Wednesday, May 04, 2011

Who is in Solidarity with "Palestine"?

I have been following this for the last three days:-

ISM Palestine May 03 11:04AM -0700

This afternoon two British men and a Swedish woman were released after being held for 48 hours in an Israeli prison. The three activists who are with the International Solidarity Movement had been staying in the Palestinian village Izbet al-Tabib when over 60 Israel soldiers and a bulldozer arrived on Sunday afternoon with the intention of building a fence through a section of the village, annexing agricultural land. The three were charged with being in a closed military zone; however at the time of the arrests, the military provided the individuals with no paperwork to support this and the charges against them were
subsequently dropped. All three activists sustained injuries during their arrests: Rufus from the UK was hit in the face with a gun, causing severe cuts and bruises; Lisa from Sweden was kicked in the head and a woman in her 60s volunteering with the Michigan Peace Team was hospitalised with a head injury and two broken wrists, she was released from hospital yesterday but is awaiting surgery...

For more information contact ISM media on 00972597606276

I am amazed that that third ISMer, the elderly lady, is still unidentified by name.

Either they don't know who she is or maybe she is afraid of being identified as perhaps her family thinks she's on a vacation in Africa?

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The elderly woman was identified on their website as Sandra Quintano
http://palsolidarity.org/2011/05/18071/