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Freedom Summer 2006 – Building Bridges
Why Palestine? Palestine is a place where you can not only learn valuable lessons in community organizing around non-violent resistance, but can experience first-hand a place where people are resisting occupation every day. Palestine needs internationals to support their demonstrations, to help protect their land, and to support their continuation of everyday life, such as…
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Post Publishes Three Letters in Defense of Georgetown Conference
The following letters were printed on Friday, February 17, 2006, in the Washington Post: Regarding the Feb. 12 Close to Home commentary by Eric Adler and Jack Langer [“Why Is Georgetown Providing a Platform for This Dangerous Group?”] about the student conference being held on the Georgetown University campus this weekend: First, Georgetown prizes its…
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Resistance Collecting Momentum
Photo By AFP The struggle of Palestinian villagers against the separation wall and settlements is collecting momentum. In addition to the ongoing direct action of manning the two Palestinian “out posts” that Bil’in villagers have built on their land to be stolen by the annexation wall, three demonstrations were held this Friday. As usual, the…
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Journalist Covers ISM’s Stand Against Racist Cartoons
By Simon Assaf The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) in Palestine have joined the denunciation of the caricatures of the prophet Mohammed. The movement, that brings together activists from around the world to stage non-violent direct action in support of Palestinians, released a statement denouncing the cartoons. Neta Golan, an Israeli-Canadian peace activist and one of…
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Parents continue daughter’s cause
By Jennifer Moody Originally published in the Albany Democrat-Herald Cindy Corrie used to think the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians had no beginning, no end and no solution — if she thought about it at all. That was before her daughter Rachel was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer as she stood in protest…
