Tag: Johr al-Dik

  • 75 year old woman shot in Johr al-Dik

    16 August 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Strip Selma Al Sawarka, or Um Ahmad, is an active woman, a mother of seven, and a grandmother of 35, who has never quit working.  August 10, 2011 dawned like most days do for her; she went out to graze her family’s goats.  She took her neighbor…

  • “I only have you to count on.”

    “I only have you to count on.”

    24 February 2011 | Vera Macht, ISM Gaza “I only have you to count on. From now on, my children depend on you.” This was the desperate call of a man who sees no way out for himself and his children, and we ISM members who came to his phone call, received it in helpless silence.…