Category: Features

  • Ramadan begins with the killing of two Palestinians

    Ramadan begins with the killing of two Palestinians

    2 August 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank At 3am Qalandia refugee camp was invaded by the Israeli army. Approximately 300 soldiers raided the camp, shooting live ammunition directly at people,  killing two Palestinians. The two young men, Mutasin Issa Udwan who was 22 years old was declared to have passed away when he…

  • IDF shoots live ammunition at ISM activists at sea

    24 July 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza On Saturday the ISM crew for CPS Gaza rode out on the trawler that rescued us during the second attack on the Oliva on Thursday, July 14th.  As I mentioned before, the Oliva project is currently on an indefinite hiatus.  Nils, Joe and I went to the…

  • Escalation of attacks by the Israeli navy on the CPS Gaza boat

    23 July 2011 | Civil Peace Service Gaza Footage of the second water-cannon attack by the Israeli navy against the Civil Peace Service Gaza boat “Oliva” on Thursday, July 14, 2011. The camera used was lost in the sea when the crew evacuated the “Oliva,” recovered in a fishing net, and returned on Wednesday, July…