Tag: Tom Hurndall
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Israeli soldier is convicted of killing British student
By Eric Silver in Jerusalem Originally published in The Independent A former Israeli soldier has been found guilty by a military court of shooting dead the British student Tom Hurndall while he acted as a human shield for Palestinian children amid gunfire in the Gaza Strip. Anthony Hurndall, Tom’s father, welcomed the outcome, but said…
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The Tom Hurndall Shooting – The International Solidarity Movement comments upon the verdict
The ISM acknowledges that though the Israeli military court has found Wahid Taysir guilty of manslaughter it has failed to question the policy and decision makers responsible for Tom’s murder and the murder of thousands of other innocent people. Tom would want us to remember him. But we also know he’d want us to remember…
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Guardian Obituary: Tom Hurndall
An aspiring photojournalist and committed peace activist By Carl Arrindell Originally published in The Guardian In the spring of 2002, Tom Hurndall made a journey around Europe, which then took him on to Egypt and Jordan. He was young, a soon-to-be student, interested in philosophy – and most interested in the contrast between cultures. It…
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Tom Hurndall was a young man with a dream…he paid for it with his life
A young British photographer shot by an Israeli soldier on the Gaza strip has died after nine months in a coma. Sally Pook and Nicola Woolcock report. Originally published by The Telegraph. Tom Hurndall left England with a dream to document the lives of people living under conflict. A first year photography student at Manchester…
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Hundreds Salute International Solidarity Movement, Rachel Corrie’s Parents
Pat and Samir Twair | Washington Report on Middle East Affairs The world was shocked March 16 by photos of International Solidarity Movement volunteer Rachel Corrie standing before an Israeli bulldozer that, seconds later, crushed her to death. The international outcry didn’t faze the Israeli government, however, which on April 5 shot ISM member Brian…