Category: Reports

  • Demonstrators interrupt illegal wall construction in Al Walaja

    International Solidarity Movement 9 June 2010 A group of over 30 demonstrators came to Al-Walaja today at 7am to obstruct the path of a bulldozer being used to construct the illegal annexation wall. Three demonstrators were arrested during the action; the legitimacy of two of the arrests remains in question. Among the arrested was former…

  • Weekend demonstrations commemorate Flotilla massacre

    International Solidarity Movement 8 June 2010 Bil’in On Friday June 4th, the village of Bilín’s own Freedom Flotilla ship was attacked by soldiers from the Israel military, after it had been driven to the site of the Apartheid Fence which separates the village from much of its lands. The ship had been accompanied by large…

  • Time to break the siege on Gaza: A survivor’s account of Mavi Marmara

    International Solidarity Movement 7 June 2010 During the Israeli attack on the Mavi Maramara, deep in international waters, I was inside the body of the ship. We were unarmed civilians ranging in age from a one-year-old child to an 88-year-old priest. We were going to Gaza to break the siege that Israel has imposed on…

  • Chicago activists demonstrate against deadly raid on Freedom Flotilla

    2 June 2010 On Tuesday, the 1st of June, over 1,000 activists gathered in front of the Israeli Consulate in Chicago to voice their outrage over the attack on the Freedom Flotilla, and to demand the release of all of the prisoners held in Israeli detention facilities. The demonstration, organized by the Chicago chapter of…

  • Call to action

    2 June 2010 As we all now know, the Freedom Flotilla bound for Gaza with tons of humanitarian aid was attacked in international waters far off the coast. As masked commandos repelled from helicopters and fired assault rifles at unarmed activists dozens were injured and many were killed. The Israeli media blackout has prevented an…