Archive for May, 2006

Beit Ummar Plans a De-fence Action on their Lands

Monday, May 29th, 2006 | Posted in Press Releases, Hebron Region, ISM Media Alerts

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Last night settlers from the Efrat settlement put a fence around 20 dunums of land belonging to Samir Al-Allamah of Beit Ummar. They have also put up tents inside the fence. People of Beit Ummar with international and Israeli activists plan to remove the fence from Al-Allamah’s property tomorrow at 8:30am....

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JPost: “UK downplays Gaza damages bid”

Monday, May 29th, 2006 | Posted in Press clippings, Tom Hurndall, Gaza Region, Photos

by George Conger, London. Jerusalem Post, May 27, 2006

Tom Hurndall's parents at court
Anthony and Jocelyn Hurndall, parents...

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Arson, Raids, Beatings

Monday, May 29th, 2006 | Posted in ISM Digests

1. Arson at the Outpost in Bil’in

2. Occupation Forces Continue Raids on Budrus Village

3. Settler Attacks on International volunteers in Tel Rumeida, Hebron

4. IMEMC: “Five Palestinians, including three teens, killed by Israeli artillery shells in the Gaza Strip”

5. Non-Violent Demonstration in Bil’in Deliberately...

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Q: What if you live in Tel Rumeida and you have a heart attack ?

Monday, May 29th, 2006 | Posted in Journals, Hebron Region

A: You die.

By Shlomo Bloom

I had a pretty bad case of stomach flu for the last few days and was reluctant to even try to go to the doctor because it meant leaving Tel Rumeida on foot, as Palestinians are not allowed to drive cars here. Not even taxis, buses or ambulances. The entrances to the neighborhood are blocked...

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Palestinian Buildings Destroyed by IOF in Beit Ummar

Monday, May 29th, 2006 | Posted in Journals, Hebron Region

by Lee and Zadie


Settler carries gun as they bike through Beit Omar

Last Thursday, May 24, we visited Beit Ummar, which is a village of 20,000 just south of Bethlehem’s large settlement block...

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Occupation Forces Continue Raids on Budrus Village

Sunday, May 28th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Budrus Village, Photos

Report by Shai E. and Matan. Translated by Rann B.

On Friday the 26th of May 2006, about six jeeps belonging to the border police unit and gunner unit that is currently serving in the Macabim division drove around...

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Arson at the Outpost in Bil’in

Sunday, May 28th, 2006 | Posted in Press Releases, Bil'in Village, ISM Media Alerts

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At 5pm today, May 28, 2006, Palestinian workers from the nearby settlement of Modi’in Illit called Abdullah Abu Rahme, from Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements of Bil’in,...

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More Settler Attacks on International Volunteers in Tel Rumeida, Hebron

Sunday, May 28th, 2006 | Posted in Press Releases, Hebron Region

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Youth from the Tel Rumeida settlement spat on, beat, assaulted, and stoned human rights workers from Canada, Denmark and Sweden yesterday (May 27, 2006). In three separate attacks on internationals and Palestinians the kids were encouraged by adults of the religious extremist Jewish community. Israeli soldiers and police...

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ICAHD: “Don’t Say ‘We Didn’t Know’ “

Saturday, May 27th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Ramallah Region

From The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions

On 1st April 2006 Nasser, together with around ten other Palestinians tried to enter Israel through the Oranit checkpoint in order to look for work. A army ambush discovered them and opened fire. Nasser was injured in his leg and fell down. Soldiers...

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IMEMC: “Five Palestinians, including three teens, killed by Israeli artillery shells in the Gaza Strip”

Saturday, May 27th, 2006 | Posted in Press clippings, Gaza Region

Saed Bannoura, IMEMC & Agencies - Friday, 26 May 2006, 21:56

As the Israeli army continued its shelling of Palestinian neighborhoods in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday night, five Palestinians, including three teens - two of them members of the same family, were killed when...

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