Year: 2001

  • Ninety Foreign Civilians Denied Entry into Gaza Will Defy Israeli Army Orders and Walk Through

    [Erez, Gaza] Ninety foreign civilians, from Belgium, England, France, Italy and the United States are being denied entry into Gaza, where they are scheduled to conduct solidarity visits in Gaza City, Rafah and Khan Younis, including refugee camps. As of 12:00 noon time, the internationals have been held up for over two hours at Erez.…

  • Candlelight procession from Bethlehem to Jerusalem

    Candlelight procession from Bethlehem to Jerusalem Tomorrow, Tuesday December 25th – Christmas Day, over 100 foreign civilians, from Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Spain and the United States will march with Palestinians in the traditional Christmas Day procession from Shepard’s Field in Beit Sahour to Bethlehem. A candlelight procession will then be carried from the burnt…

  • Peace Group Detained, Activist Arrested

    Thursday December 20th, dozens of American and British civilians helped Palestinian villagers remove Israeli roadblocks in the northern village of Hares and Yasuf in the Salfit region. The international group was threatened with arrest, yet they continued to work removing the roadblock in the presence of Israeli soldiers and bulldozers. During the peace action, the…