Archive for January, 2007

Wall Route Around Bil’in and Land Theft Approved by Occupation Planning Board

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Bil'in Village

by the ISM media team, January 31st

Today the Planning Board in Beit-El gave its decision to approve the new scheme for the Matityahu East neighborhood, on the lands of Bil’in west of the Apartheid Wall. The Planning Board, composed of IOF and settler-colonist representatives, rejected all the fundamental objections to the...

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Don’t Flirt with the Occupation - February 10th Mass Demonstration Against Carmel-Agrexco in London

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, International Actions, Boycott & sanctions

by Boycott Israeli Goods

Agrexco is Israel’s largest exporter of fresh agricultural produce. The company is 50% owned by the Israeli state. Agrexco accounts for 70% ofIsraeli fresh produce sold abroad with annual sales of $750 million in 2006. Agrexco boast of being able to get produce...

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Candlelight Vigils Outside the Israel Philharmonic Concerts in Los Angeles

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, International Actions, Boycott & sanctions


a Women in Black vigil outside the Disney Hall on January 14th

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Local Peace and Human Rights Group to Hold Silent Candlelight Vigils Outside the Israel Philharmonic Concerts at...

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Haaretz: “PM approves eastward move of section of separation barrier”

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, Ramallah Region

by Meron Rapoport, January 31st

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has approved the moving of the separation barrier at least five kilometers eastward from the Green Line in the area of Modi’in Ilit, in order to take in the settlements of Nili and Na’aleh, according...

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Bedouins to be made homeless for fourth time

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, Jerusalem Region, Photos

by the ISM media team, January 30th


photo by AP

Early this morning Israeli bulldozers accompanied by the IOF started demolishing Palestinian houses in two East Jerusalem neighbourhoods, Issawiya...

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Teach-in at Hebron checkpoint

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, Hebron Region

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Thursday February 1st at 2:00pm, a teach-in will be held in front of the Tel Rumeida checkpoint in the city of Hebron. The theme of this week’s action is the non-violent resistance promoted by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Dr. King was one of the pioneers of the civil rights movement in the United States...

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YNet: “Ministers okay restrictions on violent settlers”

Monday, January 29th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, Hebron Region

by Ronny Sofer, January 29th

Ministerial committee approves series of measures against extremist settlers to prevent attacks on Palestinian civilians

Government ministers on Monday approved a series of measures to be implemented against...

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Photo Exhibition Against Checkpoints at Huwwara

Monday, January 29th, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, Nablus Region, Photos

This Saturday, 3rd February, from 12 pm. Palestinian photographer Khaled Jarrar will exhibit his photos at Huwwara checkpoint, outside Nablus. These photos show the daily suffering of Palestinians at checkpoints and the Wall. The...

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Prayer and March on Bulldozed Land in Bethlehem Village

Monday, January 29th, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, Bethlehem Region

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This Friday, at noon, villagers in the South Bethlehem region will gather for a prayer and march on the bulldozed land of Umm Salamuna. The action is part of the nonviolence resistance to the annexation and confiscation of their land for the Apartheid Wall and the nearby Israeli colony of Efrat.

Israeli authorities...

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PNN: “Displaced from Aqaba as Israeli forces confiscate Jordan Valley village”

Sunday, January 28th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, Tubas Region

by Ali Samoudi, January 28th

The President of the Aqaba Village Council says the small community in the Jordan Valley is facing a new scheme which includes demolishing the village mosque, kindergarten, clinic and rural women’s center....

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