An aspiring photojournalist and committed peace activist By Carl Arrindell Originally published in The Guardian In the spring of 2002, Tom Hurndall made a journey around Europe, which then took him on to Egypt and Jordan. He was young, a ...
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Speculative Journalism: The making of “The Death of Rachel Corrie”
By Phan Nguyen Mother Jones demonstrated how low it could set its standards for investigative journalism when it hired Newsweek reporter Joshua Hammer to surf the web and write a 7000-word feature story on Rachel Corrie and the International Solidarity ...
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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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »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 ...
Read More »Haaretz: Israel to bar pro-Palestinian activists from entering country
By Amos Harel and Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondents and Agencies Israel will from now on bar pro-Palestinian activists from entering the country and will try to expel at least some of the dozens of activists who are already here, according ...
Read More »Haaretz: ‘It’s a terrible thing, living with the knowledge that you crushed our daughter’
By Nathan Guttman Originally published by Haaretz WASHINGTON – Craig Corrie sent just one e-mail to his daughter during the seven weeks she spent in Rafah. She addressed most of her letters to her mother, Cindy, and Craig read them ...
Read More »L.A. Times: In West Bank, a risky quest for peace
Ruth Morris | Los Angeles Times Activists’ use of human shields is questioned after two members are killed by Israeli forces. TULKARM, West Bank – Wearing sandals and amber-colored earrings in a region where soldiers don bulletproof vests, Radhika Sainath ...
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