Category: Press Releases

  • Call to action: Rachel Corrie trial in Israel

    Rachel Corrie Foundation 8 March 2010 Friends, As many of you know, a civil lawsuit in the case of our daughter Rachel Corrie is scheduled for trial in the Haifa District Court beginning March 10, 2010. A human rights observer and activist, Rachel, 23, tried nonviolently to offer protection for a Palestinian family whose home…

  • Boycott H&M! European groups protest H&M’s plan to open seven stores in Israel

    Boycot Divestment Sanctions: H&M Campaign 7 March 2010 On the 11th of March the Swedish clothes and fashion store H&M is opening its first out of seven planned stores in Israel. The familiar red H&M sign will be visible in the Azriel Mall in Tel Aviv and, a few days later, in the Malcha shopping…

  • Demonstrators Block Route 60 Near Beit Ummar

    Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 6 March 2010 Demonstrators protesting the deceleration of the Cave of the Patriarchs and Joseph’s Tomb as Israeli heritage sites, manged to block the main road from Jerusalem to Hebron. In response to the inclusion of the two holy sites in the list of Israeli heritage sites, and fearing that this…

  • Protest of the Friends of the IDF dinner at the Waldorf, NYC

    5 March 2010 For immediate release: On March 9th 2010, The Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, a registered 501-(c)(3) tax-exempt organization that provides support and services to members of Israel’s national army, will be holding a gala $1,000 a plate fundraiser at the Waldorf Astoria. The keynote speaker will be Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi,…

  • Israeli Soldiers Surround Home in An Nabi Salih

    International Solidarity Movement 26 February 2010 Approximately 50 Palestinians and 20 Israelis and Internationals gathered in the West Bank village of An Nabi Salih to protest the further appropriation of their land and natural spring by the illegal Israeli settlement of Hallamish. The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) used tear gas, sound bombs, and rubber-coated steel…