Monday, October 1, 2007

: "curfew or house arrest, assisting the injured or disabled to access medical care and walking children to school' Documentation: 'documenting and reporting to local and international media about the daily life under occupation and the countless human rights and international law violations by the Israeli military' Though professing, as noted above, a commitment to nonviolence, ISM members openly advocate the 'liberation' of Palestinians 'by any means necessary,' including 'legitimate armed struggle.' Led by Palestinians working closely with American recruiters, ISM invites American volunteers to travel to the Palestinian territories and disrupt the actions of the Israeli Defense Force (IDF), which is engaged in anti-terror operations in the region. ISM maintains a continual, low-level presence in the territories year-round, punctuated by occasional large, episodic campaigns. At various times, ISM members have temporarily taken over Israeli military checkpoints, interfered with the arrests of Palestinians charged with terrorism, and attempted to prevent the destruction of Palestinian homes containing subterranean tunnels for weapons smuggling. Among ISM's most well known members was the late Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old volunteer who, in March 2003, was crushed beneath a bulldozer in Rafah when its operator failed to see her trying to block the destruction of a Palestinian home "

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