• Gathering to rebuild Gawi tent creates air of solidarity and support in the face of police repression and settler violence

    International Solidarity Movement 2 February 2010 50 Israeli and international supporters gathered today in Sheikh Jarrah to help Palestinian residents rebuild the Gawi family tent after it was demolished by police earlier in the day. The event, called by neighborhood residents and ISM activists, created a sense of support, solidarity and community in the face of high tension and repression by authorities. Two days earlier, Nasser Gawi was suspended from entering the neighborhood for 15 days…

  • International activists accompany Gazan farmers

    ISM Gaza 31 January 2010 Farmers form the villages of Faraheen and Khuza’a , near Gaza’s second biggest city of Khan Younis, reported to the ISM that routine ‘sweeps’ which Israelis carry out along the the border , disrupted the sowing of the wheat in the last few days available after the recent rainfall. Twice a month Israeli’s enter the Gazan side of the electrified border fence to ensure that they are no explosive devices left…

  • Attorney Sfard: Israeli police investigation of shooting of Tristan Anderson “gravely negligent”

    Alternative Information Center 1 February 2010 Yesterday’s announcement by the Israeli Ministry of Justice not to indict anyone in the March 2009 shooting and critically injuring of American activist Tristan Anderson at a non-violent demonstration in the West Bank village of Ni’ilin was based on a “gravely negligent” investigation by the Israeli police, says Israeli attorney Michel Sfard, who represents Tristan and his family. “We were notified two weeks ago that Israel decided to close this…

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