Today two members of ISM, a pro Palestinian organisation in the West Bank, moved onto land surrounding the Jewish settlement of Itamar in a deliberate act of provocation. Itamar is the scene of numerous terrorist attacks by Palestinian extremists in the past that have resulted in the murder of residents.

These activists were picked up by the IDF and are currently in detention near Salfit.

International organizations like ISM are actually used by the Palestinians to instigate conflict with their Jewish neighbors. The ISM might sound like a very nice group of sweet people but are often a group of provocateurs

Palestinians often send foreigners into the no man's land to provoke Israeli residents, who have been targeted by terrorists and whose suspicions are aroused when they observe people in the prohibited area. This often results in violent incidents which can be filmed and photographed for propoganda purposes.