Category: Press Releases
-
Ahava’s theft of occupied natural resources finally exposed
21 May 2011 | Jordan Valley Solidarity After years of strenuous denial, Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories, an Israeli cosmetics firm with its main manufacturing plant in an illegal West Bank settlement, is proven by documentary evidence to be in violation of international law through its theft of Palestinian resources. This evidence was recently discovered by…
-
Spirit of Rachel Corrie attacked by Israeli navy
16 May 2011 | Perdana 4 Peace (Monday) The Spirit of Rachel Corrie Mission, involving a Malaysian owned ship carrying aid for Palestine, has been intercepted and attacked by the Israeli naval forces in the Palestinian security zone this morning at 0654 Jordan time. Currently the ship has been forced to anchor in the Egyptian…
-
Former IDF spokesperson and Southern Brigade Commander to testify final court hearing of Corrie civil trial on May 22
17 May 2011 | Rachel Corrie Foundation Former IDF Spokesperson Brigadier General Ruth Yaron and former Southern Brigade Commander, Colonel Pinhas (Pinky) Zuaretz are both scheduled to testify on May 22 in what is anticipated to be the final hearing in the Corrie family’s civil lawsuit against the State of Israel. The lawsuit, filed in…