Archive for the 'Freedom Summer 2006' Category

Police Seize Palestinian IDs

Monday, July 24th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Hebron Region, Freedom Summer 2006

by ISM Hebron, July 23 2006 5:30

Two Palestinian women from the Tel Rumeida neighborhood were on their way to visit their aunt in the hospital when the police stopped them for an ID check. Because one of the women was not wearing a headscarf, as is normal in the particularly religious city of Hebron, one of the policemen did not believe...

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A Flying Start to Freedom Summer 2006

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Freedom Summer 2006


Picture from a road-block removal action in Izbat Tabib from the 15th of July.

Three weeks in, and the International Solidarity Movement’s...

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Bil’in Mourns Hundreds of Cilivian Deaths

Friday, July 21st, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Bil'in Village, Photos, Freedom Summer 2006

Today, July 21, 2006, the people of Bil’in marched in silence to the Apartheid Wall with the support of Israelis and internationals. The weekly march turned into a mourner’s procession as two hundred and...

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Procession of Mourners to Raise Black Flag at Bil’in!

Thursday, July 20th, 2006 | Posted in Press Releases, Bil'in Village, ISM Media Alerts, Freedom Summer 2006

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This Friday, July 21st at 1pm, the Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements along with Israeli and international supporters will carry a massive 20-meter black flag in a silent protest to the site of the Apartheid Wall. They will demand an answer from Israel and its military for the question “Is...

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Home Destruction Threat in Bir Nabala village

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Jerusalem Region, Photos, Freedom Summer 2006

Documents granting the Bedouin the right to the land

Today Bedouin houses were under threat of demolition in Bir Nabala village in the Jerusalem area. Since 1994, when forced to leave their homes...

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Greek Activist Celebrates Birthday in Detention

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006 | Posted in Press Releases, Freedom Summer 2006, Denial of entry


Maria Nikiforou with a child from Bil’in in 2005

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Today, July 18, 2006, Maria Nikiforou will celebrate her thirty-fourth birthday in isolation in the Ben Gurion...

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Road Block Removed in Izbat Tabib

Saturday, July 15th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Qalqilya Region, Photos, Freedom Summer 2006

by Michael

Today in Izbat Tabib, in the Qalqiliya region, over 250 Palestinian, Israeli and international activists successfully removed a land mound road block in order to open a crossing for commercial and pedestrian...

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Israeli Army raid on Kindergarten in Jericho

Saturday, July 15th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Jericho Region, Freedom Summer 2006

12th July: The ISRAA is a small, community based organisation working with the poorest children and their families in the town of Jericho in the West Bank, providing funding for underprivileged students. They run two kindergartens, one for children age 0-3 and one for those age 3-6, catering for around 150 children in the same building. On the 2nd...

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Israeli Stranglehold on Palestinian Farms in the Jordan Valley

Saturday, July 15th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Tubas Region, Photos, Freedom Summer 2006

by Elliot Bruce

11th July: Near the villages of Az-Zubeidat and Marj Na’ja is the farm of Abu Rhader, 49 years old. ISM activists met with the farmer, as well as his neighbor, Abu Jamal, 48 years old....

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TOMORROW: Join the Villagers of Izbat Tabib in Their Steadfastness

Friday, July 14th, 2006 | Posted in Press Releases, Qalqilya Region, Freedom Summer 2006

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At 11am tomorrow the villagers of Isbat Tabib, in the Qalqilya region will hold a demonstration against Israel’s annexation barrier in the region. The village is calling on Israelis and internationals to join them for a Conference tomorrow, Saturday July 15th in support of their sumud (steadfastness) against...

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