Category: Press Releases
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Sheikh Jarrah resident hospitalized after intervening in attempted stabbing by settler
International Solidarity Movement 05 April 2010 Earlier today in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem, Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian residents and international solidarity activists, five of whom sustained injuries. The settlers were armed with stones and sticks. According to eyewitnesses, one settler was wielding a knife. A group of approximately twenty Israeli settlers entered the neighborhood and…
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Palestinian police arrest Beit Ommar resistance leaders in night time raids
National Committee of Beit Ommar 5th April 2010 UPDATE: Mousa Abu Maria was released at 2am Tuesday morning without charge. He was not ill-treated or harshly interrogated. The PA’s involvement in the raid stemmed from a unfounded suspicion that Mousa was a part of ring of car thieves. Mousa was released after it was discovered…
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Coalition to Break the Blockade on Gaza Announced
For Immediate Release Following months of preparation, a coalition bringing together a number of organizations and movements working to break Israel’s illegal blockade on Gaza was announced yesterday in Istanbul. The coalition, comprised of the Turkey-based IHH (Insani Yardim Vakfi) organization, the European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza (ECESG), the Greek Ship to…
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Military investigator testifies that head of IDF Southern Command instructed bulldozer operator not to cooperate with investigation
Rachel Corrie Foundation 29 March 2010 Monday, March 22 and Wednesday March 24, 2010 the Haifa District Court saw the fifth and sixth days of testimony in the civil lawsuit filed by Rachel Corrie’s family against the State of Israel for her unlawful killing in Rafah, Gaza. Rachel Corrie, an American human rights defender from…
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15 Arrested in Bethlehem Demo incl. PLO Executive Committee Member
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 28 March 2010 Israeli forces arrested 15 demonstrators, including Abbas Zaki of the PLO Executive Committee, during a Bethlehem demonstration to mark Palm Sunday and protest Israeli restrictions on movement. An AP photographer and four members of local popular committees were also arrested. About 200 demonstrators set out from the Church…