Archive for July, 2003

Haaretz: Five ISM activists hurt by IDF troops in fence protest

Tuesday, July 29th, 2003 | Posted in Press clippings, Jenin Region

By Arnon Regular

Five peace activists were lightly injured yesterday in clashes with the Israel Defense Forces.

The activists, members of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), were demonstrating with hundreds of Palestinians from Kafr Anin and dozens of Israelis in the north of Samaria against the construction of the separation...

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Communique from Tobias in jail

Saturday, July 19th, 2003 | Posted in Journals, Jenin Region

Hi all.

So we´re down to 3. Me, Tarek and Fredrik here in cell #4. We are all in good spirits as we make an attempt to fight this injust deportation in the Supreme Court. As of now, we have no idea when our hearing is going to be. The word is anything from tomorrow (Sunday), until 3 weeks. Whatever happens, we stand firm in our conviction...

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Letter from an Israeli Jail

Thursday, July 17th, 2003 | Posted in Journals, Jenin Region

The following was scribbled on a piece of paper by Tarek and passed to Huwaida via a lawyer during court proceedings for the deportation of 8 international peace activists on July 17, 2003. The hunger protest referred to was begun on the evening on July 15.

I had forgotten what love was. My world was one of anger, rage and hate. As...

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Freedom Summer

Thursday, July 17th, 2003 | Posted in Press clippings

by Adam Shapiro
Originally published in The Nation

The International Solidarity Movement’s second Freedom Summer has begun, and much has changed since our last: the war on Iraq, which focused all eyes on the region; the much-hyped road map; full-blown construction...

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Rachel’s emails

Thursday, July 17th, 2003 | Posted in Journals, Press clippings, Gaza Region, Rachel Corrie

Compiled by The Guardian

23-year-old American ISM activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by a bulldozer as she tried to prevent the Israeli army destroying a home owned by the Nasrallah family in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip. What follows are a series of emails...

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Four International Solidarity Movement Workers Arrested

Wednesday, July 9th, 2003 | Posted in Press Releases, Reports, Jenin Region

[Arrabony, Jenin Region, Occupied Palestine] Four international volunteers with the International Solidarity Movement were arrested today while maintaining a presence at the peace camp set up by Arrabony villagers and the ISM to protest the confiscation of Palestinian land for the Apartheid Wall. The four arrested are:

Tobias Karlsson from...

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