Archive for October, 2006
Two Roadblocks Removed in One Day
Friday, October 27th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Hebron Regionby Palestine Solidarity Project, October 26th
October 23, 2006, members of the Palestine Solidarity...
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Haaretz: “So much for another kind of olive harvest”
Thursday, October 26th, 2006 | Posted in Press clippings, Bil'in Village, Olive Harvest 2006by Akiva Eldar, October 26th
Who remembers nowadays that Amir Peretz made dismantling illegal outposts a condition for Yisrael Beiteinu joining the government - with the agreement of the knight of law and order, Avigdor Lieberman? What became of Peretz’s vows to...
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BBC World Service: “Escolta para la cosecha” (Escort for the Harvest)
Thursday, October 26th, 2006 | Posted in Press clippings, Olive Harvest 2006by Karim Hauser, BBC Spanish World Service , October 24th
English translation below
En el Líbano, pude constatar que los agricultores del sur del país tienen dos opciones: perder la cosecha, o adentrarse en sus campos y perder...
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Bil’in Cameraman Finally to be Released Tomorrow
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006 | Posted in Press Releases, Bil'in Village, ISM Media Alertsby ISM media team, October 25th
A judge at Ofer military court ordered Bil’in cameraman Emad Bornat to be released tomorrow after almost 3 weeks in detention. Emad was seized in the village after a demonstration against the annexation...
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Eid in Tel Rumeida
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Hebron Regionby ISM Hebron, 24th October
Today was the second day of Eid, the three-day holiday after Ramadan. During these three days, families visit each other, something made very hard by the soldiers stationed in Tel Rumeida.
Internationals walking up the hill saw a group of Palestinian residents at the top of the hill and learned...
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Haaretz: “Settlements grow on Arab land, despite promises made to U.S.”
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006 | Posted in Press clippingsby Amos Harel, October 24th
A secret, two year investigation by the defense establishment shows that there has been rampant illegal construction in dozens of settlements and in many cases involving privately owned Palestinian properties.
BBC: “Harvest Hostilities”
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006 | Posted in Press clippings, Nablus Region, Olive Harvest 2006In the following article the BBC misleadingly writes of “violent clashes” and “frequent clashes” between Palestinian farmers and Jewish settler colonists and the IOF during the olive harvest. However, later in the article the tear gas and live bullets used by the IOF are mentioned with no mention of any violence being used...
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Back to Bilin - Mass Demo, Friday, October 27th
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006 | Posted in Press Releases, Bil'in Village, ISM Media AlertsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
It is already 20 months that the village Bil’in has been fighting for its life and future - a long and hard, sometimes frustrating struggle. The separation wall has taken about half of its land, in order to expand the settlement Modi’in Illit. Against the joint forces of might and fortune - the State and...
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Donkey Forced To Go Through Tel Rumeida Checkpoint
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Hebron Regionby ISM Hebron, 21st October
After a few hours of quiet and calm at the guard post on the top of the hill, one Human Rights Worker (HRW) worker went inside the HRW flat very briefly to retrieve a few things. Just a few minutes after she went upstairs, a group of 6-8 soldiers and a group of 4-6 young settler men (ages 17-22) walked...
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