Category: Reports

  • Israeli Settlers Annex 150 Dunams of Palestinian Lands in Susia

    by ISM media team, October 17th The Palestinian news agency WAFA reported yesterday that settlers from the illegal colony of Susia, east of Yatta in the south of the Hebron region, annexed 150 dunams of farmland, plowed them and planted several trees. The annexed orchards are located near the colony. According to the agency, the…

  • Israel Plans House Demolitions in Al Jiftlik, Jordan Valley

    from brightonpalestine.org, October 16th I visited Al Jiftlik, a Palestinian town in the Jordan Valley last week in the hope of making connections between grassroots groups in the valley and in Brighton. Al Jiftlik is in the Israeli controlled area of the valley although it is part of occupied Palestine. The residents leased land from…

  • Bil’in Cameraman in Court Tomorrow

    by the ISM media team, October 16th Emad Bornat, the Reuters cameraman and video-journalist who was kidnapped by Israeli forces after a demonstration in Bil’in on October 6th, has been in detention now at Ofer military prison for 10 days. Emad was due to have a hearing yesterday to determine his bail conditions after the…

  • Constant Harassment of Palestinian Families Living Close to Tel Rumeida Settlement

    ISM Hebron, Saturday 14th October, 2006 On two occasions this week Human Rights Workers (HRWs) witnessed colonist settlers from the illegal Israeli-Jewish caravans at Tel Rumeida stealing Palestinian olives (see “Israeli Colonists Steal Palestinian olives in Tel Rumeida”). We visited the owner of the olives today, he informed us that he had called the police…

  • The Last Shabbat of Sukkot

    by ISM Hebron, 14th October At about 00:25, international Human Rights Workers (HRWs) based in Tel Rumeida, Hebron heard the sound of a screaming baby on the street outside their flat. On looking outside, they saw a male adult settler carrying a baby down the street from the Tel Rumeida settlement and sit on a…