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2007 USA Speaking Tour
Grassroots, Nonviolent Resistance to Israeli Apartheid Feryal Abu Haikal from Tel Rumeida, Hebron & Mohammed Khatib from Bil’in US Speaking Tour: February 1 – March 7, 2007 Maine – Vermont – New York State – Michigan – Indiana – Chicago – Milwaukee – San Fransisco/Bay Area – Los Angeles – Arizona – Portland Mohammed Khatib…
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Local Residents Rally Against Occupation in Tel Rumeida
by ISM Hebron, January 25th Over a hundred local residents attended today’s peaceful demonstration at the Tel Rumeida checkpoint against colonist violence and road closures in Hebron. Members of the local Tel Rumeida community spoke about their struggles dealing with continued colonist aggression, the closure of roads to Palestinians and the inability to drive their…
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Occupation Police Benevolence in the Jordan Valley
by Peter, January 25th Recently, I was able to accompany three Palestinians on a drive through the Jordan Valley. The more scenic aspects aside, a trip through the area revealed the slow, destructive siege of the Valley. Movement restrictions have effectively sealed off the Jordan Valley from the rest of the West Bank. For example,…
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Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians Continues in Jordan Valley
by the ISM media team, January 25th On Tuesday 23rd January IOF bulldozers carried out the latest round of home demolitions in the Jordan Valley as part of the ongoing attempt to ethnically cleanse the valley of its indigenous inhabitants. Six Palestinian homes were destroyed in Al Jiftlik Village, and one home and a reservoir…
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Soldier ‘attacked’ by HRWs in Hebron – soldier: “this is fun”
by ISM Hebron, January 24th Today in Tel Rumeida, at around 1:45, two human rights workers (HRWs) were detained for supposedly attacking a soldier at the main Tel Rumeida checkpoint after the soldier became aggravated over a third HRW refusing to show her passport. The activists were all gathering to celebrate one of their birthdays.…