Archive for June, 2005

The Tom Hurndall Shooting - The International Solidarity Movement comments upon the verdict

Tuesday, June 28th, 2005 | Posted in Press Releases, Press clippings, Tom Hurndall

The ISM acknowledges that though the Israeli military court has found Wahid Taysir guilty of manslaughter it has failed to question the policy and decision makers responsible for Tom’s murder and the murder of thousands of other innocent people.

Tom would want us to remember him. But we also know he’d want us to remember that...

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Week of Palestinian nonviolent resistance met with violence

Friday, June 24th, 2005 | Posted in Reports

On Wednesday, June 1, Israeli workers with chainsaws began to cut Marda’s trees, and in a five day period, they had cut more than 800 trees. Monday, June 6, bulldozers arrived to begin uprooting the cut trees, and they have been working every day since. After years of occupation, land theft, random arrests, and army invasions, this latest...

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Against the Fence: Children of Bil’in Village demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court

Friday, June 24th, 2005 | Posted in Press Releases

Translation of www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3098699,00.html:

After the Israeli Army forbade adults resident in the village to enter Israel in order to protest in front of the Supreme...

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Meeting of the committee of ministers against the Wall in Bil’in

Saturday, June 18th, 2005 | Posted in Press Releases

Today, Saturday June 18th, the Bil’in Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements will host a meeting of the committee of ministers against the Wall including ministers Walid Abed Rabbo, Ghassan Khatib, Khaled Kawasmi, Hind Khoury, Ahmed Majdalani, Naser El Qodwah, and Mohammed Shtayeh.

The meeting will take place in the Bil’in...

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Crackdown on non-violent resistance

Friday, June 17th, 2005 | Posted in Reports

For pictures of the demonstration see:
freckle.blogs.com/photos/bilin_tombs/index.html

Around 1:30pm, around 300 demonstrators, including Bil’in residents, Israeli activists and internationals...

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Israeli government proposes blocking Palestinian compensation

Wednesday, June 15th, 2005 | Posted in Press Releases

www.btselem.org/english/

The Israeli government has proposed an amendment to the Civil Wrongs Law intended to exempt Israel from paying compensation to Palestinians injured by the security forces. The amendment applies to “residents...

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Bil’in demonstration reported in local English newspaper

Wednesday, June 15th, 2005 | Posted in Press clippings

Peace protestor Sam Grafton this week told of how violence broke out at a march in Palestinian. The 24-year-old, of Willes Road, Leamington, was part of a demonstration in the West Bank town of Bi’lin.

He claims he tried to stop aggression towards Palestinians protesting against a ’security wall’ being built on their land.

Mr...

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Internationals Abducted by Israeli Security Forces

Wednesday, June 15th, 2005 | Posted in Reports

Yesterday, Tuesday 14 June, three internationals were abducted by two undercover Israeli agents on the streets of west Jerusalem in broad daylight. At approximately one PM local time, the three internationals, who have chosen to keep their identities anonymous, walked downstairs from the flat they had stayed in the night before and into the arms...

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Free Tomato in Jayyous

Tuesday, June 14th, 2005 | Posted in Journals

Dear Friends,
Last month Jayyous farmers let their crop of lemons rot, for the last three weeks the tomato harvest is laying unpicked. Today most of farmers in Jayyous announced to people “go and get tomato form the green houses for free”.

The reason for the farmers’ strange behaviour?

In Jayyous there are...

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Tali Fahima’s trial continues

Tuesday, June 14th, 2005 | Posted in Press Releases

Dear Solidarity Movement Members,
On Sunday, July 17th, Tali Fahima’s trial sessions will be continued.

On this occasion, we are calling on all solidarity movements around the world to join us and let the people of the world and the State of Israel know that the persecution and unjust incarceration of a woman who represents hope...

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