Category: In the Media

  • Palestinian activist faces prison sentence

    Amnesty International 13 June 2010 Amnesty International has urged an Israeli military court not to convict a Palestinian non-violent activist who has been detained since last July, after he took part in a protest against the Israeli built fence/wall on Palestinian land. Adeeb Abu Rahma has been charged with “being present in a declared military…

  • Activists disrupt Caterpillar shareholder meeting

    Kristin Szremski | The Electronic Intifada 11 June 2010 While pro-Palestinian activists and supporters of Israel lined opposite sides of South LaSalle Street outside the Northern Trust Building in Chicago on 9 June, James Owens, the outgoing CEO and Chairman of Caterpillar Inc., told a room full of shareholders the company was not responsible for…

  • Activists to demonstrate outside of European Commission Delegation in Barcelona

    NOVA 8 June 2010 The European Union must put an end to the shameful and illegal siege that Israel imposes on Gaza. For 4 years, 1.5 million people have been living in inhumane conditions for having democratically elected a party Israel does not accept; for 43 years, Israel has been blocking all access to Gaza…