South Hebron Hills, who have already had much of their land annexed by Israeli ...
Read More »Nine Year Old Boy Arrested for Chasing Ball in Hebron
by ISM Hebron, January 23rd Today in Hebron a young boy, nine years old, from the Haded family was playing with his ball near the Jewish cemetery off Tel Rumeida Street when his ball rolled onto the cemetery grounds. Soldiers ...
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