Year: 2012
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We Remember: Tom Hurndall
13 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement Tom was 21 years old when he was shot. A photography student, he had left the UK to volunteer as a ‘human shield’ in Iraq. Here he heard about the ISM, one of whose volunteers, Rachel Corrie, had just been killed by a bulldozer whilst protesting house demolitions…
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Palestine doesn’t ask for aid, but for freedom and recognition
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…
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13 January 2009: Hibba al-Najjar
13 January 2012 | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights “The first two years I could manage but this year I have been suffering a lot from the loss of my mother. When I see girls from my school with their mother or talking about their mother, I miss my mother even more. I need to…
