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Volunteer in Gaza with the ISM

Posted on: May 21, 2012
Volunteer in Gaza with the ISM

21 May 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza

The International Solidarity Movement is appealing for activists to join our team in the besieged Gaza Strip.  After being barred from Gaza in 2003 following the murders of Rachel Corrie and Tom Hurndall, ISM Gaza was reinstated in August 2008 when ISM and other volunteers traveled aboard the historic, siege-breaking voyage of the first Free Gaza Movement boat. ISM has maintained a constant presence in Gaza since that time, for over three years of Israel’s crippling siege.

ISM volunteers refused to leave when Israel began bombing Gaza in … Continue reading


Updated on May 21, 2012
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Statement No. 7 of the Strike leadership

Posted on: May 14, 2012
Statement No. 7 of the Strike leadership

by The Central Committee of the Leadership of the Strike

13 May 2012 | Samidoun

We have only two options: to achieve all of our demands, or to die

Free Palestinian people, masses of our nation, free people of the world….

We have entered a stage of legendary and draining human struggle, where we face real danger which threatens our lives. We are now very close to martyrdom, which is more precious and one of the best options for us.

We are now at the state of a great test of wills … Continue reading


Updated on May 14, 2012
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For immediate release: Cyclists attacked by soldier in the Jordan Valley seek legal action

Posted on: April 17, 2012

17 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

For Immediate Release

April 17, 2012: Cyclists attacked by soldier in the Jordan Valley seek legal action

Danish activist Andreas was attacked by Israeli commander Lt.-Col. Shalom Eisner during an unarmed demonstration in the Jordan Valley on April 14th. (See video). Dutch activist Mira and a Palestinian man also suffered injuries following an assault by Eisner,  Swedish activist Alex was handcuffed and detained for over one hour during the incident. The action involved some two hundred people riding bikes along Route-90 which connects Israeli settlements, which are recognized as illegal by the International … Continue reading


Updated on April 20, 2012
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Press Release from the Welcome to Palestine Campaign

Posted on: April 16, 2012

by Mazin Qumsiyeh

16 April 2012 | Welcome to Palestine Campaign 2012
We did not have to show our 1500 visitors Israeli racism, arrogance, and human rights violations; the Israeli government showed them and also showed the whole world. Calling itself a democracy, this outlaw state denied the right of people from around the world to come visit us and see for themselves the reality of life under occupation.
We the Palestinian people are 11 million normal human beings, 7 million are refugees or displaced people simply because they are natives to a land that was wanted for a Jewish state. Five million of us … Continue reading


Updated on April 16, 2012
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Call for international action: Show your support on Palestinian Prisoners day

Posted on: April 13, 2012
Call for international action: Show your support on Palestinian Prisoners day

12 April 2012 | International Solidarity Movement

This week International Solidarity Movement is calling for international solidarity in the run up to Palestinian Prisoners Day on the 17th April.  The Palestinian prisoners struggle needs immediate international attention as Israel’s treatment of prisoners under a military judicial system starkly violates international law and fundamental human rights.  According to Addammer there are currently 4,637 Palestinian political prisoners are kept in Israeli military jails and detention centers, including 320 administrative detainees.

Some of the primary objectives of the prisoners struggle are:

To stop the system … Continue reading


Updated on April 29, 2012
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In memory of a hero: Rachel speaks truth

Posted on: March 16, 2012
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16 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement
On the anniversary of Rachel Corrie’s martyrdom today, the rain fell in quiet tears that watered Palestine in a confusing emotion of remorse and yet optimism—the same optimism we hear in the voice of Rachel’s diaries and actions.
It rained on Kufr Qaddoum where attack dogs clenched in their jaws the peaceful freedom fighters of Palestine, an image reminiscent of a segregated America.
It drizzled as the folks of Al Ma’sara demanded the wall to fall, an echoing … Continue reading


Updated on March 16, 2012
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Breaking: 2 international activists assaulted by extreme settlers in Al Khalil

Posted on: March 9, 2012

9 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

Two international activists were assaulted late this morning by extreme Zionist settlers in Al Khalil (Hebron). A female activist was assaulted by a male settler, after being punched in the face and having her camera stolen by this male settler.

Today’s attack comes following weeks of warning and aggression towards photojournalists and activists with cameras by Israeli military and police, which have stated to internationals that Israeli law forbids the photography of their operations, or rather, their breach of international law and human rights.

Activists have received these warnings for weeks now, and today’s attack … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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Declaration of Support for the Global March to Jerusalem

Posted on: March 8, 2012
Declaration of Support for the Global March to Jerusalem

6 March 2012 | Global March to Jerusalem
We, the Advisory Board of the Global March to Jerusalem, are alarmed and deeply troubled by the continuing repression of Palestinians in Jerusalem and by the deliberate and systematic attempts to expel and reduce the Christian and Muslim Palestinian population of the city as part of the policy called “Judaisation,” which is being applied to every part of historic Palestine.

 This policy is inconsistent with all relevant United Nations resolutions on Jerusalem and contrary to the most basic principles of international law. Its purpose is plainly to … Continue reading


Updated on April 13, 2012
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Deadline extended: Submit your photos for the liberation of Shuhada street

Posted on: February 29, 2012
Deadline extended: Submit your photos for the liberation of Shuhada street

20 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
Beginning this week local organizers in Al Khalil (Hebron) and supporters have organized a series of events to commemorate the Baruch Goldstein Massacre and demand the re-opening of Shuhada Street, once the commercial heart of Al Khalil, now off limits to locals, Palestinians in general, and even international supporters following the massacre that claimed 29 Palestinian lives.
While one street may seem insignificant or small, the segregation, economic strangulation, violence, and oppression that Shuhada Street suffers is a microcosm of Zionist policy. As extremist settlers continue to harass and violently … Continue reading


Updated on April 13, 2012
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The world must heed Khader Adnan’s call: Make Palestinian Political Prisoners’ Day, 17 April 2012, a day of international action

Posted on: February 22, 2012
The world must heed Khader Adnan’s call: Make Palestinian Political Prisoners’ Day, 17 April 2012, a day of international action

21 February 2012 | Samidoun
Organizational endorsements are welcome for this statement.
Please click here or email april17@palestinianprisoners.org to endorse.
“I hereby assert that I am confronting the occupiers not for my own sake as an individual, but for the sake of thousands of prisoners who are being deprived of their simplest human rights while the world and international community look on,” Sheikh Khader Adnan wrote from the bed that Israeli soldiers chained him to in the Ramleh prison hospital on 11 February.
“It is … Continue reading


Updated on April 13, 2012
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