Author: ISM Media

  • ISM’s response to the Rachel Corrie verdict

    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…

  • Gaza activists: #RememberRachel and support #BDS

    Palestinians in Gaza support the Corrie family on the eve of the verdict in their lawsuit against Israel over its 2003 killing of their daughter Rachel, as well as divestment from Caterpillar and the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement.

  • ‘Welcome to Palestine’ group denied entry into West Bank

    26 August, 2012 | Ma’an News, Bethlehem, West Bank Dozens of foreign peace activists were denied entry into the West Bank by Israeli authorities at the Allenby Bridge crossing on Sunday evening, organizers of the third ‘Welcome to Palestine’ initiative said. “The Welcome to Palestine Campaign decries the Israeli denial of entry via the Allenby…

  • Video: Soldiers attack children in Nabi Saleh and forcibly separate them from their detained mother

    Video: Soldiers attack children in Nabi Saleh and forcibly separate them from their detained mother

    August 25 2012 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee, Occupied Palestine Army held six detainees over eight hours, raided houses in the village, injuring several residents and using live ammunition Pictures: see here, here, here, and here During the weekly demonstration in the village of Nabi Saleh, yesterday, Friday, dedicated to support the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, some of the…

  • Night raids and arrests continue in Burin

    Night raids and arrests continue in Burin

    By Alma Reventos 25 August 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Thursday August 23, Mumen Mahmoud Raja, 18, was arrested at his home by Israeli occupation forces at 2:30 a.m. Around 2 a.m., some 60 Israeli forces invaded the Palestinian village of Burin, located south-west of Nablus. They arrived in 6 military jeeps,…