Archive for September, 2007
Znet: Bil’in will continue to struggle against the wall and settlements
Thursday, September 20th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, Bil'in Villageby Mohammed Khatib
On September 4, after nearly three years of nonviolent protests by our village of Bil’in, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that Israel’s wall here must be moved further west, returning 250 acres of our farmland. In Bil’in we celebrated,...
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JPOST: Wounded activist testifies against IDF
Thursday, September 20th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippingsBy DAN IZENBERG
Brian Avery, the American human rights activist who was shot in the face and badly wounded in the West Bank in 2003, took the stand for the first time since the incident in the opening hearing of a civil suit in...
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Action Alert! Non-Violent Demonstration in Qusin on Friday despite previous Army repression
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, Nablus Region, ISM Media Alerts, Action AlertFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 21, 2007
The villages around Nablus have recently seen a rise in demonstrations against roadblocks. In Sarra, and now in Qusin, people are standing up to the bars and cages the Israeli army has erected around the villages. It has not been easy: people have been arrested, gassed, and shot.
Peace Activist Wounded by IOF Fire Returns to Sue
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, Jenin Region, Jerusalem Region, ISM Media AlertsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
On the night of April 5th, 2003, in the west bank city of Jenin, Brian Avery from North Carolina was shot in the face by machine-gun fire from an approaching Israeli Army APC. He did not die, the bullet penetrated his nose, broke the bones in his nose, hit his eye and exited from the other cheek. He has since needed...
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Dissident Voices: The 25th Anniversary of the Massacre at Sabra-Shatilla, A Letter to Janet
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippingsWill anyone remember? Does anyone really care anymore?
by Franklin Lamb / September 12th, 2007
Martyrs Square
Sabra-Shatilla Palestinian Refugee Camp
Beirut
A Letter to Janet
Dearest Janet,
It’s a very beautiful fall day here in Beirut today. Twenty-five years ago this week since the September...
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International HRWs evicted from the streets of Tel Rumeida by Police
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Hebron RegionSeptember 18th –19th, 2007
Tel Rumeida, Hebron
September 18th:
At 5pm, a busload of soldiers in the midst of their training and a busload of settler-supporting tourists arrived to the illegal settlement of Tel Rumeida. At this time, two international Human Rights Workers (HRWs) were warned by an IOF soldier that if they were...
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Soldiers Caught on Tape Threatening Crowd with Grenade at Hawarra
Sunday, September 16th, 2007 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, VideoEnglish Peace Activist to appear as witness in Hebron Settler assault trial
Sunday, September 16th, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, Hebron RegionFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tomorrow, September 17th, English peace activist Nidal Hajaj is going to court as a witness in an Israeli court case against a settler from Hebron. Earlier this year, on July 27th, a German peace activist named Fabian and an English peace activist named Jacinta were attacked in Hebron while helping a Palestinian man...
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