Tag: Gaza

  • The Olympia-Rafah Sister City Project

    Ei: Bringing the discussion home: The Olympia-Rafah Sister City Project Andrew Ford Lyons, 1 May 2007 Possibly noteworthy was that more than 300 people attended the standing-room only public hearing on the project. People waited outside the building to get in to comment and observe. Forty-eight people spoke in support, 24 people expressed opposition. Hundreds…

  • The Guardian: My son lived a worthwhile life

    My son lived a worthwhile life from The Guardian March 26, 2007 ‘My son lived a worthwhile life’ In April 2003, 21-year old Tom Hurndall was shot in the head in Gaza by an Israeli soldier as he tried to save the lives of three small children. Nine months later, he died, having never recovered…

  • Remembering Rachel, 4 Years and Still No Justice. Dispatch #2

    by Martinez, March 17 It’s been a week since I returned home here to Palestine. And it has been four years since a twenty-three year old American peace activist, named Rachel Corrie, was killed by an Israeli Occupation Forces bulldozer in the Gaza Strip. I never met Rachel. But I can feel what drove her…