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Family To Take Tom Hurndall Off Life Support, Six Months After He was Shot By Israeli Forces

HeadlineOct 30, 2003

Meanwhile the family of Tom Hurndall have decided to ask doctors to switch off his life support machine. Hurndall is the 22-year-old British student who was left brain dead after he was shot by Israeli forces while taking photographs in the West Bank. He was shot six months ago while taking photographs during a trip to the West Bank where he was visiting as a volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement. Israeli forces shot Hurndall less than a month after an Israeli bulldozer killed American peace activist Rachel Corrie.

Rebel MP George Galloway Launches Political Party
British MP George Galloway announced yesterday he would form an anti-war political party to challenge the power of Tony Blair’s New Labour Party. Galloway was expelled from the Labour party this week after he made comments urging British soldiers to disobey orders and refuse to fight in Iraq. Galloway made the announcement at a rally by the group Stop the War which claims 2 million members. Al Jazeerah reports that if the group’s membership backed Galloway, the anti-war party could become the largest political party in Britain.

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