Category: Reports

  • Two Hour Delay for Teachers at Tel Rumeida Checkpoint

    by ISM Hebron, November 1st 8:15 a.m., a human rights worker who happened to be walking through the Tel Rumeida checkpoint, discovered that 12 teachers and the headmistress from Qurtuba School were being refused entry at the checkpoint. At this time there were two observers from EAPPI present. At 8:25, after a lot of argument,…

  • Olive Harvest in Tel Rumeida Interrupted by Occupation Authorities

    by ISM Hebron, October 31st At 8:00 a.m. six internationals gathered at the home of the Palestinian family that lives directly across the street from the Tel Rumeida settlement to help the family pick its olives. Settlers had stolen olives from a family tree the night before so it was imperative to harvest the olives…

  • More Settler Intimidation in Nablus Olive Harvest

    by ISM Nablus, 30th October At 8am this morning two international Human Rights Workers (HRWs) accompanied a Palestinian family from the village of Azmut, just east of Nablus, to their olive groves. This land has found itself within close proximity to the illegal Israeli settlement of Elon Moreh, meaning that the family has been unable…

  • Two Brothers Arrested in Balata Refugee Camp

    by ISM Nablus, Monday 30th October Photo credit: Ma’an News Agency About five o’clock this morning, Israeli Special Forces invaded Balata refugee camp east of Nablus. It was an unusually quiet military incursion and a large number of Balata inhabitants did not even notice the Israeli army presence until a few children started throwing stones…

  • Media Distortion of Palestinian Non-Violent Protest

    by Dennis Fox, October 29th Every Friday for the past year and a half villagers from Bil’in, a small West Bank village near Ramallah, march with supporters toward the triple-layer fence separating them from their olive trees. They are always blocked by Israeli soldiers and border police, who typically escalate from tear gas and concussion…