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It is a romance intertwined with the formation of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) on the West Bank. Both were born in the US: she is Palestinian, he is Jewish. As the ISM has come into the firing line, so their affair has endured hunger strike and deportation. They tell their story to Nicholas Blincoe…

By Annette Young Originially published by Haaretz “I’m helping the Jews by being here,” says Laura Gordon, who has joined the International Solidarity Movement It is probably not what the founders of Birthright Israel – the program that brings thousands of young diaspora Jews to Israel each year – would have ever imagined: That within…

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 from the U.S., were guests of MK Ahmed Tibi, who initiated the debate on “government…