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We left Gaza city early …

13 April 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza We left Gaza city early; we were going to Faraheen, a small village near the buffer zone to help farmers plant peppers. Israel has declared a 300 meter “buffer zone” along the entire border with Gaza. What does the buffer zone mean? Simply, that Israel will shoot anyone who approaches within 300 meters of the border. They don’t really have rulers though; usually they don’t even have soldiers.…

April 13, 2011

Rachel Corrie trial: stopping bulldozer work not an option despite risk to protesters

11 April 2011 | Rachel Corrie Foundation Deputy Battalion Commander says avoiding precedent influenced decision not to stop. Two Israeli military officers who commanded troops near Rafah, Gaza on the day Rachel Corrie was killed, took the stand behind a screen in a Haifa court Wednesday, April 6, as government witnesses in the ongoing civil lawsuit Corrie vs. the State of Israel. Their testimony further underscored the failure of the Israeli military to recognize the rights,…

April 12, 2011

14 year old girl taken in the latest wave of Awarta arrests

11 April 2011 | International Solidarity Movement On Saturday night the Israeli army once again raided Awarta, putting the village under curfew for the fifth time since the murder in the illegal settlement of Itamar on 11th March. Awarta is situated next to Itamar and has endured a constant military presence for a month now. According to the village mayor Qays Awwad, 23 people were arrested in the latest night raids; 20 males and three females.…

April 11, 2011