• Boston Globe: “Israeli Policy divides Palestinian families”

    by Matthew Kalman, September 23rd Immigration crackdown in West Bank EL-BIREH, West Bank — Nariman Yazbak and her 2-year-old daughter, Salma, left their home in the West Bank town of El Bireh last April for a routine visit to relatives in Jordan. Six months later, she is still trying to return. Yazbak’s husband, Rami, a…

  • Harry Potter and the Spell of Transportation

    Harry Potter during his guest appearance in Hebron by Alizarin Crimson and Harry Potter At 6:45 PM on September 22nd, human rights workers (HRWs) in Hebron paid a visit to their neighbors, the Abu Haikals where they were shocked, SHOCKED to find that soldiers had yet again, invaded the home. HRWs rang the bell of…

  • Tarqumia “Terminal” – A Checkpoint by Any Other Name

    by Lilly Six hours. This is how long Palestinians have to wait before they can pass the “terminal” at Tarqumia in the West Bank, which leads either into Israel or, eventually on to the Gaza Strip. The soldiers at the checkpoint deny this. “All they need is permission from the District Coordination Office (DCO, the…

  • Popular Committee Member Targetted in Bil’in

    by an ISM Media office volunteer At the weekly anti-Wall protest in Bil’in today around 75 villagers, internationals and Israelis tried to march to the site of the illegal Wall but were stopped by soldiers on the edge of the village. As the demonstrators tried to march through the olive groves the soldiers started firing…

  • Haaretz: “Routine Anarchy” of the Israeli Colonies

    by Akiva Eldar, September 21st Last Tuesday, the Interior Ministry held another session of the inquiry commission on changing Modi’in Ilit’s status from that of a local council to a city. Ostensibly, this is a routine process of upgrading a community that meets the accepted standards. In effect, we have before us another example of…