Search results for: “demolition”

  • ISM Co-Founder Among Duo Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

    Letter from the AFSC nominating Ghassan Andoni and Jeff Halper for the Nobel Peace Prize The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker peace and social justice organization, has nominated two candidates for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize: Jeff Halper from Israel and Ghassan Andoni from the Occupied Palestinian Territories. In a region torn by…

  • Church Votes to Sell off Shares in Caterpillar

    Reported by The Guardian February 7, 2006 The Church of England’s general synod – including the Archbishop of Canterbury – voted last night to disinvest church funds from companies profiting from Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian territory. The main target of the plan will be the US earth-moving equipment company Caterpillar which has supplied vehicles…

  • A Call From Hebron, A Call for Justice

    1. A Call From Hebron. 2. Gaza, Elections, and Democracy. 3. Close Encounter of a Settler Kind. 4. Poems against the Occupation. 5. Palestinians Unite Again to Appeal for the Release of the Peace Activists held Hostage in Iraq. 6.Bili’n on the streets of Tel Aviv. 7.High Court Wants Answers from the State; Bil’in Decision…

  • Gaza, Elections, and Democracy

    by Hannah January 27, 2006 Finally, after several years of wanting to go to Gaza, Dunya and I managed to spend two days there under the auspices of election observation. It didn’t take very long for Dunya to observe that the elections in Gaza City were far cleaner than those in Ohio in 2004, where…

  • Frequently Asked Questions

    What am I expected to do as a volunteer with ISM? ISM is a Palestinian led organisation. That means that we respond to Palestinians calls for protective presence. This could be being present at demonstrations, i.e. take photos and videos, be visible to Israel forces to let them know their actions are recorded. It could…