Tag: Gaza

  • Commemoration of Tom Hurndall’s shooting

    22 April 2009 April 11th 2009 marked the 6th anniversary of the shooting of British ISM activist Tom Hurndall by Israeli occupation soldiers that lead to his death 9 months later. It wasn’t possible for ISM volunteers to enter the Gaza Strip for several years due to the clampdown of the Erez crossing, so this…

  • Freedom Summer 2009: Defend the Land and Jerusalem

    The International Solidarity Movement is issuing a call-out for internationals to volunteer as field activists and office workers in the West Bank, Gaza, and occupied East Jerusalem this summer. Whether you can come for only few weeks or several months, your presence is needed to support Palestinian communities who are nonviolently resisting the Israeli occupation.…

  • Military exports to Israel reviewed following Gaza conflict

    Nicholas Watt | The Guardian 22 April 2009 Britain announced last night that it is to review all its military exports to Israel in the light of the recent offensive in the Gaza Strip which killed around 1,400 Palestinians. In a written statement to MPs, the foreign secretary, David Miliband, announced that all current and…