Category: In the Media

  • Gaza Freedom March: Palestinian Non-violence and International Solidarity

    Max Ajl | MR Zine 16 December 2009 I’m going to discuss the utility of non-violent resistance as it applies to resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict and, specifically, the occupation and blockade of the Gaza strip. Even more specifically, I’m going to discuss the Gaza Freedom March (GFM), of which I’m one of the organizers. But…

  • IDF raids Naalin photographer’s home

    Ali Waked | YNet News 16 December 2009 Family members of a girl who shot a video showing an Israel Defense Forces soldier firing a rubber bullet at a bound Palestinian in the West Bank village of Naalin last year say the army has been harassing them ever since. The relatives told Ynet that a…

  • Die on my Palestine land

    Jody McIntyre | Ctrl.Alt.Shift 16 December 2009 Fatima Mohammed Yassen, aged 49, is a farmer from Bil’in. Despite the crippling Israeli occupation of her village, she continues to work her land, along with her husband, on a daily basis. Jody McIntyre spoke to Im Khamis, as she is known to local villagers, in her home…

  • British court issued Gaza arrest warrant for former Israeli minister Tzipi Livni

    Ian Black & Ian Cobain | The Guardian 14 December 2009 A British court issued an arrest warrant for Israel’s former foreign minister over war crimes allegedly committed in Gaza this year – only to withdraw it when it was discovered that she was not in the UK, it emerged today. Tzipi Livni, a member…

  • No freeze on Palestinian suffering

    Seth Freedman | The Guardian 14 December 2009 Within minutes of our arrival in Tuwani, in the south Hebron hills of the West Bank, an army Jeep rolled into the village and shattered the mid-morning tranquillity. “We’re turning this place into a closed military zone,” announced the stern-faced commander to anyone within earshot. Brandishing his…