Category: Journals

  • Initial reactions from Gaza on the new Freedom Flotilla

    Initial reactions from Gaza on the new Freedom Flotilla

    by Radhika S. 3 November 2011 | Notes from Behind the Blockade Here in Gaza, people — especially the youth — are really excited about the new flotilla on its way from Turkey. “I can’t wait to receive my brothers and sisters who share our suffering and who also experience Israel’s apartheid policies and aggression,”…

  • Ashraf Abu Rahmah in the midst of circus military court

    Ashraf Abu Rahmah in the midst of circus military court

    by Maria Stephanya 28 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The proof is all there: photos, videos, witnesses. All of them showed that Ashraf Abu Rahmah, one of the main activists of popular non violent struggle in the village of Bil’in, Palestine, walked peacefully on the road which goes from Bil’in’s recent liberated…

  • Welcome to the settler party

    Welcome to the settler party

    by Jenna Bereld 28 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank As I pass, my Palestinian scarf is hidden in my bag – I do not want to get any spit on me tonight. Around the tomb of Shimon HaTzadik, the festival is going on. The settlers have built a stage, erected a huge…