ISM History Interview on Video: Katie Miranda Al-Ali

ISM NorCal is continuing its documentation of the history of the Palestine solidarity movement — particularly the International Solidarity Movement, and its Northern California activities over the past 22 years. Our second video in the series is an interview with Katie Miranda Al-Ali, transformational visionary artist who lived in al-Khalil and Ramallah between 2005 and […]

ISM History Interview on Video: Paul Larudee

While ISM NorCal has paused its activities, we are also interested in continuing to document the history of the Palestine solidarity movement — particularly the International Solidarity Movement, and its Northern California activities over the past 22 years. Our first video in the series is an interview with Paul Larudee, co-founder of ISM NorCal and […]

Yousef Ramouni Was Found Hanged In A Bus…

Nov 24, 2015, Jerusalem Watch On November 16th 2014, Yousef Ramouni, 32, was found hanged in a bus depot on the border of East and West Jerusalem, occupied Lifta. The Israeli police quickly framed his death as a suicide. The next day, Israeli officials conducted an autopsy with a single Palestinian observer, pathologist Dr. Saber […]

Checkpoint by Jasiri X

I was recently blessed to be a part of a delegation of artists and activists, including Dream Hampton, Ferrari Sheppard, Remi Kanazi, Professor Robyn Spencer, and Bill Fletcher Jr., that traveled to Palestine and Israel. I honestly was not prepared for the level of oppression, discrimination, and racism I witnessed against Palestinians and African refugees. I was also inspired by […]

Olive Harvest, Gaza Strip 2013

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip harvest the olive during the month of October. A couple of years ago an important number of land were planted with olives trees that were completely destroyed by the Israeli bulldozers preventing the Palestinians to plant them again in the so called “green line”. Nowadays the olive oil industry is […]