Year: 2012
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7 January 2009 – The Mattar family
7 January 2012 | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights “It would be great if someone could take me to the dessert and leave me there, that way I wouldn’t have to see people” At around 09:30 on 7 January 2009, Israeli forces targeted the al-Taqwa Mosque in the Sheikh Radwan district of Gaza City. The…
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Palestinians and international solidarity activists detained 5 hours in Hebron
by Aaron 7 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Friday night, Israeli soldiers at Checkpoints 56 and Gilbert in the town of Al Khalil (Hebron) detained Palestinian and International Solidarity Movement activists for a total of five hours for unexplained reasons. The detainees, a mix of activists and community members, were held for…
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ISM turns ten
7 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement- Northern California As one of the co-founders of the International solidarity movement (ISM) I often refer to ISM as my first baby. Well, my first baby is now an independent unruly and uncontrollable ten-year-old and I am one proud Mama. But I am one of ISM’s many proud…
