• Freedom demo in Tel Rumeida as IOF invade downtown Hebron for third day

    by ISM Hebron, February 9th Around 80 people, Israelis, Palestinians and internationals, gathered by the Abu Aisha family house where a local peace activist explained the difficulties faced by Palestinians in Tel Rumeida and thanked the Israeli activists for coming as a sign of the wish for peace on both sides. In the background we…

  • Sound bomb dropped on Bil’in villager’s foot

    by the ISM media team, February 9th At today’s weekly protest against the Apartheid Wall in Bil’in a soldier dropped a sound bomb on a peaceful protester who was part of group holding a sit-in near the gate to the Wall. The bomb exploded on the foot of Bil’in villager Husam Khatib. Husam received medical…

  • The Third Annual Apartheid Week comes to New York

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The 3rd annual Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) will take place in New York City from February 10-17 2007. It will be a week-long series of events organized by a coalition of different groups in the city and will feature lectures, film screenings, and cultural activities. Concurrent events are being held in Canada…

  • Old City invasion in Hebron

    by ISM Hebron, February 8th At around 11.30 this morning a group of soldiers went through checkpoint 56 (the main checkpoint into Tel Rumeida) in response to a demonstration in the Bab Al-Zawiye market area against the excavations damaging the foundations of the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. The soldiers went to the top floor…

  • Update from the South Hebron Hills

    from reports by Operation Dove, February 8th Two Palestinian families near Mnser attacked by a colonist On the morning of Saturday 20th January about twelve Israeli activists came to accompany farmers plowing their fields near Israeli colonies. Two human rights workers (HRWs) and the Israeli activists went first to Mufagara and then to Kharuba where…