Category: Gaza
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His story told by his mother: Ayoub Asalya, 12 years old, killed by an Israeli missile
by Rosa Schiano 19 March 2012 | il Blog di Oliva Ayoub Asalya, 12, was going to school on Sunday morning when he was killed by an Israeli missile. On the walls of his house there is a poster with his image. Ayoub is shown smiling with a cap on his head. “The nights before he…
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They will never beg
by Johnny Bravo 19 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza I have read several accounts over the last few days of how life in Southern Israel has become unbearable for the people living there. In retaliation for the latest provocation by Israel over 200 rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel. 11 people were…
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In memory of a hero: Rachel speaks truth
16 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement On the anniversary of Rachel Corrie’s martyrdom today, the rain fell in quiet tears that watered Palestine in a confusing emotion of remorse and yet optimism—the same optimism we hear in the voice of Rachel’s diaries and actions. It rained on Kufr Qaddoum where attack dogs clenched in…