Year: 2012
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Kufr Qaddoum resists
By Paddy Clark 31 September 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Firas Nahar Jama, 15, was arrested after Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Kufr Qaddoum during the weekly demonstration. Mahmood Nasir Batahan (10) was taken to the hospital after being hit by a tear-gas canister. Two others were treated on the scene after inhaling…
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Live ammunition in Nabi Saleh
By Paddy Clark 31 August 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West bank Three Palestinians were injured and 5 arrested today during Nabi Saleh’s weekly demonstration. Israeli military set up road blocks surrounding the village early this morning in order to prevent people and journalists from participating. At 4.30 p.m., Malek Tamini was shot with a live bullet…
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Palestinian family members attacked, then arrested in khan Al Luban
By Marshall Pinkerton 29 August | International Solidarity Movement On the morning of August 28, around 30 settlers armed with guns and sticks descended upon a Palestinian home located in Khan al-Liban, and attacked the Daraghmah family. The mother, Taghrid, and the two youngest sons, Mu’min, 13, and Nour al-Deen, 9, were injured during the…
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Judge blaming Rachel Corrie for her own death highlights Israel’s impunity, family says
By Jillian Kestler-D’Amours 28 August 2012 | Electronic Intifada, Haifa The Haifa District court ruled earlier today that the Israeli military is not responsible for killing American activist Rachel Corrie, and that Corrie was to blame for her own death. “Even when she saw the mount of earth moving towards her, she did not move…
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ISM’s response to the Rachel Corrie verdict
The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) is deeply concerned by the verdict of Judge Oded Gershon that absolved Israel’s military and state of the 2003 murder of American ISM activist Rachel Corrie. Rachel was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer while protesting the demolition of a Palestinian home in the Gaza Strip. Despite the…
