Archive for July, 2007

Um Salamona: A Somber Day of Reflection and Resistance

Sunday, July 29th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Bethlehem Region

At 11:30 am on Friday, July 28th, 2007, five international human rights workers joined international volunteers and Palestinians in Um Salamona for a protest against the Apartheid wall that has been going on almost every week. It was an important demonstration because two weeks earlier a member of the local popular committee had been arrested in...

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Solidarity With Rachel Corrie (Digest)

Saturday, July 28th, 2007 | Posted in ISM Digests

1. Solidarity With Rachel Corrie
2. Documentary trailer: The Israeli Siege of Zawata Village
3. Tel Rumeida: Violent Settler Attacks Human Rights Workers
4. Susiya: Routine Palestinian Detention Coincides with Settler’s Continued Attempts to Steal Land
5. Wadi Rahul: Second Settlement Attempt
6. Tel Rumeida: Summer...

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Solidarity With Rachel Corrie

Saturday, July 28th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, Rachel Corrie

By Greta Berlin published in the Washington Post

Saturday, July 28, 2007; Page A17

Jane Horwitz’s article on “My Name Is Rachel Corrie” could have been an example of reporting on the best aspects of the play [”...

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Documentary trailer: The Israeli Siege of Zawata Village

Saturday, July 28th, 2007 | Posted in Nablus Region, Video

On the morning of July 19, 2007, the Israeli occupation force invaded the village of Zawata just north of the city of Nablus [see previous...

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Video from Tel Rumeida: Violent Settler Attacks Human Rights Workers

Saturday, July 28th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Hebron Region, Video

July 27th, 2007. Around 5:30pm international Human Rights Workers and member of the Christian Peace-Making Team joined a Palestinian man on the land he owned to help him clean it from debris put there by settler vandals and protect him and his livestock while they feed.


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Susiya: Routine Palestinian Detention Coincides with Settler’s Continued Attempts to Steal Land

Saturday, July 28th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Hebron Region

At approximately 7.30 pm on Wednesday 25th July, three international human rights workers (HRWs) maintaining a presence in Susiya - a Palestinian farming community located in the South Hebron Hills - were called to assist two Palestinians who had been detained on Route 317 at the highway junction next to the illegal settlement of Susiya.

On...

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Wadi Rahul: Second Settlement Attempt

Saturday, July 28th, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases

July 25th, 2007. Palestinians, International Human Rights Workers and Israelis recently went to the village of Wadi Rahul, which is near Bethlehem, to document a number of Israeli settlers that intended to initiate a new illegal settlement on a hill beyond the Efrata Settlement on Palestinian land.

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Tel Rumeida: Summer Camp Party

Friday, July 27th, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, Hebron Region

The Friendship and Solidarity Summer Camp that has taken place in the Tel Rumeida area of Hebron is unfortunately coming to a close. To celebrate what has been an amazing two weeks of fun and laughter, the participants would like to invite friends, activists and internationals to a final party.

The party will be held at Qurdoba School...

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Bilin: Soldiers show no restraint towards Peaceful Demonstrators

Friday, July 27th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Bil'in Village, Photos

Bilin, 28th July 2007.

Approximately 300 international, Palestinian and Israeli non-violent demonstrators came together for the 129th Bilin demonstration against the illegal Apartheid wall. The demonstrators came from all backgrounds and included children as young as five through to women, men and elderly internationals, Israelis and Palestinians.

The...

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Nablus: Video of IOF Snipers Being Evicted

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, Video

After a standoff in ‘Ein Beit Al Ma’ refugee camp, Friday morning, July 20, 2007, in which six international human rights...

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