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With my life and soul I will free you Palestine-Demonstrators in Gaza

Internatonal Solidarity Movement 1 March 2010 Thirty activists from the Local Initiative Beit Hannoun and the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) participated in the weekly demonstration asking for Palestinian land to be returned to its rightful owners. The activists gathered at the site of the University College for Agriculture which now lies in rubble following air attacks during operation Cast Lead. The activists walked towards the Erez border chanting “Down with the Occupation” and “With my life…

March 1, 2010

New Demolition Orders Issued in Silwan as Main Road Collapses A Second Time

International Solidarity Movement 28 February 2010 The Jerusalem Municipality issued a further 8 demolition orders on February 24 applying to Palestinian homes in Silwan village East Jerusalem. The main street of Wadi Hilweh neighbourhood of Silwan collapsed that evening at the same point it collapsed in January due to structural damage caused by settler project “City of David”’s subterranean excavations. A large force of Israeli Police and Border Police, accompanied by Jerusalem Municipality representatives, executed an…

February 28, 2010

Cultivating Resistance: Khirbet Bir al ‘Idd

International Solidarity Movement 27 February 2010 Last week, two small, rural outposts were awaiting two payloads from a 4×4 that was snaking its way along the winding, West Bank roads of the South Hebron hills. The first was the material to construct some alternative energy sources for these small communities, the second was an international presence that would aid them in the fight for their legitimacy. In the hills around Susya, sheep- and goat-herders live in…

February 27, 2010