When I met her, she was already retired and working on human rights. She’d been to occupied Palestine with the Christian Peacekeepers Team (CPT) and the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) twice.
In Honor of My Friend, Mary Hughes Thompson
Tags: international solidarity movement
Israel has declared war on peacekeeping; Washington joins Israel in war on truth – Day 370
Israel is a threat to critically ill children in Gaza, to Palestinian and American journalists, to peacekeepers, to truth itself, and to human rights worldwide
Israel kills American activist, terrorizes prisoners, as Biden admin shrugs – Day 335
American activist shot in the head, killed while observing peaceful protest, US “needs more info”; leaked video shows Israeli torture and intimidation of Palestinian prisoners; Israel blocks polio vaccination teams, unexploded ordnance disposal equipment in Gaza; Israeli MK calls for death sentence for B’Tselem executive director; Biden says ceasefire imminent, Netanyahu says nope; Israeli forces kill 13-year-old while protecting violent settlers; Israel withdraws from Jenin, but may return; France arrests nurse who volunteered in Gaza; Israel uses white phosphorus in Lebanon; more.
Heart-wrenching firsthand account of Israeli water criminality
Israeli water policy is diabolical: the water table beneath the West Bank is being siphoned off by Israel and rationed to Palestinian farmers, sold at exorbitant prices; Israeli soldiers destroy water pipes and greenhouses; Israel walls off the Jordan River itself from Palestinian use; and water is piped away from refugee camps into illegal settlements.
Amid all this injustice, Palestinians carry on with patience and dignity. To exist is to resist.