Category: Reports
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Protesters picket US State Department following eviction of al-Kurd family of East Jerusalem
The eviction of the al-Kurd family from their East Jerusalem home is attracting worldwide protest. Upon hearing the news, two recent ISM volunteers who had camped out on the al-Kurd patio for several days picketed the U.S. State Department and visited with a representative of the Israel-Palestine desk. They were assured that the State Department…
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ISM Gaza: Resistance is plowing the fields of Fukharee
Fukharee, Gaza Strip, Palestine, 11th November 2008 By Donna Wallach On Tuesday 11th November 2008, four international Human Rights Observers accompanied some farmers to plow their fields for wheat, rye and lentils. The day started out with a long walk to the field. As in previous accompaniments to the “Buffer Zone”, the fields waiting to…
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Israeli soldiers terrorise villagers in Zawata
Three households were terrorised by Israeli soldiers in the village of Zawata on Friday night, 7th November. At least twenty Israeli soldiers from the nearby military base at Shave Shomron stormed through the upper parts of the village on foot – throwing sound bombs and firing at family homes; surrounding houses and forcing families out…