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UPDATED: 20-year-old Mariam Barghouti has now been released

15th April 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Occupied Palestine Update Friday 18th April: Mariam was released yesterday evening and is now home with her family. ***** Update Thursday 17th April: Mariam had a military court hearing this morning and the military judge agreed to release her on bail. Mariam’s bail has been paid and she is expected to be released later this evening. ***** Update Wednesday 16th April: At Mariam’s military court hearing today, an Israeli…

April 16, 2014

Remembering Vik

15th April 2014 | International Solidarity Movement| Occupied Palestine Vittorio Arrigoni was a human rights activist (Italy, February 1975) and member of ISM, who was murdered on the 15th of April 2011, aged 36, whilst supporting the struggle for a free Palestine. Below is a tribute from an Italian ISMer: I want to remember Vittorio Arrigoni with his words, and for once the words are not just wasted air, but are synonymous with practice, of a real life spent standing in solidarity with Palestinians. Palestinians will always remember him, and so will…

April 15, 2014

“We leave without expecting to return” – meeting the firefighters of Gaza

15th April 2014 | Paramedics in Gaza | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Yesterday I visited the Civil Defence Directorate, which provides the fire and rescue service in Gaza, as well as some emergency ambulances and marine rescue. These guys have a reputation as being fearless, as well as being the most vulnerable to attack during times of war. In the 2008-9 war, 13 Civil Defence workers were killed in the line of duty, with 31 injured. This…

April 15, 2014