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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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Casualties of the last attacks on Gaza: Visit to Shifa Hospital

Posted on: March 16, 2012
Hani Al- Qanoo, 15 years old

by Rosa Schiano

15 March 2012 | il Blog di Oliva

This morning we went to pay a visit to the wounded at the Shifa Hospital. Most of them have fractures and burns.

Hani Al-Qanoo, 15


His mother, Reda, tells that on Sunday morning around 9am Hani and his brother went to school, but there were no classes. They were coming back home when a drone fired a missile on the same road where they were walking, Al Khorondar street.
Reda lives with her 7 children in difficult … Continue reading


Updated on March 16, 2012
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The mourning tent of a martyr

Posted on: March 15, 2012
Photo courtesy of Rosa Schiano, 2012

by Nathan Stuckey
14 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Strip


Nayif Qarmout was murdered yesterday; he was also buried yesterday, in a small cemetery in the heart of Jabalia, the refugee camp where he lived.  He was only 14 years old.  He was murdered by an Israeli missile while playing football with his friends.  He was a handsome young man, the photo on his martyr posters make that obvious. It was something that I never would have guessed … Continue reading


Updated on March 16, 2012
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Beit Furik, Nablus: Family unable to attend funeral for son killed in recent Gaza air strikes

Posted on: March 14, 2012
Who is in this picture

by Jonas Weber

13 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

“We called him Nassr, but I think his real name was Mahmoud,” says Ahmed while we were on the bus from the Beit Furik municipality building. Outside the bus window, the walls of the little town just outside of Nablus are plastered with freshly printed martyr posters. The picture shows a middle aged man photoshopped between the Dome of the Rock and the Palestinian flag.

It has just been a few days since Mahmoud Hanini was killed by an Israeli rocket … Continue reading


Updated on March 14, 2012
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Official Release: “The New Black” by The Mavrix

Posted on: March 13, 2012

13 March 2012 | Palestine Solidarity Alliance and PACBI

In a first ever musical collaboration between South Africa and Palestine, South African band, The Mavrix, and Palestinian Oud player, Mohammed Omar, have released a music video called “The New Black”. The song is taken from The Mavrix’ upcoming album,”Pura Vida”, due for release in June 2012.

Written and composed by Jeremy Karodia and Ayub Mayet, the song was a musical reaction to the horror of the Gaza Massacre of 2008/2009 and then subsequently inspired by the book “Mornings in Jenin”, authored by Susan Abulhawa. Mayet had penned the first lyrics in … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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Burying Nayif Qarmout

Posted on: March 13, 2012
Photo courtesy of Rosa Schiano, 2012

13 March 2012 | Nathan Stuckey, International Solidarity Movement, Gaza

Nayif Qarmout was killed by an Israeli missile today at 9:30 A.M. He was 14 years old. Five other teenagers with him were injured, Tamer Azzam, 16, Mu’ayyad al-Qanou’, 18, Hani al-Qanou’, 16, Salih Qarmout, 14; and Sa’eed al-Attar, 14. The boys were reportedly playing football in a playground when the missile struck. Nayif was buried today in Jabalia.

The same mosque that yesterday hosted the funeral of twelve year old Ayoub Useila today was the site of the funeral of Nayif. Hundreds of people gathered … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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Burying Ayoub

Posted on: March 11, 2012
Ayoub, martyred in an air strike

by Nathan Stuckey

11 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza

Twelve year old Ayoub Assalya was murdered today. He was walking to school when an Israeli missile landed next to him.  It was seven A.M.  He is another casualty of Israel’s latest attack on Gaza. For three days now Gaza has been under bombardment.  Eighteen people have been killed.  Dozens have been injured.

His funeral was held today in Jabalia, the refugee camp where he lived.  We waited outside the mosque for midday prayers … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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Gaza rally for Hana Shalabi on International Women’s Day

Posted on: March 8, 2012
Gaza rally for Hana Shalabi on International Women’s Day

by Joe Catron

8 March 2012 | Mondoweiss

Hundreds of Palestinian women filled the street outside Gaza’s International Committee of the Red Cross this morning, marking International Women’s Day by demanding the release of administrative detainee Hana Shalabi on the 22nd day of her open hunger strike.

The rally contained Palestinian women of every age, including many university students and other youth.

Many girls joined their mothers to express their support for Shalabi.

During the demonstration, which lasted several hours, tired … Continue reading


Updated on March 8, 2012
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Thaer Abed Al Hameed Mahdi, murdered by the Siege

Posted on: March 8, 2012

by Nathan Stuckey
8 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza
Thaer Abed Al Hameed Mahdi died on Saturday, March 3rd, 2012.  He was 23 years old.  A rope snapped and he plunged down a shaft to his death.  He died instantly.  His coworkers Jamal Kamel Mahdi and Raed Jaber Mahdi survived, they are still in the hospital.   Jamal is in the European Hospital with two broken legs and a broken arm.  Raed is in Shifa Hospital.  His back is broken.  Three years ago Israel slaughtered almost 1,500 Gazans, and nobody was held accountable … Continue reading


Updated on March 8, 2012
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The seen and unseen in the No Go Zone

Posted on: March 7, 2012
The seen and unseen in the No Go Zone

by Nathan Stuckey
7 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza
Today, like ever Tuesday, we marched into the no go zone north of Beit Hanoun.  We gathered by the half destroyed Beit Hanoun Agricultural College and marched north, towards Jerusalem.  A Jerusalem that few of the protesters have ever seen, they have never been allowed to go to Jerusalem, it is forbidden to them, just as the land in the no go zone is forbidden to them.  Jerusalem and Al Aqsa are unseen.  We demonstrated for Al Aqsa and the prisoners.  The prisoners too are … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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