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Five locals injured in Bil’in’s weekly demonstration

18 March 2011 | Friends of Freedom and Justice, Bil’in The slogan of this week’s peaceful demonstration in Bil’in was to ‘End the Division and Occupation.’ Many international and Israeli activists participated alongside local residents of Bil’in and neighboring villages. Joining them were also the hunger strikers of the 15/March movement currently staying in Al- Manara Square, Ramallah. The protestors were holding Palestinian flags, banners of the leader, Marwan Al Bargoti, as well as posters of…

March 18, 2011

Young Gazan fisherman shot in abdomen

17 March 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza A young curly-haired boy snores solemnly in a hot room in Al-Shifa hospital in central Gaza City. He lays wrapped in a blanket and is connected to a drip. His brothers and cousins sit around his bed on yet another hospital visit. “This is the life we face as fishermen: the Israeli’s shoot at us daily and injuries are frequent,” says one of the visitors. Yasser Nasser Bakr,…

March 17, 2011

On the 8th Anniversary of Rachel Corrie’s Stand in Gaza

16 March 2011 | Rachel Corrie Foundation A Message from Craig and Cindy Corrie, March 16, 2011 On Wednesday, March 16th, we mark the eighth anniversary of our daughter Rachel’s stand in Rafah, Gaza, to protect the right of a Gazan family to be safe and secure in their home and the rights of all Palestinians to self-determination, freedom, equality, and security in the same measure as their Israeli neighbors. Here in Olympia, Washington – our…

March 16, 2011