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Literal buzzkills: What it feels like underneath an Israeli drone

Sami Kishawi 30 October 2011 | Sixteen Minutes to Palestine Unmanned Israeli drones have been circling over the Gaza Strip for more than a day now. Few people outside of Gaza realize just how psychologically torturing this can be. Not only are the drones loud and incessant, but they also instill fear: the drones are able to fire a projectile at you at any given moment, no warning necessary. An independent journalist by the Twitter handle @WelshInGaza…

October 31, 2011

Huwaida Arraf: ‘They have lies to spin; we have truths to tell’

Yousef M. Aljamal 30 October 2011 | Mondoweiss Yousef M. Aljamal of Gaza’s Center for Political Development Studies interviews with Huwaida Arraf, cofounder of the International Solidarity Movement: Aljamal: First, could you please give us a brief introduction about ISM? Arraf: The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) is a Palestinian-led movement committed to resisting the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land using nonviolent, direct-action methods and principles. We founded this international coalition to support and strengthen the Palestinian popular resistance by…

October 30, 2011

Israeli prison industrial complex in motion

by Lisa 30 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement West Bank During a settler tour around the old city in Hebron on Saturday, where dozens of Israelis were guided around in a sort of parade, a Palestinian man named Yousef Salim Issa Al Batch, passed by and was stopped by Israeli police. He had a small fruit knife in his pocket and had forgotten his ID. As a result he was arrested and taken to the…

October 30, 2011