Year: 2012
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Campaign: A message from Moira Jilani
By Moira Jilani 22 May 2012 | Killing Without Consequence My beloved husband, Ziad Jilani, was executed by Israeli Border Policeman, Maxim Vinogradov on June 11, 2010. There is undeniable evidence that my husband was lying unarmed and wounded on the ground, posing no threat when Israeli Border Policeman Maxim Vinogradov shot him point blank…
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Volunteer in Gaza with the ISM
21 May 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza The International Solidarity Movement is appealing for activists to join our team in the besieged Gaza Strip. After being barred from Gaza in 2003 following the murders of Rachel Corrie and Tom Hurndall, ISM Gaza was reinstated in August 2008 when ISM and other volunteers traveled aboard…
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Occupied Palestine: farce, tragedy, travesty
By Patrick Keddie 20 May 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The three snapshots below are composed from interviews conducted whilst working for the International Solidarity Movement in the West Bank from September to December 2011. FARCE Rodni Jaber is a Palestinian woman who lives and works as a farmer in Al-Baqa’a, a windswept…
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Settler Attack: Palestinian man shot in head in Asira al-Qibliya
By Maria Erdely 20 May 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Asira al-Qibliya, a village located south-west of Nablus, was attacked by illegal Israeli settlers yesterday. The attack lasted all afternoon leaving 7 Palestinians injured, of which 5 required hospitalization. Settlers fired live ammunition at the Palestinians, and one man was in critical condition…
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Gaza: Harvesting barley at Erez crossing amidst gun fire
By Hama Waqum 19 May 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Ten Palestinian volunteers harvested wheat in Gaza’s northern no-go zone on Wednesday, May 16, only 350 meters from where the Israeli Apartheid wall encircles the Gaza Strip. Two weeks ago the barley was cut and gathered and on Wednesday, volunteers loaded the harvest onto…