by Ernesto July 4th: We got into the West Bank with no hitches. Unfortunately, I did not get to visit the old city of Al-Quds or Jerusalem, like I promised folks back home I would. I will when I get ...

by Alizarin Crimson

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Palestinian landowners have been laying down in front of bulldozers that are building a fence surrounding the Kermi Tsur settlement on land belonging to Hallhul and Beit Ummar farmers every day since work started Sunday. Tuesday morning ...

by The Michigan Peace Team in Bil’in Reflecting on one of our experiences in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: On Friday June 30th our Summer 2006 Peace Team to Palestine/Israel participated in a large non-violent action in the Palestinian village of ...

3rd July: Israeli tanks, armored bulldozers, and APCs roll into the northern Gaza Strip in the early morning. (AFP/David Furst) US Campaign to End the Occupation, June 30th, 2006 BACKGROUND: Israel is using weapons supplied by the United States to ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Early this morning Israeli bulldozers came back to destroy village agricultural lands after they were blocked by the people of Beit Ummar yesterday. A group of Palestinians and internationals who went early to the lands succeeded to ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, July 3rd, at 6:30 am, farmers from Beit Ummar and Halhul, along with international and Israeli supporters, will gather on their land to stop its illegal destruction by the Israeli state. The army is building two ...

From Haaretz By Gideon Levy A black flag hangs over the “rolling” operation in Gaza. The more the operation “rolls,” the darker the flag becomes. The “summer rains” we are showering on Gaza are not only pointless, but are first ...

by an ISM activist in Bil’in Friday 30th June: We walked down the Bil’in road to where the soldiers stood waiting behind two jeeps blocking the gate. The road that runs behind it leads to a settlement built down the ...

Amnesty International, 30th June: “Deliberate attacks by Israeli forces against civilian property and infrastructure in the Gaza Strip violate international humanitarian law and constitute war crimes, Amnesty International said this weekend. “’Israel must now take urgent measures to remedy the ...