Press Releases

by Mona ElFarra, July 10th Mona with residents of Jabalia refugee camp Dear all, It is 11am , Monday , no electricity in my apartment for the last 18 hours ,I’m at home and I would like to share with ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: On the 2nd anniversary of the ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Sunday July 9th, 2006, the Israeli Supreme court in Jerusalem will hear two petitions from the West Bank village of Bil’in. This ruling, ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tomorrow, Friday July 7th, at noon, the people from the villages of Beit Ummar and Halhul will gather together to pray on the land that has been destroyed by bulldozers in the last few days. They will ...

UPDATE, 6 pm: The three Palestinian families have been evicted by the Israeli police and were taken away in Border Police vehicles to the other side of the Apartheid Wall. Mohammed Katib said that they had an order to remove ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On July 7th, at 1pm, the people of Bil’in joined by international and Israeli supporters will demonstrate against the apartheid wall in commemoration of the Second Anniversary of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling that the ...

by Alizarin Crimson

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Palestinian landowners have been laying down in front of bulldozers that are building a fence surrounding the Kermi Tsur settlement on land belonging to Hallhul and Beit Ummar farmers every day since work started Sunday. Tuesday morning ...

by The Michigan Peace Team in Bil’in Reflecting on one of our experiences in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: On Friday June 30th our Summer 2006 Peace Team to Palestine/Israel participated in a large non-violent action in the Palestinian village of ...

3rd July: Israeli tanks, armored bulldozers, and APCs roll into the northern Gaza Strip in the early morning. (AFP/David Furst) US Campaign to End the Occupation, June 30th, 2006 BACKGROUND: Israel is using weapons supplied by the United States to ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Early this morning Israeli bulldozers came back to destroy village agricultural lands after they were blocked by the people of Beit Ummar yesterday. A group of Palestinians and internationals who went early to the lands succeeded to ...