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Nakba day in Gaza
18 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Nakba Day. The day of the Catastrophe. A day to mark the ethnic cleansing of 800,000 Palestinians from their homes. A day to remind themselves and the world, that one day, they will return to their homes, that they have not forgotten their land. Today marked 63…
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Spirit of Rachel Corrie attacked by Israeli navy
16 May 2011 | Perdana 4 Peace (Monday) The Spirit of Rachel Corrie Mission, involving a Malaysian owned ship carrying aid for Palestine, has been intercepted and attacked by the Israeli naval forces in the Palestinian security zone this morning at 0654 Jordan time. Currently the ship has been forced to anchor in the Egyptian…
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Former IDF spokesperson and Southern Brigade Commander to testify final court hearing of Corrie civil trial on May 22
17 May 2011 | Rachel Corrie Foundation Former IDF Spokesperson Brigadier General Ruth Yaron and former Southern Brigade Commander, Colonel Pinhas (Pinky) Zuaretz are both scheduled to testify on May 22 in what is anticipated to be the final hearing in the Corrie family’s civil lawsuit against the State of Israel. The lawsuit, filed in…
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Settler attacks with Molotov cocktails on Nakba day in Hebron
17 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement A Palestinian house was attacked by settlers from the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba in Western Hebron on May 15, the Nakba day. Jamal Abu Saifan told the International Solidarity Movement that around 6.30 pm on Sunday, four masked settlers appeared and started to throw Molotov cocktails and…
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‘Silwan is the next Hebron’ : an interview with a resident of Silwan
17 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement On 14 May 2011, the ISM went to Silwan, East Jerusalem after hearing about the tragic death of Milad Ayyash, a Palestinian teenager, who was killed during the Friday demonstrations against the Occupation in Batten Al Hawwa. Milad Ayyash was pronounced dead in the early hours of May…
