Palestine Activist Podcasts
ISM volunteer Katie Miranda recently made over 40 interviews with Palestinian, international and Israeli activists available for free with new interviews released monthly. Her interviewees included: Hanan Ashrawi, Ramzy Baroud, Miko Peled, Diana Buttu, Richard Falk, Omar Barghouti, and Cindy and Craig Corrie. Search for “Palestine Solidarity” wherever you listen to your podcasts or subscribe […]
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 […]
November 2018 ISM Newsletter
The all-new November 2018 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: ISM Tour Comes at Potential Turning Point for Palestine by Joe Catron […]
ISM tour comes at potential turning point for Palestine
By Joe Catron Joe Catron, a long-term ISM volunteer, lived in the Gaza Strip between March 2011 and October 2014. He spoke on the recent ISM tour. This year’s International Solidarity Movement tour, which brought ISM coordinators and volunteers to speak at over two dozen sites across Canada and the United States, came at a […]
Diary entry by an ISM volunteer in the Northern Jordan Valley
By Kristin Foss Kristin Foss is an ISM volunteer who was shot twice in one week with rubber-coated steel bullets by Israeli soldiers in Kafr Qaddum. The first time with her hands raised, along with another female ISM volunteer from Iceland, and the second time while standing up against the wall of a shop. I […]
Return Solidarity
By Neta Golan Neta Golan is a founder of Return Solidarity https://returnsolidarity.com/ Since March 30th, for more than four months, Palestinians have been peacefully protesting along the fence besieging Gaza in what is dubbed as the Great March of Return. The Great March of Return is a form of popular resistance, organized by Palestinian civilians […]
“I think that today, I’m just going to cry:” A journal entry by an ISM volunteer
By Kristin Foss Kristin Foss is an ISM volunteer who was shot twice in one week with rubber-coated steel bullets by Israeli soldiers in Kafr Qaddum. The first time with her hands raised, along with another female ISM volunteer from Iceland, and the second time while standing up against the wall of a shop. I […]
Free Online Telesummit for Palestine
Have you wanted to attend a conference on Palestine but travel costs are prohibitive? You may be interested to know that you can join ISM’s Katie Miranda as she hosts a FREE online 20 speaker telesummit with some of the best and brightest minds working on the issue of freedom for Palestinians. You can attend from […]