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CPT-Palestine closes At-Tuwani project

Posted on: November 2, 2011

November 2, 2011 | Christian Peacemaker Team – Palestine

In 2004, the village of At-Tuwani and its Israeli partner, Ta’ayush, approached CPT’s Hebron team and the Italian peace group, Operation Dove, asking if they could provide accompaniment for the children of the village whom settlers regularly attacked as they walked to school.

Although CPT had made regular visits to the South Hebron Hills villages over the years, the team on the ground and the organization as a whole deemed it important to respond to the villagers’ request for a permanent presence in the village … Continue reading


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Main Witness to Testify Tomorrow in Trial of West Bank Protest Organizer, Bassem Tamimi

Posted on: October 23, 2011
Bassem Tamimi in court (PSCC)

23 October 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

Islam Dar Ayyoub, the 14 year-old who incriminated Tamimi after being unlawfully interrogated, will take the stand tomorrow at the Ofer Military Court. Tamimi has been incarcerated for seven months, in which only one witness testified.

The Military Prosecution will resume making its case against West Bank protest organizer from Nabi Saleh, Bassem Tamimi, at the Ofer Military Court tomorrow morning. Fourteen year-old Islam Dar Ayyoub – one of two main witnesses against Tamimi – is scheduled to give evidence to the … Continue reading


Updated on October 23, 2011
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Ashraf Abu Rahmah, brother of two Bil’in casualties, arrested during protest

Posted on: October 23, 2011
Ashraf Abu Rahmah, brother of two Bil’in casualties, arrested during protest

22 October 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

Ashraf Abu Rahma, brother of Bassem and Jawaher Abu Rahma who were killed by the Israeli army in Bil’in is falsely accused of stone-throwing and was sent to Ofer Prison.  Ashraf himself was shot in the leg by the army while cuffed and blindfolded in a scandalous incident in 2008.

The weekly demonstration in Bil’in this week started as usual, as some several dozen residents were joined by Israeli and international activists for a march against the Wall. The protesters, led by the new Libyan flag, marched to the new route of the wall, where … Continue reading


Updated on October 23, 2011
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An open letter from Palestinian students to their peers in Europe

Posted on: October 22, 2011

21 October 2011 | Palestinian Students’ Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel, Gaza
We Palestinian students of the Gaza Strip wish to send a message to all European student groups in solidarity with the Palestinians to do all they can to increase Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions of Israel this academic year.
We also reiterate our support for the recent call by Palestinian Civil Society, of which we are a signatory, to end all collaborative research between European Universities and Israeli universities. Research centers in Israeli academic institutions are actively involved in fuelling Israel’s huge weapons industry and tools of … Continue reading


Updated on October 22, 2011
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Israeli mistreatment of Palestinian political prisoners: Free Majd Ziada now!

Posted on: October 21, 2011
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21 October 2011 | Prisoner of the Day Campaign
Majd Ziada was barely out of his teens when he got arrested by the Israeli Occupation Forces. It was at the height of the second Intifada in 2002 when the Israeli army during its collective arrest campaign detained Majd on the evening of the Israeli invasion of the twin cities Ramallah and Al-Bireh. He was 19 years old. 
Before he got arrested, Majd enjoyed playing basketball at Ramallah’s First Club in al-Tira. With the outbreak of the second intifada however, life became … Continue reading


Updated on October 22, 2011
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The global intifada

Posted on: October 16, 2011

16 October 2011 | Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, Jamal Juma

Palestine is an international symbol of struggle against occupation, racism, and colonialism. On October 15, 2011 the world gathers in what some have called a global intifada, to stand up against imperialism.

The first time an international activist came up to me and sincerely thanked me for a speech in which I had promised that we as Palestinians would never give up our struggle until we have reached liberation and justice, I was surprised. Now I have learned to understand the importance of our struggle for the rest of the … Continue reading


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Occupy Wall Street not Palestine!

Posted on: October 14, 2011
Occupy Wall Street not Palestine!

13 October 2011 | Palestinian BDS National Committee

Occupy Wall Street not Palestine!  We are part of the world’s 99% yearning for freedom, justice and equal rights!
 If a people one day wills to live
fate must answer its call
And the night must fade                              
and the chain must break
– Abou-Al-kacem El-Chebbi (Tunisia)
Occupied Palestine, October 13 -The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), … Continue reading


Updated on October 14, 2011
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Military court rejects motion to release Bassem Tamimi

Posted on: October 13, 2011

12 October 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

A judge at the Ofer Military Court ruled yesterday that Palestinian protest organizer, Bassem Tamimi, will remain in prison indefinitely, until the end of his trial. The judge denied a motion filed by Tamimi’s defense lawyer, adv. Labib Habib, to revisit a prior decision to hold Tamimi until the end of legal proceedings.

The motion to release Tamimi was filed nearly seven months after his arrest, and while only one witness was heard by the court in his case during that period. The defense argued that with the trial being conducted at such … Continue reading


Updated on October 15, 2011
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Internationals in Gaza join hunger strike for Palestinian prisoner rights

Posted on: October 11, 2011
Internationals in Gaza join hunger strike for Palestinian prisoner rights

11 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza

For Immediate Release:

Three foreign nationals residing in Gaza have entered their fifth day of an open-ended hunger strike and protest encampment in front of the ICRC.

The internationals are available for interview.

Vera Macht, Germany, stated: “The situation of Palestinian prisoners is truly heartbreaking. Parents are separated from their children, and wives from their husbands, for years, without so much as a letter or video.”

Silvia Todeschini, Italy, stated: “They have been on strike for over two weeks with very basic demands. We will strike with them, and hope that this will help to … Continue reading


Updated on October 11, 2011
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Please act now! Pro-Israel groups censor Palestinian children’s art

Posted on: September 13, 2011

13 September 2011 | Middle East Children’s Alliance

On Thursday, September 8, 2011, the Museum of Children’s Art (MOCHA) in Oakland decided to cancel an exhibit of art by Palestinian children in Gaza, titled “A Child’s View From Gaza.” The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) had established a partnership with MOCHA and spent several months planning the exhibit, which was slated to open on September 24.

Board President Hilmon Sorey cited vague museum guidelines on appropriate content as reasons for canceling the exhibit, but both board members and pro-Israel groups later admitted that the latter placed pressure on … Continue reading


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