December 26, 2011
Interviewed by: Yousef M. Aljamal, CPDS, via E-mail. 1- First, could you please give us a brief introduction about ISM? The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) is a Palestinian-led movement committed to resisting the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land using nonviolent, direct-action methods and principles. We founded this international coalition to support and strengthen [...]
Tags: Huwaida Arraf, International Solidarity Movement, ISM, Israel, Israeli-occupied territories, Palestine, Palestinian people, United States
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November 16, 2011
Israel seized six Palestinians from the bus, activists said. BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel released the last of six activists who were arrested Tuesday after boarding an Israeli bus bound for Jerusalem, in an action inspired by the US civil rights movement. The six activists were pulled off the bus while a seventh was seized [...]
Tags: African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968), Huwaida Arraf, Israel, Israeli settlement, Jerusalem, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Palestinian people, West Bank
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November 16, 2011
Israel seized six Palestinians from the bus, activists said. BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel released the last of six activists who were arrested Tuesday after boarding an Israeli bus bound for Jerusalem, in an action inspired by the US civil rights movement. The six activists were pulled off the bus while a seventh was [...]
Tags: African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968), Huwaida Arraf, Israel, Israeli settlement, Jerusalem, Palestinian people, United States, West Bank
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September 4, 2011
JUAN GONZALEZ: Turkey has downgraded diplomatic ties with Israel and frozen military cooperation ahead of a long-awaited United Nations report on Israel’s deadly attack on a Gaza-bound aid ship in 2010. According to leaked excerpts, the report accuses Israel of, quote, “excessive and unreasonable force” in its attacks on the Mavi Marmara which killed nine people. The [...]
Tags: 2007–present blockade of the Gaza Strip, Álvaro Uribe, Gaza flotilla raid, Huwaida Arraf, Israel, MV Mavi Marmara, Norman Finkelstein, United Nations
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July 13, 2011
sState of terror and On July 11, Israel announced it was not interested in having the United Nations become involved as a mediator in its maritime border issues with Lebanon. But when it comes to recruiting other countries to assist in the enforcement of its naval blockade of Gaza, or having international airlines deny entry [...]
Tags: 2007–present blockade of the Gaza Strip, Ben Gurion International Airport, Benjamin Netanyahu, Gaza flotilla raid, Greece, Hellenic Coast Guard, Huwaida Arraf, Israel, Middle East Quartet, Tel Aviv, United States
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April 28, 2011
On April 15, 2011, Italian journalist and activist Vittorio Arrigoni was kidnapped and killed in the Gaza strip. According to a video released by his kidnappers, they belonged to a Salafi group, which Hamas identified included a former Hamas policeman. While the mainstream media portrayed the killing as an act of an extremist group identifying [...]
Tags: Free Gaza Movement, Gaza Strip, Hamas, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Huwaida Arraf, International Solidarity Movement, Israel, Palestinian people
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