Year: 2012
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Gaza activists: #RememberRachel and support #BDS
Palestinians in Gaza support the Corrie family on the eve of the verdict in their lawsuit against Israel over its 2003 killing of their daughter Rachel, as well as divestment from Caterpillar and the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
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‘Welcome to Palestine’ group denied entry into West Bank
26 August, 2012 | Ma’an News, Bethlehem, West Bank Dozens of foreign peace activists were denied entry into the West Bank by Israeli authorities at the Allenby Bridge crossing on Sunday evening, organizers of the third ‘Welcome to Palestine’ initiative said. “The Welcome to Palestine Campaign decries the Israeli denial of entry via the Allenby…
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Video: Soldiers attack children in Nabi Saleh and forcibly separate them from their detained mother
August 25 2012 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee, Occupied Palestine Army held six detainees over eight hours, raided houses in the village, injuring several residents and using live ammunition Pictures: see here, here, here, and here During the weekly demonstration in the village of Nabi Saleh, yesterday, Friday, dedicated to support the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, some of the…
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Night raids and arrests continue in Burin
By Alma Reventos 25 August 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Thursday August 23, Mumen Mahmoud Raja, 18, was arrested at his home by Israeli occupation forces at 2:30 a.m. Around 2 a.m., some 60 Israeli forces invaded the Palestinian village of Burin, located south-west of Nablus. They arrived in 6 military jeeps,…
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Verdict in Rachel Corrie lawsuit to be announced August 28
22 August 2012 | the Rachel Corrie Foundation, Occupied Palestine The verdict in the civil lawsuit against the State of Israel for the killing of peace activist Rachel Corrie over nine years ago will be announced August 28, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. at the Haifa District Court. Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American from Olympia, Washington, was…
