Free Gaza Movement 9 June 2009 In partnership with Al-Aqsa University, the Free Gaza Movement (FG) is launching its “Right to Read” campaign which will use the FG fleet to deliver textbooks and other educational supplies to universities throughout the ...
Read More »Royal Ontario Museum proceeds with unlawful exhibit
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East 7 June 2009 Dear Friends, Later this month, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) will be showcasing artifacts illegally seized by Israel in 1967 after it occupied East Jerusalem. In cooperating with ...
Read More »Prevent Alstom from building the Haramain Express Railway
Saudi Arabia awarded French company Alstom a multi-million dollar contract for the construction of Haramain Express Railway, to link the holy cities of Makkah and Madina. Alstom is in violation of international law for its part in the construction of ...
Read More »Campaign to release Samieh Jabbarin
Palestinian Prisoners 31 May 2009 Dear friends, The solidarity struggle with Palestinian theatre-artist and activist Samieh Jabbarin, who is still under house-arrest in Um Al Fahm, has gained significant resonance in the past two weeks thanks to the publication of ...
Read More »Campaign to release the Palestinian activist arrested in al-Ma’sara
15 May 2009 The Al-Ma’sara Committee against the Wall and Settlements has been organizing and participating in demonstrations against the confiscation of their land for the past two and a half years. Participants and committee members are known for their ...
Read More »An open letter to Leonard Cohen
An Open Letter to Leonard Cohen | British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP) Dear Leonard Cohen: Your songs have been part of the soundtrack of our lives — like breathing, some of them. But we can’t make sense ...
Read More »Release the Palestinian activists arrested in al-Ma’sara
4 May 2009 After arrests and injuries on Workers Day, Palestinian workers and activists call on trade unions around the globe to increase solidarity On May 1, people from the village of al-Ma’sara and the neighbouring villages in Bethlehem area ...
Read More »Zero Palestinian Evictions, now!
The inhabitants’ associations, international networks, voluntary groups, NGOs, public agencies, citizens of the world, express their indignation at and denounce Israel’s continual policies of eviction and demolition carried out against the Palestinian people, both Palestinians ’48 (citizens of Israel) and ...
Read More »Freedom Summer 2009: Defend the Land and Jerusalem
The International Solidarity Movement is issuing a call-out for internationals to volunteer as field activists and office workers in the West Bank, Gaza, and occupied East Jerusalem this summer. Whether you can come for only few weeks or several months, ...
Read More »Protest ROM decision to display stolen antiquities
Oakland Ross | The Star 11 April 2009 The Dead Sea scrolls, confiscated from East Jerusalem during Israel’s 1967 military invasion and occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, are coming to Toronto. The move is part of Israel consul general ...
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