Category: Reports
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Hebron: soldiers convert Palestinian home into military base
6 September 2010 | ISM Media Al Baqa’a, HEBRON On Friday the Israeli army raided a Palestinian house in Hebron and converted it into a military base, forcing a family of 14 to move into the first floor of their home. The following day the soldiers took over the roof as well. Yesterday an ISM…
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West Bank protests against Israel’s many crimes violently dispersed by military: ten arrested
5 September 2010 | ISM Media Al Ma’sara At around midday on Friday, thirty demonstrators including around ten international and Israeli activists, met to protest against land-theft by the nearby illegal Israeli settlement of Efrat and against the illegal military occupation. The marchers carried a banner saying there should be “No Peace Show” until the…
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One hundred settlers gather to violate construction freeze; Israeli soldiers threaten besieged Palestinian family
2 September 2010 | ISM Media Baqa’a valley, HEBRON Last night (1 Sept. 2010) around 150 to 175 Israeli settlers, many armed, constructed an illegal outpost at a new location in the Baqa’a valley, east of Hebron, and attempted to harass a Palestinian family. The Israeli army did not attempt to disperse the settler gathering…
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A fortnight of injustice in Sheikh Jarrah
31 August 2010 | ISM Media The past two weeks in Sheikh Jarrah have seen a resurgence of settler harassment and violence against the local Palestinians – beyond low intensity abuse that is the norm. Verbal sparring and abusive exchanges were sparked when a young settler entered the occupied Al-Ghawe house on August 16th. The…
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Abdallah Abu Rahmah: Know the facts and act now for the freedom of a nonviolent freedom fighter
27 August 2010 The West Bank village of Bil’in has become a symbol of the wider popular resistance movement in Palestine. Abdallah Abu Rahmah, head of Bi’in’s Popular Committee, is one of many key organizers of peaceful resistance that Israel has used legal means to persecute. He was convicted on Tuesday of two out of…
