Author: ISM Media
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The massacre of 1929 and the War of Narratives
by Aaron 21 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank If you ask an Israeli settler in or around Al-Khalil (Hebron) what calls them to live on contested land, most will speak to a religious connection to the city and the Cave of the Machpelach (“patriarchs”), where Jews, Muslims, and Christians come to revere…
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Gaza sit-in, rally back Khader Adnan; general strike set for Tuesday
by Joe Catron 20 February 2012 | Mondoweiss Every Monday morning the families of 445 Gaza Palestinians detained by Israel occupy the courtyard of Gaza’s International Committee of the Red Cross headquarters to demand that the ICRC fulfill its obligation to protect the rights of their imprisoned relatives. This week’s gathering was infused with fresh…
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Palestinian activist to judge: I do not recognize your rules
20 February 2012 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Bassem Tamimi from Nabi Saleh testified yesterday as part of the defense’s case in the ongoing trial against him. Tamimi, suspected of protest related charges, was arrested on March last year, and remains in detention since. After 11 months in an Israeli jail, Bassem Tamimi, a prominent…
