Archive for July, 2006

Israeli Supreme Court set to determine fate of investigation into shooting of US human rights activist

Monday, July 31st, 2006 | Posted in Press Releases, ISM Media Alerts, Photos

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Victim of injustice

On August the 9th, 2006, the Supreme Court of Israel will hold a final hearing into the request for a criminal investigation into the shooting of International Solidarity...

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Armed Settler Militia Harrass Farmers in Beit Ummar

Monday, July 31st, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Hebron Region, Photos, Freedom Summer 2006

by Ernesto

At 8:30am on Sunday, July 30th, six internationals accompanied Abu Ayyash and Yousef, both farmers, and Ahmed, a local organizer, from Beit Ummar, to spray their grapes with pesticides. Despite...

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Israeli Special Forces Excecute Two in Nablus

Sunday, July 30th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, Photos


AP photo: Ewijan after he was taken to the morgue

by Michael

Last night, in the Ash Sheikh Musallem district of Nablus’s Old city, undercover agents of the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF)...

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Israeli Military Harrassment of Human Rights Workers in Hebron Continues

Saturday, July 29th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Hebron Region

On July 28th, a human rights worker (HRW) was sitting by checkpoint 56 (which is the main entrance to Tel Rumeida, Hebron from the Palestinian controlled H1 area) from about 12 noon til 3:00 in order to monitor the behavior of the soldiers. During this time she was also drawing the surrounding buildings in her sketchbook. The two soldiers on duty...

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IOF Death Threats, Harrasment & Interrogation - Life in Balata as “Normal”

Saturday, July 29th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, Freedom Summer 2006

by Micheal and Lina

Last night, July 28th, at approximately 3:00 am, Saeed Haettalla, 53, from Balata refugee camp, was arrested and interrogated for the second time in two day, aparently without reason.

In the middle of the night, Saeed was awoken by over 30 soldiers of the Israeli Occupation Force (IOF), backed by six...

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Settler Vandalism Caught on Tape

Saturday, July 29th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Hebron Region, Photos, Freedom Summer 2006

by B.B.

On Wednesday, July 26th, at approximately 1:30 pm, a group of internationals went with the farmer Abu Jabber Soleiby to document the most recent damage to his land by settlers from the nearby...

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Bil’in Rejects US version of “the New Middle East”

Friday, July 28th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Bil'in Village, Photos, Freedom Summer 2006

Today, Friday July 28th, the people of Bil’in in conjunction with Israelis and international supporters marched to the Apartheid wall carrying a coffin draped in the Palestinian and Lebanese flags. On the side of the...

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Non-violent Resistance Works

Friday, July 28th, 2006 | Posted in ISM Digests

International Solidarity Movement Digest
7-24-2006 to 7-26-2006

1) Palestinians Open Checkpoint by Laying down on Settler Road
2) Qalqilya: Palestinian Grandfather Killed by Israeli Checkpoint
3) Maria Nikiforou Was Illegaly Deported
4) Court Victory for Bil’in
5) Rice Not Welcome in Ramallah!
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The Scene of Destruction at the Nablus Muqata

Friday, July 28th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, Freedom Summer 2006

A follow-up report from our original press release about the attack. By Michael.

Today, two ISM activists visited the site of the demolished...

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Maria Nikiforou Was Illegaly Deported

Thursday, July 27th, 2006 | Posted in Press Releases, ISM Media Alerts, Denial of entry

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On 24th July 2006, Maria Nikiforou was forcibly sent back to Greece from Tel Aviv airport, despite the decision of the appeal court.

The judge had intialy issued a stay on her deportation order. After reviewing secret evidence provided by the Israeli “General Security Services” (Shabak/Shin Beit),...

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