by ISM Nablus, October 1st Huwarra checkpoint, just South of Nablus, is notorious for its volatile atmosphere and violent soldiers. Today was an example in point. Hundreds of women and men were forced into a large holding pen, with small ...
Read More »Shabbat “Party” in Tel Rumeida
ISM Hebron Click here to watch video of some of these events. Click here to download the same video. 2:48pm: Three settler boys around age 13 began behaving physically threatening towards a Palestinian girl of the same age as she ...
Read More »Roadblock Removed in Al-Jab’a, Demonstrators Attacked
by PSP September 29, 2006: Today, in the village of Al-Jab’a, Palestinian villagers, supported by Israeli and international activists successfully removed a large section of an illegal roadblock that had been installed by the Israeli army. The Palestinians were able ...
Read More »The Fire That Will Not Die…
by Tom A quick look at the forecast and the calendar today might have told one all that you needed to know about how the demo at Bil’in might have been expected to fare. Unseasonally hot weather, combined with it ...
Read More »Olive Harvest Campaign 2006 Gets Underway!
by ISM Nablus The olive harvest of 2006 in Nablus has officially begun! Although not an ideal starting-date, an olive farmer from the Palestinian village of Azmut and his family who own 150 dunums of land partitioned by an Apartheid ...
Read More »Israeli Settler Attacks and Harassment in Hebron
by ISM Hebron 27th September 2006: At 1:30pm today a stoning took place on Shuhada Street near Beit Hadassah settlement, which is the street where most of the attacks against Palestinians in the street occur. Eight Israeli settler children, aged ...
Read More »Balata Invasion Fails to Dampen Festive Cheer
AP photo by ISM Nablus At dawn on September 27th Occupation forces invaded Balata camp with jeeps and an armoured bulldozer with support from Apache helicopters hovering overhead. Military vehicles heading for Balata from many directions were reported. A curfew ...
Read More »UK Company Supplying Arms to Israel Blockaded
Protesters shut down the Brighton, UK, arms factory EDO-MBM in the early hours of September 21st. Using barrels filled with concrete and bicycle locks they closed all the gates to the factory, effectively stopping anyone from entering the building. EDO ...
Read More »Israeli Soldiers Occupy and Harass in Hebron
Carrying out a mission? by ISM Hebron Click here to view a video of these events. At approximately 2pm on September 24th, human rights workers (HRWs) in Tel Rumeida discovered that there were six Israeli soldiers occupying an uninhabited floor ...
Read More »Israeli Colonists Break Old Man’s Leg in Susia
by PSP September 23, 2006: As we walk away down the craggy biblical landscape, she turns around to wag her finger at him and say “Remember? It is no defence to say you were only following orders”. The soldier looks ...
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