Archive for March, 2006

Digest: Normal Oppression

Thursday, March 30th, 2006 | Posted in ISM Digests

1. Thousands of olive trees are being planted on land day demonstrations March 30th
2. Human Rights Worker Attacked near Hebron Settlement March 27th
3. Border Police enter home And beat Palestinians and 75 year old Australian volunteer March 26th
4. Palestinians, U.S. citizen complain of Hebron settler violence from Haaretz March...

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Normal Oppression

Thursday, March 30th, 2006 | Posted in Hebron Region

By Jane

Tel Rumeida- Today, 28th March 2006, at the Tel Rumeida check point, an Israeli soldier lashed out injuring a Palestinian man by kicking him and hitting him with his rifle.

Everyone is saying that it is tense here in Tel Rumeida. As today is the Israeli election the settlers are not at work and the children not in school....

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Rachel Corrie is the new Anne Frank

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006 | Posted in Press clippings, International Actions, Rachel Corrie, ISM Digests

1) Katharine Viner, co-editor of the play, “My Name is Rachel Corrie”, on the controversy over the postponement of her play. Link
2) Debate Between NY Theater Workshop and Katharine Viner. Transcript...

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Border Police enter home And beat Palestinians and 75 year old Australian volunteer

Monday, March 27th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Hebron Region, Disengagement, Photos

By Jane

Baruch Marzel’s Mug shot

Living in the settlement building just up the road a few hundred yards from the violent episode described below is Baruch Marzel, extreme right winger, well known for his hatred of Arabs and support for...

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THOUSANDS OF OLIVE TREES TO BE PLANTED IN LAND DAY DEMONSTRATIONS

Monday, March 27th, 2006 | Posted in ISM Media Alerts

On Land Day, Thursday March 30, thousands of Palestinians, along with Israeli and International activists will hold a series of large-scale peaceful protests.

Demonstrations against ongoing Israeli land confiscation have been planned in the villages of Beit Sira (Ramallah area), Zabda (Jenin area), Rafat (Salfit area) and Tulkarm city (Tulkarm...

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Palestinians, U.S. citizen complain of Hebron settler violence

Monday, March 27th, 2006 | Posted in Press clippings, Hebron Region, Photos

By Amos Harel and Michal Greenberg, Haaretz Correspondents for Haaretz

Several Palestinians and an American volunteer in the West Bank on Sunday filed complaints with the police, accusing settlers of violence toward Palestinians in the Hebron area on Saturday, after three people...

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HUMAN RIGHTS WORKER ATTACKED NEAR HEBRON SETTLEMENT

Monday, March 27th, 2006 | Posted in Press Releases, Hebron Region

Jewish settlers attacked American Human Rights’ activist Brian Morgan, outside the Beit Haddasah settlement on Saturday March 25.

About 20 settlers, adults and children as young as eight years, kicked, punched and hit Morgan on the head with rocks. He later received sutures in hospital in Tel Aviv.

An Israeli soldier at his...

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Notice at Kalandia Checkpoint: Al Ram is Now Israel

Sunday, March 26th, 2006 | Posted in Press Releases, Ramallah Region, ISM Media Alerts, Photos


On Saturday March 25 Israeli military placed a notice at the Kalandia checkpoint announcing that from March 27, 2006 only holders of a permit to enter Israel will be allowed to cross the checkpoint to the West Bank village of Al Ramm.

By restricting Palestinian...

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Beit Sira bites back

Saturday, March 25th, 2006 | Posted in ISM Digests

1. Beit Sira bites back Friday March 24th 2006
2. Bil’in villagers smash settlement Friday 24th March 2006
3. Destruction and Defiance in the Shadow of Bethlehem 23rd March, 2006 by Tom
4. IDF officers targeted again for arrest 22nd March 2006
5. How Can I Stop You? 21st March 2006 by Mary
6. The story of Saeed...

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Update from CPT Hostages; Response to Torture Rumours

Saturday, March 25th, 2006 | Posted in Press Releases

Excerpt from an article published on the CPT-webbsite

by Rev. Carol Rose and Dr. Doug Pritchard, CPT Co-Directors


Harmeet Sooden to the left and James Loney to the right

On Mar. 23 and 24, 2006, the Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT)...

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