Archive for June, 2006

South Hebron Villages Persist to Resist

Friday, June 30th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Hebron Region


“We call on the international community to intervene and stop settler violence against us.”

by Zadie

Today, June 30th, the people of Qawawis accompanied by people from Tuwanwi and other neighboring...

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Israeli Press: Army May Ban Tourists From Holy Sites

Friday, June 30th, 2006 | Posted in Press Releases, Bethlehem Region

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Israeli army says it will forbid entry foreign visitors access to all of the the occupied territories in the West Bank, according to a June 22nd article in the Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv. Although the apparent goal for this seemingly impossible task is to keep international visitors from entering the occupied...

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More Settler Vandalism in Hebron

Friday, June 30th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Hebron Region

by Harry, Tel Rumeida Project

June 27th: Settler youth continue to trash a internationally funded project intended to make it safer for Palestinian girls living in the Tel Rumeida section of Al-Khalil (Hebron) to reach their elementary school.

The project, funded by the international...

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Gaza Reoccupied, Settler violence in Hebron persists, Non-violent Efforts Continue

Thursday, June 29th, 2006 | Posted in ISM Digests

1 - Gaza Action Alert
2 - Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Non-violent Palestinian Activists
3 - Israeli Soldier in Hebron: “I Hate Arabs!”
4 - Gaza Tonight
5 - Vacation in Balata refugee camp
6 - Farmers Fight Against Settlement Control of their Land
7 - Apartheid Wall demo at Al Khadr this Friday
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Electricity Cut, Bridges Bombed, Sonic Booms Continue

Thursday, June 29th, 2006 | Posted in Journals, Gaza Region

by Leila El-Haddad


Gaza power plant destroyed by US tax-payer funded Israeli F-16s.
Picture from the...

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Gaza Action Alert

Thursday, June 29th, 2006 | Posted in Gaza Region, Action Alert


A bridge destroyed by Israeli warplanes on a main road in the northern Gaza Strip, near Gaza City, June 28th. Credit: AP Photo/Hatem Moussa.

28th June: Last night the Israeli Occupation Forces began the...

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Israel Kidnaps Non-violent Palestinian Activists

Thursday, June 29th, 2006 | Posted in Press Releases, Bil'in Village

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Palestinians active in non-violent struggle against the illegal Israeli annexation barrier were taken from their homes in the West Bank last night. This happens at a time when media attention is focusing on the taking of one Israeli soldier by Palestinians, and the mass-taking of 64 Palestinian government officials...

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Palestinians Await Execution

Thursday, June 29th, 2006 | Posted in Press Releases, Bil'in Village

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This Friday June 30 2006, the people of Bil’in along with International and Israeli activists will engage in their weekly demonstration against the apartheid wall built through their land. For more than 1 1/2 years the villagers have been non-violently protesting with new creative themes representing various aspects...

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Ynet: “Toronto church to boycott Israeli goods”

Thursday, June 29th, 2006 | Posted in Press clippings, Boycott & sanctions

Toronto Star reports United Church of Canada’s Toronto branch to unveil boycott of Israeli products, companies doing business with its military to end what it calls ‘illegal occupation of Palestinian lands’; plan calls on Ottawa to require that products originating in the occupied territories be labeled differently from those coming...

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Israeli Military Raids Bil’in, Arrests Two

Thursday, June 29th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Bil'in Village


Library picture. From a previous Bil’in raid on the 15th of April.

by the Michigan...

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