Category: In the Media

  • Real World Radio: Hernan Zin live from Gaza

    Real World Radio interviewed Hernan Zin, an independent journalist who lives in Spain. Zin has been traveling around the world for 13 years —as he explains in his own blog — in order to “give voice to the excluded, the marginalized, those who are in the final step of the social ladder”. He is currently…

  • St Louis Post: “Area woman, 24, places herself as human shield for Palestinians”

    by Sylvester Brown Jr. St. Louis Post, 08/29/2006 The woman’s defiant stance – back arched, arms outstretched – seemed to say, “Bring it on!” Yet, the scene seemed to betray her resolve. St. Louis County resident Jennifer Presson, 24, stood in front of a line of Israeli soldiers. They were armed with batons, guns and…

  • Baltimore Sun: “Unilateral Action by Israel Spawns Violence in Gaza”

    Published on Thursday, August 17, 2006 by the Baltimore Sun (Maryland) by George Bisharat SAN FRANCISCO – With the spotlight on Lebanon, another Middle East milestone is passing largely unnoticed. However, its lessons are just as important. A year ago this week, Israel began implementing its unilateral Gaza disengagement plan — yet the region is…

  • AP: Gazans Protest Journalists’ Abduction

    Associated Press Palestinian journalists in Gaza protested on Saturday against the kidnapping of a Fox News correspondent and cameraman, as concern about the men’s safety grew. Cameraman Olaf Wiig, 36, of New Zealand, and American correspondent Steve Centanni, 60, were snatched Monday from their TV van near the Palestinian security services headquarters in Gaza City.…

  • Daily Star staff: Palestinian-led International Solidarity Movement comes to Lebanon

    Ecumenical, non-violent opposition group organizes civilian convoy to South By Jim Quilty for The Daily Star Thursday, August 10, 2006 BEIRUT: “We’ve been told the situation here is different from Palestine,” says Huwaida Arraf, co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement. “In Palestine you have Israeli soldiers on the ground actively brutalizing civilians. Here, they’ve been…