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The 13th anniversary of Rachel Corrie’s death
15th March 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Gaza, occupied Palestine Today marks the thirteenth anniversary since the passing of fellow ISM activist Rachel Corrie (April 10, 1979 – March 16, 2003). Rachel was tragically crushed to death under the front blade of an Israeli military, American funded, Caterpillar D9R bulldozer near Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Rachel died whilst placing herself in the path of the military bulldozer to protect the family and their…
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School shooting a near miss in Gaza
15th March 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Gaza, occupied Palestine On the 2nd of March at 2pm, Israeli occupation forces fired into Beit Dajan School, located in Shijaia, near the annexation wall. Bilal Abu Asser was giving a lesson to his students when a bullet passed just next to his head. “Suddenly I heard a huge explosion, in that moment all the children started to scream, some started to run, others hid under the…
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A new ISM’ers personal experience on Bil’in and tear gas
15th March 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, al-Khalil team | Hebron, occupied Palestine Miguel and Kolla came this morning from the al-Khalil team (several years ago it feels) and we went to Bil’in as planned for my first demonstration. The easiest thing to do is simply to describe it: We waited a while for people to gather around lunch time in the village and then we all walked quietly down a road out of the village…
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