Category: In the Media

  • Deadline extended, fears continue for safety of hostages

    Originally published in CBC News Kidnappers holding four members of a Christian aid group in Iraq, including two Canadians, have extended their deadline. The militants now say Britain and the United States have until Saturday to meet their demands or the four will die. The extension of the deadline means more time to negotiate a…

  • Israel Ready to Deport Peace Activist Scot for Second Time

    by Billy Briggs Originally published in The Herald A Scottish peace activist is facing deportation from Israel for the second time. Andrew MacDonald, 31, from Spean Bridge, Lochaber, near Fort William, is currently being held in a detention centre near the Gaza Strip, but is resisting his removal. He was arrested by Israeli police in…

  • Parents speaking out to keep alive memory of child killed in Gaza

    Photo by Darrell Sapp, Post-Gazette By Gabrielle Banks Originally published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Cindy and Craig Corrie have been doing speaking engagements a few times per month since their daughter Rachel died kneeling in front of an Israeli Defense Forces bulldozer in Gaza nearly three years ago. The 23-year-old peace activist’s death became such…

  • Palestinians appeal for Indo-Canadian hostage’s release

    Originally published in The Indian Express RAMALLAH: An appeal for the release of Harmeet Singh Soodan, the Indo-Canadian volunteer of the Christian Peacemaker Team kidnapped in Iraq, came from an unexpected quarter on Thursday—the International Solidarity Movement that supports the Palesitinan cause, with which Soodan had worked when he was in West Bank and Jenin…

  • Palestinians appeal for release of Western activists kidnapped in Iraq

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS RAMALLAH Palestinians, led by their top Muslim cleric, appealed to Iraqi insurgents on Wednesday to release four Western peace activists, saying three of them had spent time in the West Bank aiding the Palestinians. The four workers for the group Christian Peacemaking Teams – an American, a Briton and two Canadians –…