10 September 2011 | Operation Dove and Christian Peacemaker Teams [Note: According to the Fourth Geneva Convention, the Hague Regulations, the International Court of Justice, and several United Nations resolutions, all Israeli settlements and outposts in the Occupied Palestinian Territories ...
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Settlers and Israeli military team up to intimidate Kufr Qaddoum
6 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On the 5th and 6th of September, settlers from the illegal settlement of Qadumim entered Kufr Qaddum in an act of blatant provocation. The settlers were encouraged to leave by a ...
Read More »Trial over murder of pro-Palestinian activist begins in Gaza
9 September 2011 | Haaretz Four surviving defendants charged with kidnapping and murder of Italian activist Vittorio Arrigoni; court proceedings postponed until September 22. The trial of the four surviving defendants allegedly involved in the kidnapping and murder of Italian ...
Read More »Vittorio Arrigoni trial, day one
8 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza The trial of four surviving defendants in the April 14 kidnapping and murder of Italian journalist and International Solidarity Movement activist Vittorio Arrigoni began today in a Gaza military court. The hearing, ...
Read More »Retired professor on epic voyage to honor USS Liberty dead
7 September 2011 | Arab News GAZA: A retired college professor from the US state of Texas who has sailed approximately 8,000 miles to the eastern Mediterranean in an epic voyage, is heading toward his destination — the exact location ...
Read More »National Building Museum cancels Caterpillar Inc. award ceremony!
7 September 2011 | Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice ACT NOW: Stop Rewarding Complicity in Human Rights Abuses Altogether! Due to help and pressure from individuals and social justice groups across the country, the National Building Museum has ...
Read More »Statement for USS Liberty memorial service
7 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza This statement was submitted for tonight’s memorial service off the coast of the Gaza Strip. We join Larry Toenjes, Joe and Sherrie Wagner, Rusty Glenn, and all supporters of the s/v Liberty ...
Read More »Wasteland in al Walajeh: Israeli military destruction of farmland
7 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Tuesday September 6th local Palestinians from the village of Al Walajeh gathered with international activists to protest the building of the illegal separation barrier as well as the destruction of ancient ...
Read More »Today we planted in Gaza’s buffer zone
6 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Strip Today, like every Tuesday in Beit Hanoun, we marched into the buffer zone to protest it and the illegal Israeli occupation. In many ways it was the same as every Tuesday. ...
Read More »Yitzhar settlers violently crash Burin wedding, military watches
6 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank While villagers were celebrating a wedding in the small village of Burin, Israeli arsonists from the illegal settlement of Yitzhar seized the opportunity to set ablaze olive groves, destroying over 200 olive trees. ...
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