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The lucky ones had third degree burns: survivors of Israel’s latest Rafah tunnel bombing tell their story

8 September 2010 | ISM Gaza Peace talks started on September 2nd. Following the resumption of negotiations, Israel refrained from attacking Gaza for just 2 days. Then it ordered the bombing of 2 Rafah tunnels, killed 2 workers, and left 2 severely injured. ISM activists filed this report “Out of the blue, the tunnel was bombed, there was an enormous crash and I fell unconscious, I didn’t feel anything. When I woke up, I found myself…

September 8, 2010

Early release of Tom Hurndall’s killer symptom of wider Israeli crimes

8 September 2010 | ISM London UPDATE: Tom’s Killer was released this morning. The Hurndall family was not informed by any representative of the Israeli government. The British Foreign Office did contact Jocelyn this morning, but not before the news had reached her via ISM London. We are re-publishing our press release from July as our statement today. 20 July 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) condemns the early release from prison of…

September 8, 2010

Spanish Parliament condemns Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s conviction

8 September 2010 | Popular Struggle The Spanish Parliament followed the footsteps of the EU and the Desmond Tutu of the Elders, and joined the rising tide of international criticism over Abu Rahmah’s conviction of incitement by an Israeli military court. The Spanish Parliament’s Intergroup for Palestine issued a statement that expressed their “deep concern that Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s potential incarceration aims at preventing him and other Palestinians from exercising their legitimate right to protest against…

September 8, 2010