by Elliot Bruce 11th July: Near the villages of Az-Zubeidat and Marj Na’ja is the farm of Abu Rhader, 49 years old. ISM activists met with the farmer, as well as his neighbor, Abu Jamal, 48 years old. Abu Jamal ...
Read More »How else could I buy food and clothes?
By Tom At Al Quds Open University Campus in Tubas we met Raed and Firas, aged 22 and 21 yrs old. They both work in the fields and packing houses of the Jordan Valley settlements to be able to survive ...
Read More »Trying to provide health care in Tubas
By Tom At the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Tubas we heard about the impact of the occupation, the checkpoints, and the road blocks on the ambulance staff. When we heard that ambulance staff had been made to walk ...
Read More »Protest against settler violence in Mt. Hebron
Message from Taayush South Hebron Committee: Saturday, May 6, we will protest against settler violence. Please contact us at the two email addresses below for times and locations. roeemet@yahoo.com avichay@shovrimshtika.org We shall protest against their violence and the indifference of ...
Read More »Israeli mayhem in the Jordan Valley
I have just returned from the Jordan Valley – an area that takes up 30% of the West Bank but is almost entirely annexed by Israel. It’s the most fertile land in the West Bank with massive underground water reserves, ...
Read More »Wadi el Maleh: History and life of ancient community endangered
Latest News, Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, April 25th, 2006 Above: Since the Occupation took control over land and water in the Jordan Valley, this ancient hotel could no longer be used. The beautiful natural resort and the life of ...
Read More »Corporate Complicity in the Ethnic Cleansing of the Jordan Valley
I was convinced by a friend to take a trip to the Jordan Valley this week. This is my fourth trip to Palestine but I have never visited the region and have heard relatively little about it. This is symptomatic ...
Read More »Jordan Valley Farmers March For Their Lives
Wednesday February 22nd 2006 at 11:00 Jordan Valley Farmers will march to the Bradala checkpoint to protest their lands annexation to Israel. Farmers in the Jordan valley have been Isolated from the rest of the west bank and at the ...
Read More »Pastoral Calm Faces Military Might
by Asa and Sarah At 11am on Tuesday the 22nd of November residents of the Tubas area held a dignified demonstration against the Israeli checkpoint near Tayasir village. Around 100 Palestinians were joined by about 25 Israeli and international supporters. ...
Read More »Tubas Area Residents to Hold Anti-Checkpoint Demonstration on Tuesday
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE At 10am residents of the Tubas area together with Israeli and international supporters will protest against Tyaseer checkpoint. The checkpoint has isolated four Palestinian villages and agricultural land belonging to four further villages. The villages of Bardala, ...
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