Search results for: “demolition”

  • Freedom Summer

    by Adam Shapiro Originally published in The Nation The International Solidarity Movement’s second Freedom Summer has begun, and much has changed since our last: the war on Iraq, which focused all eyes on the region; the much-hyped road map; full-blown construction on what Palestinians have come to call the Apartheid Wall. Sadly, though, much remains…

  • Rachel’s emails

    Compiled by The Guardian 23-year-old American ISM activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by a bulldozer as she tried to prevent the Israeli army destroying a home owned by the Nasrallah family in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip. What follows are a series of emails to her family: February 7 2003 Hi friends and…

  • Haaretz: Army decides to close file on death of U.S. peace activist

    By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Staff The Military Advocate General, Major General Menahem Finkelstein, has decided to close the file on the death of American peace activist Rachel Corrie, who died after being crushed by an army bulldozer in the Gaza Strip in March. Corrie, a 23-year-old college student who belonged to the…

  • ISM recipient of Rachel Corrie Award

    The Palestine Right to Return Coalition/ Al Awda International Solidarity Movement is first recipient of PRRC/Al-Awda Rachel Corrie Award (given at the annual meeting in Toronto, June 20-22, 2003) The first Rachel Corrie Award given to the International Solidarity Movement About Rachel Corrie and the award in her honor Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American college…

  • 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…