Category: Journals
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The mourning tent of a martyr
by Nathan Stuckey 14 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Strip Nayif Qarmout was murdered yesterday; he was also buried yesterday, in a small cemetery in the heart of Jabalia, the refugee camp where he lived. He was only 14 years old. He was murdered by an Israeli missile while playing football with his…
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Beit Furik, Nablus: Family unable to attend funeral for son killed in recent Gaza air strikes
by Jonas Weber 13 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank “We called him Nassr, but I think his real name was Mahmoud,” says Ahmed while we were on the bus from the Beit Furik municipality building. Outside the bus window, the walls of the little town just outside of Nablus are plastered with…
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Thaer Abed Al Hameed Mahdi, murdered by the Siege
by Nathan Stuckey 8 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Thaer Abed Al Hameed Mahdi died on Saturday, March 3rd, 2012. He was 23 years old. A rope snapped and he plunged down a shaft to his death. He died instantly. His coworkers Jamal Kamel Mahdi and Raed Jaber Mahdi survived, they are still…
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The seen and unseen in the No Go Zone
by Nathan Stuckey 7 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Today, like ever Tuesday, we marched into the no go zone north of Beit Hanoun. We gathered by the half destroyed Beit Hanoun Agricultural College and marched north, towards Jerusalem. A Jerusalem that few of the protesters have ever seen, they have never been…
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Introducing Bil’in: The ritual of resistance and oppression
by Sophie Van Dijk 2 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Today we went to Bil’in, a small village 17 km from Ramallah. For decades it has been harassed by the Israeli army. When the Apartheid Wall was constructed, it separated the farmers from their land. Seven years ago, the villagers succeeded in moving…
