Category: In the Media

  • Ma’an News: “Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign triumph over French multinational involved in Israeli tram project”

    by Ma’an News Jerusalem – Ma’an – The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) has successfully exerted pressure on an Irish transport organisation, Veolia, leading them to cancel a contract to train Israeli drivers for a light railway system in East Jerusalem. The railway system will link several Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem to West Jerusalem; the…

  • YNet: “IDF to probe ‘human shiled’ charges”

    by Hanan Greenberg, March 16 Update from previous story by AP, March 4 IDF to probe ‘human shield’ charges The Criminal Investigations Division of the Israeli military police are opening an investigation into charges that Israeli soldiers used Palestinian civilians as human shields during an operation in Nablus two weeks ago. The inquiry was launched…

  • Al Jazeera.com: “A tribute to Rachel Corrie”

    by Sheikha Sajida, March 17 “Love you. Really miss you. I have bad nightmares about tanks and bulldozers outside our house and you and me inside. Sometimes the adrenaline acts as an anesthetic for weeks and then in the evening or at night it just hits me again – a little bit of the reality…

  • Palestinian children commemorate Rachel Corrie

    by Mohamad Al Jamal, March 16th Rafah: Children commemorate the fourth anniversary for the loss of solidarity member Rachel Corrie by opening a permanent exhibit for her memorabilia Children from the Palestinian Youth Parliament commemorated the fourth anniversary of the loss of the American International Solidarity Movement activist Rachel Corrie by opening a permanent exhibition…

  • YNet: “Pro-Palestinian French group appeals to stop Jerusalem tram”

    by Ali Waked, March 16th Organization tries to obtain legal injunction stopping 2 French companies from building Jerusalem tram claiming project violates interests of Palestinians in ‘occupied Jerusalem’ A French-Palestinian organization is taking two French companies involved in the light-rail project in Jerusalem to court, claiming that “the project is aimed at connecting between occupied…