Category: Journals
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Al Khalil: School children reflect on changes in Israeli military following presence of ISM volunteers
by Edna 25 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The safe, comfortable, winsome childhood I had growing up in suburban America is a completely theoretical concept for the Palestinian children in the West Bank. I’ve realized this while volunteering as a human rights observer in Hebron. One activity that entails is sitting and…
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Two Stray Bullets in Gaza
by Johnny Bravo 24 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza On Sunday it was reported that a young boy had been shot on farmland near the Rafah crossing. The details were unclear. Several colleagues and I traveled to Rafah to find out what happened. After making several inquiries, we entered a Bedouin area several…
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Rachel Corrie & Hana Shalabi: Flowers among thistles of Israeli occupation
by Nathan Stuckey 21 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Rachel Corrie was murdered nine years ago by an Israeli bulldozer. Hana Shalabi has spent the last 34 days on hunger strike an Israeli prison, yet she is accused of no crime. This was not the first time Hana has been held in Israeli…
