by Cindy and Craig Corrie Originally published in The Guardian When our daughter Rachel Corrie was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in the Gaza strip on March 16 2003, an immediate impulse was to get her words out to the ...
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More people rally to Bil’in’s defense against occupation army
The world is paying attention to the injustices and illegality of the Israeli occupation, annexation barrier and settlement expansion thanks in large part to the steadfast resourcefulness of people in the small West Bank village of Bil’in. After the violent ...
Read More »Apartheid and Agrexco in the Jordan Valley
The fence that appears on no maps. by Lena In Israel and occupied Palestine the colour orange is symbolic of opposition to the Gaza ‘disengagement’. It can be seen on banners; t-shirts; propaganda material; protesters storming the old city in ...
Read More »18 people abuducted by soldiers in Tarna
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ISM MEDIA GROUP — Soldiers invaded the small village of Tarna where home construction is under way and arrested 18 Palestinians — 16 residents of Tarna and two others working with nonprofit organizations — and are now ...
Read More »ICAHD and other Israeli Peace Groups call for the cancellation of a planned Muslim Quarter new settlement
Another illegal act in East Jerusalem undertaken by the Israeli Government and the Municipality of Jerusalem has recently been uncovered: a plan to build a new Jewish settlement in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City near Herod’s Gate. Recently ...
Read More »Is this a real move to peace?
by K. Flo Razowsky Originally in The Minneapolis Star Tribune According to the international media, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s disengagement from the Gaza Strip is an unprecedented move toward peace. The situation on the ground demands further inspection. Daily, ...
Read More »Fact Sheet: The Smokescreen of the Gaza Disengagement
An International Solidarity Movement Fact sheet With the deluge of coverage about Israel’s “disengagement” from Gaza, it’s easy to be lulled into the idea that the “road map” to peace in the region is moving ahead and that the occupation ...
Read More »Nablus Summer Campaign Program
July 21st-28th 2005 There will be five direct actions in the Nablus area, four in the surrounding villages and one at the main checkpoint. Friday July 22nd: Asira Village Direct Action to open Sabaatash (17), the main road from Asira ...
Read More »Is the World Blind: Two more families lose their homes in East Jerusalem today
Merijn De Jong, Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) www.icahd.org/eng/news.asp?menu==5&submenu==1&item=$6 Two more families in East-Jerusalem lost their homes today and another two families had their belongings thrown out into the street as a new wave of house demolitions swept through ...
Read More »Village Demolished
Khirbet Tana, near Beit Furik, Nablus On July 5th, Israeli forces demolished the entire village of Tana, near Beit Furik, Nablus. The residents had received one day’s notice (via a piece of paper left outside one of their dwellings) that ...
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