Tag: Salfit

  • Resisting the Wall, Commemorating the Catastrophe

    Resisting the Wall, Commemorating the Catastrophe by the ISM Media Crew, 13 May 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13 May 2007 Salfit, West Bank– Tomorrow, Palestinians will be joined by international and Israeli solidarity activists in the Salfit to protest Israel’s confiscation of land and the restriction on Palestinian freedom of movement.Three events have spurred this…

  • 59 Years Ago: Deir Yassin

    Remembering Deir Yassin by Anna Baltzer, 1 May 2007 Um El Fahim town in present-day Israel, home to 48,000 Palestinian citizens of Israel, mostly internal refugees denied services equal to Jews or the right to return to their homes. 59 years ago this month, the militant Zionist Irgun and Stern Gang systematically murdered more than…

  • Prelude to the Third Intifada?

    Prelude to the Third Intifada? by Anna Baltzer, 30 April 2007 Atara Checkpoint in early April: Passover—the Jewish holiday celebrating freedom from oppression—is accompanied by tightening restrictions on Palestinians in the West Bank, resulting in checkpoint waits of many hours. Photo by Anna It’s been more than three weeks since I last wrote. The reason…

  • Sewage Tsunami & Strangulation in Gaza

    Sewage Tsunami & Strangulation in Gaza by Anna Baltzer, 6 April 2007 One week ago, the walls of an overused cesspool in northern Gaza collapsed, flooding a nearby Bedouin village with up to two meters of raw sewage. At least five people drowned to death, with dozens more left sick, injured, or missing. Predictably, the…

  • Economic Embargo in Palestine leads to death of 19 year old dialysis patient

    19-year-old girl dies when hospital runs out of dialysis solution due to ongoing economic embargo from IWPS, 7 April 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On March 1st, 2007, a 19-year-old girl named Olfat with kidney problems from Qira village, died after her parents were forced to dilute her dialysis liquid. Due to the West and Israel’s…