Category: In the Media
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Statement from the family of Rachel Corrie on the 12th anniversary of Rachel’s stand in Gaza
16th March 2015 |Rachel Corrie Foundation | Today, the twelfth anniversary of our daughter and sister Rachel’s stand and death in Gaza, we find ourselves back where our journey for accountability in her case began – in Washington DC. We have come for meetings at the Department of State and in Congress and, also, to join our…
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A decade of civil disobedience in my West Bank village
2nd March | Abdallah Abu Rahma – originally posted on Haaretz | Bil’in, Occupied Palestine On February 20, 2005, we, residents of the West Bank Palestinian village of Bil’in, set forth, accompanied by supporters from around the world, and marched to the west side of the village. Israeli army bulldozers had begun uprooting olive trees there and wiping out the place…
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Extremist settlers hurls abuse at injured ISM activist
26th December | Ally Cohen – originally posted on Mondoweiss | Hebron, Occupied Palestine Hebron, Palestine, December 24th. As we made our way to ‘checkpoint watch’ we were discussing what it would be like that morning, would there be tear gas? Stun grenades? Child arrests? Every day children are forced to walk through military checkpoints, manned with armed…
