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Freedom Summer
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 construction on what Palestinians have come to call the Apartheid Wall. Sadly, though, much remains…
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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 in the Gaza Strip in March. Corrie, a 23-year-old college student who belonged to the…
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Guardian: A love under fire
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…