Category: In the Media

  • Activist’s parents recall Palestinian strife

    By Tony Lystra Gazette-Times reporter Originally published in the Corvallis Gazette-Times Corvallis crowd hears legacy of nonviolent stance When Rachel Corrie was 2, she looked up at her mother and asked an unsettling question: “Mom,” she said, “Is brave part of growing up?” More than two decades later, just before her 24th birthday, Rachel was…

  • Help Respond to Inflammatory Attack on Nonviolent Solidarity Groups

    PMWATCH ACTION CALL 02/13/2006 Op-ed libels PSM/ISM mobilize NOW! 1-866-DIAL-PMW PMWATCH – February 13, 2006 — On Sunday, February 12, 2006, the Washington Post published a defamatory op-ed by two academics, Eric Adler and Jack Langer, calling for the cancellation of the upcoming Palestine Solidarity Movement (PSM) conference at Georgetown University and accusing the PSM…

  • Ghassan Andoni’s Statement Upon Receiving The 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Nomination From The American Friends Service Committee

    Ghassan Andoni I am honored that the American Friends Service Committee, winner of the 1947 peace prize, found in my modest contribution to the cause of peace and justice in the Middle East important enough to nominate me for the Nobel Peace Prize. I am more honored that AFSC has chosen me for the same…

  • ISM Co-Founder Among Duo Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

    Letter from the AFSC nominating Ghassan Andoni and Jeff Halper for the Nobel Peace Prize The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker peace and social justice organization, has nominated two candidates for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize: Jeff Halper from Israel and Ghassan Andoni from the Occupied Palestinian Territories. In a region torn by…

  • Open Letter to Ehud Olmert

    Deputy Prime Minister of Israel Mr. Ehud Olmert Tel Nr 00 972 2 670 55 55 Fax Nr 00 972 2 670 54 75 E-Mail: pm_eng@pmo.gov.il Dear Deputy Prime Minister, On last Thursday corresponding to 2/2/2006, the Israeli security forces arrested the Italian citizen Al Abed Mohammad, after he and his companion, Mr. Paraccino Danielle,…