Journals

The death of Tom Fox and a true test of solidarity By Joe Carr I first met Tom Fox in Chicago at a Christian Peacemaker Teams’ training and we became good friends through our work together. He was a father ...

“Why are we here?” Reflection written by Tom Fox in Iraq the day before the abduction 2 December 2005 As I survey the landscape here in Iraq, dehumanization seems to be the operative means of relating to each other. U.S. ...

Israeli Military overseeing further construction outside Kalandia Checkpoint By Jon Traveling between Ramallah and Jerusalem used to be a relatively easy trip, despite the various demarcations and borders the two cities contained, both within and between them. Things have changed ...

Impressions Genocide: Some people use the word genocide to describe the situation in Palestine. This offends many Jews, and turns us off from listening to anything else the speaker says. We picture gas chambers, concentration camp workers, and huge piles ...

Because we feel Rachel Corrie’s story and message are so important, we have created “Rachel Corrie Cards” for people to distribute in their communities. We’re asking a small donation toward the printing costs, but will ship the cards to anyone ...

By Neta Golan I work in the ISM media office. On February 19th 2006 the Israeli milit1ary once again invaded Balata Refugee Camp. I remember the first invasion that Sharon orchestrated into the camps during this intifada, in February 2002. ...

Mansur’s Testimony I decided to join some of my international friends and sleep in the new Palestinian houses built on the land that will be cut off from Bil’in by the wall. We were hanging out and chatting when an ...

by Hannah I arrived at Ben Gurion airport in Lod (aka the airport in Tel Aviv) just after 5:00 am for a 7:25 flight. This is about the amount of time I had last time, when security didn’t have enough ...

By Harry reprinted from his blog www.palestinepal.blogspot.com I’ve been working with Mohammad Mansour, a Palestinian activist in the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), since I began work here one month ago. He is to face a trial tomorrow. If found guilty, ...

By Fairouz With contributions by Dillion I would like to be writing about nonviolent struggle in Palestine. I want to be shedding light on the many injustices of Occupation. I am irate that astounding daily stories of creative and courageous ...