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International Solidary Movement
International Solidarity Movement founded, an organisation calling for volunteers to non-violently protest against the Israeli army in Gaza. -
Volunteer Call
Kenneth O’Keefe calls for international volunteers to place themselves in sites critical to infrastructure in Iraq, in order to deter the Iraq war. -
Volunteers arrive
Estimated 200 – 500 from across the world people travel to Iraq before the planned US invasion in March. -
Rachel Corrie
Rachel Corrie, an American student volunteering with the International Solidarity Movement is killed by a bulldozer while protesting in Gaza -
Volunteers begin to leave
Volunteers leave Iraq after the war begins. -
Tom Hurndall
Tom HurndallTom Hurndall, who had been a human shield in Iraq, travels to Gaza with the International Solidarity Movement and is shot. He goes into a coma and dies 9 months later. -
Brian Avery
Brian Avery is shot in the face while volunteering with the International Solidarity Movement, he survives but is left with permanent injuries. -
Vittorio Arrigoni
Vittorio Arrigoni, credited as reviving the International Solidarity Movement, is kidnapped and killed by a militant group operating in Gaza.