To view original letter, published by The Guardian on the 22nd November, click here It is with great dismay that we learned of the British government’s plans to rent space for its new Tel Aviv embassy location from Lev Leviev’s ...
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ISM Gaza Strip: Erez protest against the siege, for the return of the Palestinian fishing boats, and for the release of the 3 ISM activists
On Thurdasy 20th November the Beit Hanoun Local Initiative organised a protest at Erez crossing, in which tens of youth marched carrying Palestinian flags and banners demanding the release of the 3 ISM activists (Andrew Muncie, 34, from Scotland, Darlene ...
Read More »UK Guardian: Palestinian notables denounce UK-Leviev embassy deal
UK Guardian, letters section Nov. 22, 2008 It is with great dismay that we learned of the British government’s plans to rent space for its new Tel Aviv embassy location from Lev Leviev’s company Africa-Israel. Africa-Israel builds Israeli settlements in ...
Read More »ei: Israeli gunboats kidnap Gaza fisherman, peaceworkers
By Eva Bartlett To view original article, published by The Electronic Intifada on the 21st November, click here On the evening of Tuesday 18 November Khalid al-Habeel sat surrounded by his wife, family, and other concerned fishermen. Until the early ...
Read More »IMEMC: Israeli soldiers abduct the head of the Popular Committee in Bil’in
To view original article, published by the IMEMC on the 21st November, click here The “Friends of Freedom and Justice” committee in Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, reported on Thursday that Israeli troops abducted Iyad ...
Read More »Democracy Now!: U.S. activist detained in Israeli jail condemns blockade of Gaza
To listen to the interview by Democracy Now! with ISM activist Darlene Wallach click here Israel’s tightened blockade of a million and a half Palestinians in the Gaza Strip is now entering its third week. On Monday the Israeli Navy ...
Read More »BBC: Gaza activists ‘on hunger strike’
To view original article, published by the BBC on the 21st November, click here Three International Solidarity Movement activists detained with 15 Palestinian fishermen off Gaza by the Israeli navy say they have gone on hunger strike. Briton Andrew Muncie, ...
Read More »Human Rights Observers start hunger strike in Israel
Massiyahu Prison, Lida, Israel (20 November, 2008) – Three Human Rights Observers (HRO) with the International Solidarity Movement began a hunger strike today in protest over the illegal confiscation of Paestinian fishing boats by Israel. The three HROs, Darlene Wallach ...
Read More »Settlers occupying Palestinian home in Hebron riot following eviction order
On the 19th March, around 30 settlers from Kiryat Arba in Hebron occupied a house strategically placed along the road between the large settlement and the Tomb of Abraham. The Israeli High Court acknowledged that the documentation that the settlers ...
Read More »Israeli forces again demolish protest tent in east Jerusalem, Palestinian resident of Sheikh Jarrah remains in Israeli custody
9:30 am 20th November, Occupied East Jerusalem: Israeli forces have again demolished the protest camp in Sheikh Jarrah, set up after the eviction of the al-Kurd family on the 9th November. A bulldozer arrived at the private property at 8:45am ...
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