• 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…

  • Olive Harvest in Hebron

    by ISM Hebron, October 14th Olive harvesting will begin in Hebron after Eid, the Muslim festival that marks the end of Ramadam (the month of fasting during daylight hours). Palestinians will face restrictions on access to their land and harassment from Israeli colonists from nearby settlements. Palestinians have been harassed in previous years by Israeli…

  • 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…