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Russell Tribunal on Palestine finds Israel guilty of the crimes of apartheid and persecution

Posted on: November 7, 2011
Russell Tribunal on Palestine finds Israel guilty of the crimes of apartheid and persecution

by Dr. Hanan Chehata

7 November 2011 | Middle East Monitor

The Russell Tribunal on Palestine and its eminent panel of jurists has determined that Israel’s practices against the Palestinian people are in breach of the prohibition of apartheid under international law. Following two intense days in Cape Town listening to testimony from expert witnesses, the Tribunal concluded unanimously that “Israel subjects the Palestinian people to an institutionalised regime of domination amounting to apartheid as defined under international law.” The jury reached this conclusion having paid particular attention to the legal definition of apartheid … Continue reading


Updated on November 7, 2011
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Palestinian youth welcome former detainees to Gaza in “Prisoners Uprising”

Posted on: October 22, 2011

22 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza

Fifty Palestinian youth marched from Gaza’s International Committee of the Red Cross compound to the Commodore Gaza and Al-Quds International Hotels, celebrating the release of 477 political prisoners Tuesday and welcoming those exiled to Gaza, who are currently housed in the hotels.

The demonstration ended in the Al-Nour Cultural Center, where four exiled prisoners, as well as the son of a current prisoner from Gaza, addressed the crowd.

“We are trying to awaken youth about the situation of the prisoners through ongoing activities,” said Majed Abusalama, one of the organizers of the event.

“This is peaceful … Continue reading


Updated on October 22, 2011
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On June 5th support the Palestinian refugees’ right to return

Posted on: May 22, 2011
On June 5th support the Palestinian refugees’ right to return

22 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement

The right to return is a core goal of the Palestinian liberation struggle. Since 1947-1948, when over 750,000 Palestinians were forcibly expelled from their homes – and more than 700,000 were ethnically cleansed from their country altogether – they and their descendants have organized to demand the rectification of this historic injustice. The refugees of the Six-Day War in 1967 (after which Israeli forces drove 300,000 Palestinians out of the occupied Gaza Strip and West Bank ), the 1967-1994 Israeli administration of the … Continue reading


Updated on June 10, 2011
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Palestinian refugees supporters protest Canada Park

Posted on: February 24, 2011
Canada Park

21 February 2011 | The Alternative Information Center

Palestinian, Israeli and international activists gathered in front of the Representative Office of Canada to the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah and the Embassy of Canada to Israel in Tel Aviv for protest vigils on Monday (21/2) organized by the Committee for the Defense of the Rights of the Latrun Villages.

A Memorandum to the Representative of Canada to the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah and the Ambassador of Canada in Tel Aviv respectively was submitted, protesting on behalf of families of the Latrun villages, who were … Continue reading


Updated on February 24, 2011
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Tribunal finds international businesses complicit in Israeli war crimes

Posted on: November 23, 2010

22 November 2010 | Russel Tribunal

Tribunal finds British and international business complicit in Israeli war crimes, identifies legal remedies and calls for civil society boycott action

The Russell Tribunal on Palestine this morning announced its verdict after weekend deliberations. The jury said it had been presented with “compelling evidence of corporate complicity in Israeli violations of international law”.

Juror Michael Mansfield QC, who chaired this morning’s press conference, announced the jury’s call for the mobilisation of civil
society to end the involvement of companies in Israeli human rights violations.

Both Israel and the complicit businesses, are in clear violation of international human rights … Continue reading


Updated on November 28, 2010
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PROTEST CALL: oppose the OECD’s Tourism Conference in Jerusalem October 20-22nd

Posted on: September 25, 2010
PROTEST CALL: oppose the OECD’s Tourism Conference in Jerusalem October 20-22nd

The International Solidarity Movement is calling on activists to protest in Jerusalem in the third week of October against the annual tourism conference of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) which should not be held in the occupied capital of an apartheid state in violation of a plethora of international laws.

>>>>> ISRAEL IN THE OECD:

Despite Israel’s persistent violation of human rights as protected by the law, the OECD – whose member countries include most of the rich countries of the world – granted Israel membership on May 27th this year. This not only symbolized diplomatic approval of … Continue reading


Updated on September 26, 2010
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Early release of Tom Hurndall’s killer symptom of wider Israeli crimes

Posted on: September 8, 2010
Tom in Gaza shortly before he was shot

8 September 2010 | ISM London

UPDATE:

Tom’s Killer was released this morning. The Hurndall family was not informed by any representative of the Israeli government. The British Foreign Office did contact Jocelyn this morning, but not before the news had reached her via ISM London. We are re-publishing our press release from July as our statement today.

20 July 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) condemns the early release from prison of the Israeli soldier that murdered photography student and ISM volunteer Tom Hurndall in Gaza in 2003. The Israeli press yesterday reported that Taysir Hayb will … Continue reading


Updated on September 8, 2010
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Israeli academics boycott West Bank settlements

Posted on: September 1, 2010

31 August 2010 | BBC News

More than 150 Israeli academics say they will no longer lecture or work in Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

In a letter, they said they supported the recent decision by a group of actors and others not to take part in cultural activity there.

The academics said that acceptance of the settlements caused “critical” damage to Israel’s chances of achieving peace with the Palestinians.

The actors were criticised for refusing to perform at a new cultural centre.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the last thing Israel needed as it resumed direct peace talks was … Continue reading


Updated on September 1, 2010
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UN report: IDF barring Gazans’ access to farms, fishing zones

Posted on: August 20, 2010

19 August 2010 | Haaretz

Humanitarian affairs office: Israel restricts entry to 17% of Gaza lands, 85% of beachfront zone, enforces restrictions with live fire.

Over the last ten years, the Israel Defense Forces have increasingly restricted Palestinian access to farmland on the Gazan side of the Israeli-Gaza border as well as to fishing zones along the Gaza beach, a United Nations report (link opens as pdf) revealed Thursday.

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) wrote in the report, complied in cooperation with the World Food Program (WFP), that Israel’s justification for these restrictions was the … Continue reading


Updated on August 20, 2010
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Dozens mark first anniversary of double Sheikh Jarrah evictions

Posted on: August 4, 2010
Dozens mark first anniversary of double Sheikh Jarrah evictions

4 August 2010

Dozens marched to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) headquarters in Jerusalem on Monday, August 2nd, to mark the first anniversary of the eviction of two Palestinian families from their homes in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah.

Holding UNRWA to account

Representatives of the al-Ghawi and Hanoun families, whose homes have been occupied by Israeli settlers since August 2nd 2009, were joined by Palestinian, Israeli and international supporters, who gathered at ten in the morning outside the houses in question, held a … Continue reading


Updated on August 7, 2010
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