New interview with Missy, Fawaz and Islam about ISM in Hebron
Katie Miranda posted a new interview on her podcast, in which she speaks to Fawaz Abuaisheh, Islam Maraqa and Missy, activists she met in Hebron in 2006. In the interview they discuss the current and past political situation for Palestinians in occupied Hebron. You can subscribe and listen here on Apple podcasts or here on YouTube. Over the […]
Summer 2019 ISM Newsletter
The all-new Summer 2019 edition of the ISM NorCal newsletter, “Live from Palestine, ” is now available. The newsletter is edited by ISM’s Jeff Pekrul and contains news reports, diaries, analysis, events and more. Download the PDF copy or read the articles below: The Meaning of Solidarity Work by Henry Todd Reportback from Al-Khalil by “D” […]
The Meaning of Solidarity Work
by Henry Todd When people ask what I was doing in Palestine I reply “solidarity work and reporting.” I knew the moral reasons I decided to go, and I knew it was my civic duty, but I didn’t know what to call it, and I didn’t even have a clear plan for when I arrived […]
Reportback from Al-Khalil
by “D” Twenty-five years ago Baruch Goldstein, a New York-born Israeli settler walked into the Ibrahim Mosque in Al-Khalil and opened fire, killing 29 Palestinians and seriously wounding more than 150. Today Goldstein is worshiped and referred to as “the Holy Saint” by violent extremist settlers in Al-Khalil. In his settlement of Kiryat Arba, there […]