• Haaretz: MKs in a huff over ISM peace activists

    By Gideon Alon and Amos Harel Three International Solidarity Movement activists watched from the Knesset gallery yesterday as right-wing MKs lashed out at the organization, calling them “warmongers” who should be deported. The three women, one from Ireland and two from the U.S., were guests of MK Ahmed Tibi, who initiated the debate on “government…

  • AP: Israel Raids Offices of Activist Group

    Jason Keyser | Associated Press JERUSALEM – The Israeli army raided the West Bank offices of a foreign pro-Palestinian group yesterday, confiscating computers and documents and arresting an American and an Australian, witnesses and a group spokeswoman said. Israeli troops also demolished eight Palestinian homes yesterday in the Gaza Strip near the site of an…

  • Haaretz: Israel to bar pro-Palestinian activists from entering country

    By Amos Harel and Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondents and Agencies Israel will from now on bar pro-Palestinian activists from entering the country and will try to expel at least some of the dozens of activists who are already here, according a new plan drafted by the Israel Defense Forces and the foreign and defense ministries.…

  • ISM Statement on British Suicide Bombers

    ISM Media Office [This statement is provided here for historical accuracy. For an updated statement on this incident, please see the Frequently Asked Questions page.] The International Solidarity Movement supports non-violent resistance to the illegal and brutal occupation of Palestine. Palestinians have long been at risk of death, imprisonment and torture when they engage in…

  • Haaretz: ‘Dear IDF, Please meet us, allow an open dialogue’

    By Joseph Algazy Originally published by Haaretz The family of an international peace activist, felled by an IDF bullet, hope they can help promote an end to the conflict Tom Hurndall, a young Briton active in the International Solidarity movement, is lying unconscious at Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva. Not long ago he was…