{"article":{"id":56804,"heading":"ISM OFFICES RAIDED!! ACTIVISTS DETAINED!!","author":"ISM","created":"2003-05-10 12:40:50","modified":"2003-05-15 16:20:55","last_modified":"Thu, 15 May 2003 23:20:55","article":"

INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT

Friday, May 9, 2003

For Immediate Release

ISRAELI FORCES RAID ISM OFFICE

[Beit Sahour, Occupied Palestine] Israeli forces raided the ISM

office this morning, confiscating equipment and material and

snatching three women. At 12:30pm on Friday, May 9, approximately 20

military vehicles, army jeeps and a large armored personnel carrier

(intended for many arrests) surrounded the ISM media office in Beit

Sahour. Dozens of soldiers, border police and civilian police

officers raided the ISM office, confiscating all computers, not only

in the ISM office but in the nearby office of the Palestinian Centre

for Rapprochement. Files, CD, and photos were all pillaged, while

soldiers broke equipment and damaged office space. Israeli forces

kidnapped Palestinian volunteer, Fida, American volunteer, Flo, and

a worker with Human Rights Watch visiting the office. At the time of

this writing, Fida has been released, and the internationals seem to

have been moved to the office of the Israeli Ministry of Interior,

most probably for deportation.

The Israeli government has declared an open war on international

peace and human rights workers. Israeli forces are doing everything

in their power to specifically prevent the nonviolent resistance to

their military rule. The stepped-up harassment of internationals and

journalists in the Occupied Palestinian Territories is nothing short

of a further attempt to shield from the international community the

brutality of daily Israeli military actions against the Palestinian

people.

The ISM, however, has no plans to leave the Palestinian areas nor to

reduce our actions or our efforts. We need your help. Please protest:

In the US: Contact your congressperson, the State Department and the

White House using this link.

http:\/\/www.cflweb.org\/congress_merge_.htm<\/a> or http:\/\/www.congress.gov<\/a>

Also call the State Department and demand action. STATE DEPARTMENT 1-

202-647-5150

For UK, Please call THE FOREIGN OFFICE 020 7008 1500, Also Contact

your MP and Prime Minister

For Israel Contact Israeli Minister of Interior, Tel: +972-2-629-

4701; Fax: +972-2-629-4750

Israeli Foreign Minister, Silvan Shalom Fax: +972-2-5303704 e-mail:

sar@mofa.gov.ilIsraeli<\/a>

Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz Fax: +972-3-6916940, 6976990 e-mail:

sar@mod.gov.il<\/a>

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon fax: (+972-2) 566-4838 or 651-3955 or

651-2631

For Canada: Minister of Foreign Affairs Bill Graham, House of

Commons, Ottawa ON K1A 0A6; Fax 613-996-3443

Everyone, Contact the Israeli embassy in your country

See our website: www.palsolidarity.org for more ways to help or get

involved.

For more information, please call: +972-2-277-4602

<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Israeli forces raided the ISM \r\noffice this morning, confiscating equipment and material and \r\nsnatching three women. At 12:30pm on Friday, May 9, approximately 20 \r\nmilitary vehicles, army jeeps and a large armored personnel carrier \r\n(intended for many arrests) surrounded the ISM media office in Beit \r\nSahour.","numcomment":9,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2003\/05\/56804.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":57019,"heading":"As well they should","article":"the ISM are in fact\r\navowed protectors\r\nof terrorists.","author":"systemfailure","parent_id":56804,"mime_type":"image\/gif","created":"2003-05-10 19:29:10","modified":"2005-08-15 01:29:38","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/05\/pal.giforhx8t.gif","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/05\/pal.giforhx8t.gif"}},{"id":57032,"heading":"Systemfailure","article":"How about that...we agree on something.\r\n\r\nGood cartoon. \r\n\r\nNow let the Indymedia wailing and gnashing of teeth begin.","author":"daveman","parent_id":56804,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-05-10 21:38:01","modified":"2003-05-10 21:38:01","fileurl":""},{"id":57087,"heading":"C'mon daveman...it was fascist fresca.","article":"Ole' fascist fresca is on a rampage here to discredit my name\r\nby any means necessary.\r\nANy one here knows I am against the fascist colonization of\r\nPalesine by the zionistic israelli govt.\r\nShe really should use a different computer.\r\n\r\nThe photoshopping of the original post of the picture is\r\nentirely different from the hatred portrayed on the above post.\r\nMad?\r\nNo......people that resort to these kinds of Trolling techniques\r\nactually admit defeat because they can no longer rationalize \r\nthier views.\r\n\r\nI do not hate jews (never have)\r\nwe have freedom of religion.\r\nI do equate zionists to nazis.\r\nAs can be seen in the above post\r\nlimiting the palestinians \r\nfreedom of speech.\r\n","author":"the real systemfailure","parent_id":56804,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-05-11 08:23:38","modified":"2003-05-11 08:23:38","fileurl":""},{"id":57111,"heading":"Too bad, sf...","article":"...I had some hope you you.\r\n\r\n"As can be seen in the above post \r\nlimiting the palestinians \r\nfreedom of speech."\r\n\r\nOh, no...Palestinians routinely exercise their right to free speech.\r\n\r\nMostly, they say "BOOM!"","author":"daveman","parent_id":56804,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-05-11 12:59:14","modified":"2003-05-11 12:59:14","fileurl":""},{"id":57116,"heading":"Au contraire","article":"This was not an attempt to discredit your name SF.\r\nThis was merely the start of an effort to purge the fine name of \r\n"systemfailure" of it's obvious racism and myopic views.\r\nFrom here on out, the name "systemfailure" has been \r\nliberated.\r\nYou've tarnished it long enough.\r\n\r\n\r\nBTW. Fresca's not the only one who knows you're an ass.","author":"systemfailure","parent_id":56804,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-05-11 13:12:07","modified":"2003-05-11 13:12:07","fileurl":""},{"id":57130,"heading":"test","article":"test test test test test","author":"test","parent_id":56804,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-05-11 15:13:00","modified":"2003-05-11 15:13:00","fileurl":""},{"id":57264,"heading":"au contrare fofrare'","article":"I'm not here for glory.\r\nWnna use my moniker?\r\nGo ahead, i dont care.\r\nYour obviously so enamored with me\r\nthat you take time out of your futile life\r\nto try to "liberate" me.\r\nI hope you dont liberate me the same way\r\nthe americans liberated the Iraqis....\r\n]\r\n]\r\nto the traitor to the constitution above (daveman)\r\nSo you argument is that each and every Palestinian \r\nis a terrorist?\r\nHow sad that is.\r\nYou are a indeed an ignorant curr.","author":"systemfailure","parent_id":56804,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-05-12 08:00:51","modified":"2003-05-12 08:00:51","fileurl":""},{"id":57275,"heading":"sissiefailure","article":""to the traitor to the constitution above (daveman)"\r\n\r\nI'd rather be your traitor to the Constitution than your kind of supporter.\r\n\r\n"So you argument is that each and every Palestinian \r\nis a terrorist?"\r\n\r\nDid I write that? Nope. Go intentionally misunderstand somebody else's posts.\r\n\r\n"You are a indeed an ignorant curr."\r\n\r\nI've been called worse by better. Your opinion of me matters absolutely zilch. ","author":"daveman","parent_id":56804,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-05-12 09:53:20","modified":"2003-05-12 09:53:20","fileurl":""},{"id":57389,"heading":"daveman","article":"Would you like a blowjob?","author":"KOBE SBM","parent_id":56804,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-05-15 16:20:55","modified":"2003-05-15 16:20:55","fileurl":""}]}