March 19: “Friday’s demonstration in An Nabi Saleh saw an increase in violence and collective punishment from the Israeli military, as twenty-five demonstrators were injured, windows of cars and homes were intentionally shattered, and three were arrested. ISM volunteer Ellen Stark was shot at point blank range (4 meters) with a rubber bullet as she [...]
Archive for March 2010
ISMer shot, Huwaida & 2 Palestinians arrested
March 21, 2010March 10, Israel: Civil case on Rachel’s killing
March 16, 2010The family of my ISM colleague Rachel, killed in Gaza in 2003 by the Israeli army using a Caterpillar bulldozer (don’t buy those shoes!), are taking Israel to court this week. My friend Alice, who witnessed her killing, testified yesterday. You can see the latest on the trial on here. Israeli Court Begins Hearing Testimonies [...]
From the Guardian: Sent to jail for throwing a single bottle
March 15, 2010Do you remember how outraged you felt during Israel’s 08/09 bombing of Gaza civilians? And how, in Gaza, we were begging people in the UK to take action since our government did not? This is what’s happened to some of the UK young people who did. Please visit The Gaza Protesters Defence Campaign to join [...]
Ramzy Baroud in UK on 10 day April book tour
March 12, 2010Gaza Book Tour in the UK: Ramzy Baroud Available for Talks and Readings Following a successful book tour in South Africa in February 2010, Palestinian-American author and journalist Ramzy Baroud will be heading to the United Kingdom next, to launch his newly released book: My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza’s Untold Story.
Vik’s Gaza book now in English
March 11, 2010My colleague Vik has now published the collection of his Gaza 08/09 attack articles in English as well as Italian. These were originally written under fire and published every few days in Italian national newspaper Il Manifesto. You can buy a copy of his book in English, entitled Stay Human, via Housmans Radical Booksellers. Vik’s [...]
