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Five ISM Volunteers Snatched By Israeli Soldiers
Monday, 13 October 2003, 12:39 am | International Solidarity Movement
[AWARTA, Nablus] Five international ISM volunteers were snatched by the Israeli military at approximately 1230 hrs local time, while harvesting olives with Palestinian farmers in the village of Awarta, near Nablus. Two US citizens, one Briton, once ... More >>
Updates from Rafah -
Monday, 13 October 2003, 12:38 am | International Solidarity Movement
On Yom Kippur (to specify, October 6), the most holy day on the Jewish calendar, the day of atonement in which we are supposed to cease every form of work in order to pray and request forgiveness from God, the army began construction on a new permanent ... More >>
Invasion in Rafah, 8 dead, dozens injured
Monday, 13 October 2003, 12:38 am | International Solidarity Movement
Israeli tanks, helicopters, and bulldozers have invaded the Palestinian city of Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, with eight dead and at least 50 wounded. At the time of time of writing, American-made Apache helicopters are firing indiscrimately throughout the ... More >>
Farmers / Internationals Arrested For Harvesting
Thursday, 9 October 2003, 11:41 am | International Solidarity Movement
[JAYYOUS, Qalqiliya] Two Palestinian farmers and two Swedish peace activists were arrested this afternoon by Israeli soldiers in a campaign of harassment against farmers insisting on their right to access their land. More >>
Farmers in Jayyous Break Gate to Harvest Olives
Thursday, 9 October 2003, 10:55 am | International Solidarity Movement
[Jayyous, West Bank] Dozens of Jayyous farmers, accompanied by press and internationals, broke open a gate in the Israeli "Separation Wall", allowing farmers, donkey and tractors to pass through and harvest olives from their land. The gate has been ... More >>
Journal from Rafah: "Pillar."
Thursday, 2 October 2003, 9:08 am | International Solidarity Movement
The women were wearing the looks of subtle sarcasm which are their specialty, the cynicism of having seen everything mixed with the facetiousness of having survived intact, nursing babies and half-attempting to settle the children, for whom commands ... More >>
Neta Golan of ISM featured on BBC radio programme
Thursday, 2 October 2003, 9:07 am | International Solidarity Movement
BBC Radio Four Date and time: Thursday 2 Oct, 20:00 - 20:30 British Summer Time More >>
Stop The Impending Demolition Of Homes
Thursday, 2 October 2003, 9:06 am | International Solidarity Movement
Beit Arabiya, the House of Peace Dedicated to the Memory of Rachel Corrie and Nuha Sweidan, faces immediate destruction More >>
Corrie Press conference Q&A Transcript
Wednesday, 1 October 2003, 8:35 am | International Solidarity Movement
Q: Can you please tell us what the status is of the congressional inquiry and how you view Israeli cooperation is with that inquiry if it's ongoing? More >>
ISM Updates 09/30/03 from Jbarra and Jenin
Tuesday, 30 September 2003, 11:51 pm | International Solidarity Movement
1)Unhappy New Year - Rosh Hashana at Jbarra - Tulkarem 2)Last letter from a land without a State - Jenin More >>
Corrie Press Statement & Itinerary in Palestine
Tuesday, 30 September 2003, 8:40 am | International Solidarity Movement
Today, Cindy and Craig Corrie, parents of Rachel Corrie, wrapped up their first visit to the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel, and met with members of the press in Jerusalem. Attached you will find: More >>
ISM Updates 09/29/03 - Yet *another* lockdown
Tuesday, 30 September 2003, 8:36 am | International Solidarity Movement
As of this morning, Jenin is, yet again, locked down tight by the Israeli army. As far as we can tell, the army isn’t actually doing anything. More >>
Parents of Rachel Corrie in Israel and Palestine
Monday, 29 September 2003, 10:51 am | International Solidarity Movement
[JERUSALEM] Craig and Cindy Corrie, parents of American peace activist Rachel Corrie, killed by the Israeli Army - run over by a bulldozer - on March 16, 2003 while attempting to stop the demolition of a Palestinian home in Rafah of the Gaza Strip, will talk ... More >>
What’s happening in Jenin...and what isn’t
Friday, 26 September 2003, 7:53 am | International Solidarity Movement
The lockdown continues in Jenin. This means that around 100,000 people don’t go out of their houses for an entire week. Maybe 15,000 of these don’t go to work (another 15,000 are already unemployed due to the occupation). The average age seems quite ... More >>
Nablus: Health Workers Arrested Delivering Letters
Friday, 26 September 2003, 7:50 am | International Solidarity Movement
Nablus, West Bank: At 2pm today, a group of Palestinian public health workers were detained and one person arrested while attempting to deliver letters from a group of Nablus schoolchildren to Israeli soldiers stationed nearby. Volunteers from the ... More >>
Updates from Rafah: The Same As Hell
Wednesday, 24 September 2003, 10:13 am | International Solidarity Movement
2) The Same as Hell. Report from my friend Mohammed who keeps a website Rafah Today www.rafah.vze.com More >>
Security in Jenin, a Jewish American perspective
Wednesday, 24 September 2003, 10:12 am | International Solidarity Movement
Jenin 24 Sep 03 Aaron {NOTE TO THE READER: Feel free to use excerpts, etc, as you deem it appropriate. Please keep in mind, however, that my focus is on educating the American Jewish community about the terrible costs of the occupation. Spinning ... More >>
ISM Updates From Nablus to Yanoun
Wednesday, 24 September 2003, 9:20 am | International Solidarity Movement
Yesterday I returned from the village of Yanoun, which is Southeast of Nablus. The village is split into upper and lower, separated by a 1/2 km dirt road. The total population of the village is about 97, mainly children. In the past residents of ... More >>
Bedouin Family, Jayyous Farmers Caged by the Wall
Tuesday, 23 September 2003, 8:30 am | International Solidarity Movement
In the farming village of Jayyous in the West Bank of Palestine, the Israeli Governments' "Separation Wall" snakes about 6 km. inside the internationally recognized "Green Line", or boundary between Israel and Palestine, separating villagers ... More >>
How Much Harassment Can One Family Face?
Monday, 22 September 2003, 9:51 am | International Solidarity Movement
Outside of Jenin in an area called Kharba Ghanib, on Monday two houses were demolished by the Israeli military, leaving 35 people homeless. Now, the families of this community have been barred from farming their land. More >>
