Archive for April, 2006

Timline of a Nablus Invasion

Tuesday, April 25th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, Photos | Edit

By Lee

At approximately 11:00am the Army arrives at Tel street in Mafea Area of Nablus.

Military Operation to search the 5 story Aljhe building, likely used by students at nearby al-Naija university, and possibly to arrest some occupants. Four...

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Tel Rumeida Press Conference in Jerusalem

Tuesday, April 25th, 2006 | Posted in Press Releases, Hebron Region, ISM Media Alerts, ISM Statements | Edit

Tel Rumeida International Human Rights Workers:
“Our lives are in danger.”

Wednesday, April 26, 2006 at 11:00 AM
Alternative Information Center Office, Queen Shlomzion 4, Jerusalem

In Tel Rumeida, Hebron, settlers are executing planned, violent attacks with alarming frequency. In the past month alone, two...

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Laila’s Journal: I don’t exist!

Monday, April 24th, 2006 | Posted in Journals, Gaza Region | Edit

By Laila el-Haddad

I don’t exist!

…well, at least not according to British Airways. I was attempting to enter in my “passenger details” and country of citizenship and residence on their website for a flight I have booked next month (from Cairo, 8 hours...

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Tel Rumeida Journal - Sunday 23/04/06

Monday, April 24th, 2006 | Posted in Journals, Hebron Region | Edit

Our group was tired out after the large settler attack yesterday and apprehensive about what might happen over the coming week. We were hoping for a quiet day, and we got that. So here’s a description of a quiet day in Tel Rumeida…

International volunteers from EAPPI, ISM and TRP on the streets at 7am to monitor the children travelling...

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Settlers Attack

Sunday, April 23rd, 2006 | Posted in ISM Digests | Edit

1. Soldiers Beat Non-violent Demonstrators, Arrest Three
2. Settlers Attack
3. Mary’s Journal: Daily Life in Tel Rumeida
4. Corporate Complicity in the Ethnic Cleansing of the Jordan Valley
5. Anamaria’s Journal: Not Welcome Anymore
6. Update on Nablus Incursions
7. Bil’in Demonstration Calls For Boycott...

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Shwayy shwayy, like prisoners in a cage

Sunday, April 23rd, 2006 | Posted in Salfit Region, Commentary | Edit

From the International Women’s Peace Service

Shwayy shwayy, slowly slowly, like the Arabic of most internationals here, or, maybe better, silently silently… the Israeli government is turning the Salfit Region into one of the most enclosed areas of the West Bank.

The...

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Mary’s Journal: Daily Life in Tel Rumeida

Sunday, April 23rd, 2006 | Posted in Journals, Hebron Region, Photos | Edit


Kids in Shuhada Street

Everyday but Friday, we are out on the street watching as children go to school, which starts at 7.45am. It’s usually quiet, though today about 15 visiting settlers attacked Anna and BJ and 3...

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Hamas forms new security branch

Sunday, April 23rd, 2006 | Posted in Journals, Gaza Region | Edit

By Laila el-Haddad

Something strange is happening in Gaza.

Municipality workers are actually working.

The streets seem a bit cleaner.

And for once, I actually saw a policeman arresting a criminal in a dramatic pick-up the other day, much to the chagrin of his gang,...

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Corporate Complicity in the Ethnic Cleansing of the Jordan Valley

Sunday, April 23rd, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Tubas Region | Edit

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 of the condition of the valley, it is largely forgotten by the international community and is rarely visited. This isolation serves the Israeli...

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Settlers Attack

Sunday, April 23rd, 2006 | Posted in Press Releases, Hebron Region, ISM Media Alerts, Photos | Edit

Settler graffiti on the Palestinan Qutarba girls school. Credit: Ann Detwiler.

22 April- A gang of 30 militant Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian grocery shop...

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