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Turtles in Aqraba

Posted on: February 10, 2012
Planting trees in Aqraba

by Jonas Weber

10 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank


“Hurry up you turtles!” Wael yelled in the distance. He had suddenly turned this walk into some kind of contest. We skipped across the rocky landscape of Palestine, dirty and with the sun in our eyes.
We were planting trees in the small village of Aqraba, putting up pictures of our missed friends Rachel Corrie and Vittario Arrigoni. Men and women, young and old were helping out with the planting, and we were treated to tea sweet as syrup. … Continue reading


Updated on February 10, 2012
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International thoughts: Coping with the reality of Israeli occupation

Posted on: February 5, 2012

by Iman

5 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

I am … well, it is not easy to explain.

I am overwhelmed, I am shocked, grateful yet disappointed, filled with love and anger, incomprehension filled my heart and an inability to truly understand what is going on.

On the one side I think I have seen it all and on the other hand it feels like I haven’t seen a thing. All this information regarding the illegal and destructive Israeli occupation are filling my head. I thought I was prepared before I arrived but I wasn’t. I came here to be an … Continue reading


Updated on February 5, 2012
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Happy birthday, dear Vittorio (RIP)

Posted on: February 4, 2012
My drawing of Vittorio Arrigoni

by Shahd Abusalama

4 February 2012 | Palestine from My Eyes

As I realized today’s date, the 4th of February, a stream of memories flooded into my mind. Today, last year, marked my dear friend Vittorio Arrigoni’s last birthday I spent with him.

I remember it was a nice, rainy Friday. I felt happy to be rich, having just gotten my $1,000 share from YouthSchool for my work on the Gaza 2011 calendar “All I Want Is Peace”. My best friend Adie Mormech, an English activist who spent a year in Gaza … Continue reading


Updated on February 4, 2012
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Music against the No Go Zone

Posted on: January 31, 2012
Music against the No Go Zone

by Rosa Schiano

31 January 2012 | il Blog di Oliva
Every Tuesday we demonstrate at the Erez border crossing, in Beit Hanoun, in the northern  Gaza Strip. The demonstration started at about 11:00 AM. We headed for the No Go Zone. The No Go Zone is an area taken by Israel that extends along Gaza’s entire northern and eastern border inside Palestinian territory. For all intents and purposes, the No go Zone imposed by Israel is illegal and prevents the farmers from working part of their lands. Those who enter the area are attacked by Israel with live rounds…. Continue reading


Updated on February 3, 2012
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Beit Hanoun demonstration under fire

Posted on: January 25, 2012
Beit Hanoun demonstration under fire

by Nathan Stuckey
25 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Strip
Gaza was treated to a strange new sight today, not really new, but something that has not been seen in Gaza in a long time: tear gas.  In Gaza protests are not smashed with tear gas and clubs like in the West Bank, they are met with live ammunition.  In a continuation of Israel’s policy to separate the West Bank from Gaza, nothing is overlooked.  The sub-human status they wish to cement in the world’s mind when it comes to the people of Gaza … Continue reading


Updated on January 25, 2012
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Kufr Qaddoum: Not peanuts in the colonists’ jar

Posted on: January 17, 2012
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by Amal

16 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

The cold and rain did not keep the residents of Kufr Qaddoum from protesting this past Friday. Even the hail storm did not stop them from demanding their equal rights. The resilience and courage of the residents cannot be summed up in words. However, this is not the message they wanted to broadcast. Besides their everyday demands for justice, they wanted to express their concern for the “Judiazation of Jerusalem.” This term refers to the Israeli strategy of erasing all Palestinian and Arab identity in Jerusalem. Kufr Qaddoum residents expressed this … Continue reading


Updated on January 23, 2012
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Palestine doesn’t ask for aid, but for freedom and recognition

Posted on: January 13, 2012
A view of

by Emma

13 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
I always knew I would go to Palestine one day. It wasn’t until I met my four friends from Gaza, Motasem, Mohammed, Hussein and Mo’min, during my time as an exchange student at a Turkish university, that I finally decided to go. Their humble and honest account of what was happening in Palestine inspired me to come and experience the situation myself. After three months in the West Bank, I wish everyone would take the opportunity to come here and see the situation themselves.
Being an international in Palestine means … Continue reading


Updated on January 13, 2012
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Beit Hanoun commemorates 3 years since operation ‘Cast Lead’

Posted on: January 7, 2012
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by Rosa Schiano

7 January 2012 | il blog di Oliva

On Tuesday there was another demonstration in Beit Hanoun against the “buffer zone” imposed by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip. The demonstrators also commemorated the over 1400 Palestinians killed during operation “Cast Lead”.

The demonstration started at about 11.00 am. A drone was flying over Beit Hanoun.

The volunteers of the ISM and other youth marched until they were only a few meters from the separation barrier, singing songs, among them the Italian “Bella Ciao”, and waving Palestinian … Continue reading


Updated on January 8, 2012
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Raw memories of war

Posted on: December 27, 2011
UNRWA refugee shelters, school and mosque in destroyed in Rafah, Gaza during Operation Cast Lead. (Photo: ISM)

by Yousef M. Aljamal

27 December 2011 | Center for Political and Development Studies

Simply put, I hate war. I love peace, for I don’t live peacefully just like others. My youngest sister hates war too. She could never forget the sounds of American-made F16s raiding Gaza’s only Power Plant, burning it to ashes, which happened to be close to our house. I could not forget her screaming that was lower than the F16s’.

Palestinians believe in peace. We hear about the so called the “peace process” in the news outlets and it’s never … Continue reading


Updated on December 27, 2011
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Merry Christmas from Gaza

Posted on: December 25, 2011
Merry Christmas from Gaza

by Shahd Abusalama

25 December 2011 | Palestine from My Eyes

When I was a very young girl, I used to climb the window and stretch my arm out, trying to collect some rain in my small hand, then sip it, believing that it was the purest ever. I remembered this as I was listening to the raindrops hitting my room’s windows, which I made sure were securely closed, to keep the cold wind from blowing inside and disturbing the warmth my body felt under my heavy blankets.

Meanwhile, I could … Continue reading


Updated on December 27, 2011
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