Tag: Jerusalem

  • Anata: More Homes Being Rebuilt

    Monday July 16th, 2007. Four members of the ISM have taken part in a work camp in Anata (Jerusalem area), organized by ICAHD, with the support of other organizations. The goal of this summer work camp is to rebuild a house demolished by the Israeli Occupation Forces in December 2005. 25 internationals from the US,…

  • Resistance begins, and so does the repression

    from ICAHD On June 11, 2007, the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) announced the launching of a campaign to rebuild the home of every Palestinian family whose house is demolished over the coming year. The launch was held in conjunction with the 40th year of the Occupation, for which they returned to the place…

  • The Road to Peace Passes Through Our Three Villages

    A “March of Return” to the Destroyed Villages of Latroun by the ISM Media Crew On Saturday, June 16, Palestinians from the destroyed villages of Latroun will once again return to their land. They will be joined by Israeli and International solidarity activists to commemorate the destruction of their homes and confiscation of their land…

  • Israel 2007: Worse than Apartheid

    by Ronnie Kasrils | Mail & Guardian Travelling into Palestine’s West Bank and Gaza Strip, which I visited recently, is like a surreal trip back into an apartheid state of emergency. It is chilling to pass through the myriad checkpoints – more than 500 in the West Bank. They are controlled by heavily armed soldiers,…

  • Israel plans East Jerusalem enclave

    Al Jazeera: Israel plans East Jerusalem enclave from AlJazeera.Net, 10 May 2007 Saeb Erekat condemned Israel’s plan to build 20,000 homes in Arab east Jerusalem, Photo: AP Israel has announced plans to build 20,000 new homes on the outskirts of occupied East Jerusalem, prompting condemnation from Palestinians. The Israeli plan, announced on Thursday but yet…