Stephen Farrell Middle East Correspondent of The Times, says that it seems unlikely the Israeli Government or military will learn any lessons from today’s guilty verdicts in the killing of British peace activist Tom Hurndall. “Mr Hurndall’s father Anthony stood ...
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Hurndalls’ fight for justice goes on
Family of young activist look higher up chain of command after Israeli soldier convicted of killing Chris McGreal in Jerusalem The Guardian For Tom Hurndall’s parents, the real criminal is not the Israeli soldier convicted yesterday of shooting their son ...
Read More »Verdict on Killing of Tom Hurndall – ISM London
Regardless of the outcome of today’s verdict on the killing of Tom Hurndall, the International Solidarity Movement, London maintains that justice cannot been served while the culture of impunity in the Israeli army remains intact. Tom was one of hundreds ...
Read More »Snipers with children in their sights
The army said the two were blown up by a Palestinian bomb planted to kill soldiers. The corpses offered a different account. In Rafah’s morgue, Asma lay with a single bullet hole through her temple; her 13-year-old brother had a ...
Read More »A Chat with the Shabak
by Rann Around a week ago, I got a call from the Giv’at Ze’ev police, asking me to come in to `clarify some technical details’ about my arrest at a demonstration in the village of Bil’in a few weeks ago. ...
Read More »Israeli Army prevents villagers from feeding livestock
Military prevents them from walking more than two meters in direction of illegal settlement This Tuesday, June 28th, Palestinian villagers of Arab as Suweitat were prevented from feeding their livestock. Three villagers were detained when they attempted to carry bundles ...
Read More »Imneizel Villagers Bring Occupation Bulldozers To Standstill
Palestinian flags adorned the bulldozers which have razed 400 dunums of land here in the last week as villagers took back their confiscated land. Two Palestinians were injured as the Occupation Forces spent several hours pushing and beating demonstrators back. ...
Read More »“Palestinian Ghandi” Still in Jail, Bal’in Protests to Continue Friday
This day, June 29th, Rateb Abu Rahma, “the Palestinian Ghandi,” – a non-violent peace activist from Bil’in remains in custody after the prosecution appealed against his release on bail yesterday. Gaby Lasksi, Rateb’s lawyer, has filed an urgent appeal for ...
Read More »Who Killed Tom Hurndall? ISM London action in Camden
On the day that the verdict was given in Israel on the killer of Camden resident Tom Hurndall, ISM London held a small action pointing out that systematic Israeli government/military policy is responsible for the deaths of thousands of civilians ...
Read More »Israeli soldier is convicted of killing British student
By Eric Silver in Jerusalem Originally published in The Independent A former Israeli soldier has been found guilty by a military court of shooting dead the British student Tom Hurndall while he acted as a human shield for Palestinian children ...
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