Tag: Bethlehem

  • Um Salamuna: Defending the Land

    July 6th, 2007. At around 11:00, 60 Palestinian, Israeli, and international activists gathered in the trees in Um Salamuna above the place where the apartheid wall is to be built. There were Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on the hill across from us, watching while we happily wasted their weekend time. Palestinians and internationals gathered to…

  • Artas: Solidarity With a Local Farmer

    By the ISM Media Team June 29th, 2007. At approximately 11.00 am a group of about 40 Palestinians, Israelis and internationals gathered in the fields of the Palestinian village of Artas to protest against the construction of the, according to international law, illegal Israeli Apartheid-Wall and to support a local farmer in entering his land.…

  • Um Salamona: Tree Planting met with violence by IOF

    By the ISM media team At approximately 10.30 am a group of about 60 Palestinians, Israelis and Internationals gathered near the Palestinian village of Um Salamona to support Palestinian farmers in their protest against Israeli Apartheid Policy and to help them plant olive trees inside the nearby olive groves. Although these olive groves are part…

  • Home Rebuilding Camp in Bethlehem

    Holy Land Trust in Partnership with The Israeli Committee Against House Demolition (ICAHD) 1 July 2007 – 15 July 2007 Purpose of the Camp: The main activity of the camp is to rebuild a home demolished by the Israeli military in a Palestinian area; this is one of the most important issues facing Palestinians living…

  • Taking it to the street in Um Salamona

    by ISM Hebron, 9 June 2007 At approximately 1:00 pm, about 200 Palestinians, Israelis, and internationals gathered at a home in the village of Um Salamona to demonstrate against the 40 year brutal Occupation of the Gaza Strip, West Bank, and Golan Heights, and against the construction of the Israeli apartheid wall. On their way…