Category: In the Media

  • Hurndalls’ fight for justice goes on

    Family of young activist look higher up chain of command after Israeli soldier convicted of killing Chris McGreal in Jerusalem The Guardian For Tom Hurndall’s parents, the real criminal is not the Israeli soldier convicted yesterday of shooting their son in the head as he shepherded young children to safety from gunfire in the Gaza…

  • Israeli soldier is convicted of killing British student

    By Eric Silver in Jerusalem Originally published in The Independent A former Israeli soldier has been found guilty by a military court of shooting dead the British student Tom Hurndall while he acted as a human shield for Palestinian children amid gunfire in the Gaza Strip. Anthony Hurndall, Tom’s father, welcomed the outcome, but said…

  • Bil’in demonstration reported in local English newspaper

    Peace protestor Sam Grafton this week told of how violence broke out at a march in Palestinian. The 24-year-old, of Willes Road, Leamington, was part of a demonstration in the West Bank town of Bi’lin. He claims he tried to stop aggression towards Palestinians protesting against a ‘security wall’ being built on their land. Mr…

  • Israeli democracy

    In a true example of Israeli democracy Sam from Britian was arrested today for holding a Palestinian flag in Jerusalem. He was released with a caution not to disturb the peace a few hours later. See: Police detain peace activist for waving Palestinian flag near High Court by Itim at http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/587685.html: Police detained a peace…

  • Gandhi Redux

    By Meron Rapaport http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/586551.html Last Friday Laser and Hassan walked side by side along the main street of Bilin. Laser Peles (who was born in Kfar Chabad, abandoned religion, came out of the closet, was the spokesman for the gay-lesbian faction in Meretz and one of the most devoted activists of Anarchists Against the Fence)…