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Three more arrested in Ni’ilin night raid

Posted on: January 21, 2010

Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

21 January 2010

Three residents of Ni’ilin were arrested in a pre-dawn imilitary incursion into the village of Ni’ilin today. This is the 15th time such a raid was conducted in the past month in order to apprehend Palestinian anti-Wall activists. Today’s arrests are a continuation of a concerted assault on the popular struggle movement and its leadership.

Shortly after 3 am tonight, dozens of Israeli soldiers participated in a night-time incursion on the Wes Bank village of Ni’ilin as part of a prolonged arrest campaign against the village held by the army in the past month. Among … Continue reading


Updated on January 21, 2010
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Tree-planting action to be held in At-Tuwani

Posted on: January 20, 2010

Christian Peacemaker Team

23 January 2010

On Saturday 23 January Palestinians will demonstrate against the recent destruction of a grove of olive trees and plant new trees, in order to show their determination to continue accessing and cultivating their land. On the afternoon of 14 January Palestinians discovered that a family-owned olive grove in Khoruba valley had been destroyed. Twenty mature olive trees were broken at their trunks. The family believes that Israeli settlers from the Ma’on settlement and Havot Ma’on outpost are responsible for the vandalism. This is the fifth time since 1997 that settlers have destroyed the olive trees … Continue reading


Updated on January 21, 2010
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Don’t be complicit in Israel’s apartheid: boycott the 2010 Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival

Posted on: January 18, 2010

A Joint Statement by PACBI and PSCABI
The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and the Palestinian Students‘ Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel (PSCABI) call on students, lecturers and film-makers to boycott the 13th International Student Film Festival, scheduled for June 2010 in the city of Tel Aviv. PACBI and PSCABI believe that this festival, as with similar cultural initiatives supported by the Israeli government, is openly designed to whitewash the crimes of Israeli apartheid.
Festival organizers have highlighted the aim of the festival, noting that it is “a unique cultural and social … Continue reading


Updated on January 19, 2010
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Eight arrested following a night raid in Ni’lin

Posted on: January 18, 2010

Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

18 January 2010

Four residents of Ni’ilin have been arrested last night during a military incursion into the West Bank village. Four others, who were not home at the time of the raid surrendered themselves in the morning. These recent arrests are a part of a concerted assault on the popular movement and the arrest of three prominent organizers from the village last Wednesday.

At around 3:00am tonight, a large military force invaded the village of Ni’ilin to stage mass arrests of residents suspected of participating in demonstrations against the Wall. During the incursion, over ten houses were … Continue reading


Updated on January 18, 2010
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Free Wa’el Al-Faqeeh

Posted on: January 16, 2010
Wa'el Al-Faqeeh

15 January 2010

On the night of December 9th 2009, over 200 Israeli soldiers entered the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Their mission: to round up local grassroots activists, whose promotion of popular struggle Israel had no answer for. Amongst those taken was 45 year old Wa’el Al-Faqeeh. Fifty soldiers stormed his home, pointing their weapons at him and his family as though the man they had come to arrest embodied a formidable threat. But those who know Al Faqeeh know that he worked tirelessly – and on … Continue reading


Updated on June 1, 2010
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Palestinian olive grove destroyed in the night

Posted on: January 16, 2010
Palestinian woman examines her family's destroyed olive grove in Khoruba

15 January 2010

Christian Peacemaker Team

For immediate release:

In the afternoon of 14 January Palestinians discovered that a family owned olive grove in Khoruba valley had been recently destroyed. Twenty mature olive trees were broken at their trunks. The family believes that Israeli settlers from the Ma’on settlement and Havot Ma’on outpost are responsible for the vandalism.

A Palestinian farmer informed internationals who documented the destruction that this was the fifth time since 1997 that settlers have destroyed the olive trees in this grove. He also stated that the … Continue reading


Updated on January 16, 2010
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Israeli authorities deny American journalist entry

Posted on: January 14, 2010

13 January 2010

For Immediate Release:

The English Desk at Ma’an News Agency, the largest independent news network in the Palestinian territories, is deeply concerned that its chief editor, Jared Malsin, an American citizen , was detained on Tuesday afternoon upon arriving at Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv. He is slated for imminent deportation.

In what can only be explained as a retaliatory measure for Malsin’s reporting on Palestine, his long-term girlfriend, Faith Rowold, a two-year, registered volunteer with the Lutheran Church in Jerusalem, was also seized and placed in a holding cell pending deportation. Israeli security agents have prevented … Continue reading


Updated on January 18, 2010
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Open letter to Bono: entertaining apartheid Israel…U 2 Bono?

Posted on: January 13, 2010

Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)

13 January 2010

Dear Bono,

The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) was deeply disturbed to learn that that you are scheduled to perform in Israel this coming summer. Two years ago, you were invited by Israeli President Shimon Peres to attend a conference in Israel marking Israel‘s contributions to medicine, science, and conservation; we urged you then, as a prominent activist on issues of global inequality and a campaigner for basic human rights, to say no to Israel, especially since the invitation coincided with celebrations … Continue reading


Updated on January 18, 2010
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Join the sail to Gaza this spring

Posted on: January 13, 2010

Free Gaza Movement

12 January 2010

‘We’re Sailing Again – Join Us!’

This spring, the Free Gaza Movement is sending at least six boats to Gaza to break Israel’s illegal blockade on 1.5 million Palestinians. This blockade constitutes an act of collective punishment, a crime prohibited under international humanitarian law. Gaza’s man-made and internationally perpetuated crisis is set to deepen as Egypt builds an Iron wall 30 meters deep and 20 meters high on the southern Rafah border, closing off the final route for Palestinians to get basic supplies.

The urgency of breaking the blockade grows by the day, as Palestinians … Continue reading


Updated on January 13, 2010
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Activist from Bil’in village arrested in night raid

Posted on: January 12, 2010

Friends of Freedom and Justice

12 January 2010

For immediate release:

At 3:20am three Israeli army jeeps and many soldiers invaded Bil’in to arrest 21-year-old Yaseen Mohammad Yaseen. In the last six months the military has come to his home numerous times attempting to take him into custody. He is one of many activists arrested for attending weekly non-violent demonstrations. Yassen had been avoiding his home in Bil’in for the last six months; only making short visits to see his friends and family. He had only been in the village for two days before tonight’s arrest.

Friends of Yassen say that he … Continue reading


Updated on January 13, 2010
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