Category: Press Releases
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Israel stages night-time Ramallah raid to arrest an international solidarity activist
UPDATE: Eva has now been deported. She was forced on a plane back to Prague at 6am this morning (Tuesday the 12th). 11 January 2009 For immediate release: A raid was conducted in Ramallah’s city centre tonight to apprehend Eva Nováková, a Czech citizen, who took on the role of the International Solidarity Movement’s media…
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Bil’in organizer Abdallah Abu Rahmah remanded until the end of legal proceedings
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 10 January 2010 For immediate release: Abdallah Abu Rahmah, coordinator of the Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall, was remanded until the end of legal proceedings today in an Israeli military court. Abu Rahmah is charged with incitement, stone-throwing and a ridiculous arms possession charge for collecting and displaying used tear…
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Israeli Apartheid Video Contest
9 January 2010 Put your ideas and convictions on film! itISapartheid.org in partnership with Stop the Wall announce the first international Israeli Apartheid Video Contest As part of the colonial conflict in Palestine, Israel has instituted a policy of apartheid that separates Palestinians from Israelis and Palestinians from each other, creating an oppressive and racially…
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Three injuries at weekly demonstration in Bil’in
8 January 2010 Three residents were injured today in Bil’in along with dozens who suffered gas inhalation in a protest against the Wall and settlement building. The demonstration was called by the Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bil’in and was joined by residents of Bil’in, and international and Israeli activists. The protesters carried posters…
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Twenty demonstrators injured in Nabbi Saleh
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 8 January 2010 For immediate release: As part of a recent surge in popular protest in the West Bank, about 300 demonstrators occupied and blocked the main road in near the Halamish settlement for over two hours. The demonstrators, twenty of which were injured by rubber-coated bullets, protested recent land grabs.…
