• Guardian: A love under fire

    It is a romance intertwined with the formation of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) on the West Bank. Both were born in the US: she is Palestinian, he is Jewish. As the ISM has come into the firing line, so their affair has endured hunger strike and deportation. They tell their story to Nicholas Blincoe…

  • Haaretz: Birthright participant turns pro-Palestinian activist

    By Annette Young Originially published by Haaretz “I’m helping the Jews by being here,” says Laura Gordon, who has joined the International Solidarity Movement It is probably not what the founders of Birthright Israel – the program that brings thousands of young diaspora Jews to Israel each year – would have ever imagined: That within…

  • 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.…