Category: In the Media

  • Haaretz: Rachel Corrie’s family sues Israel, IDF

    By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent The family of Rachel Corrie, a pro-Palestinian activist killed by an Israel Defense Forces bulldozer in Rafah two years ago, sued the State of Israel and the IDF for damages in the Haifa District Court on Tuesday. The 24-year-old Corrie was killed on March 16, 2003 when she tried to…

  • Fighting Israel’s Wall

    By Anne Petter Originally published in The Nation The International Court of Justice has ruled Israel’s “Separation Wall” illegal and has called on Israel to dismantle the wall. Nineteen days ago I came to Israel to protest that wall and to bear witness to its devastating effects on the Palestinian population. Instead I was detained…

  • Windows of Hope: Insight on the International Solidarity Movement

    By Tala A. Rahmeh Originally published by MIFTAH “It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing…

  • MIFTAH: Windows of Hope: Insight on the International Solidarity Movement

    By Tala A. Rahmeh, for MIFTAH “It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other…

  • Letter From Budrus

    By Mark Sorkin Originally published in The Nation The van drops us off at the top of a hill and rattles around the bend. It is the middle of the afternoon in Budrus, a tiny village in the occupied West Bank ten miles northwest of Ramallah, and the neighborhood seems deceptively quiet. A few boys…