Press Releases

UPDATE: Since this Action Alert was posted, the shelling of Gaza has continued almost non-stop. Eight days [now 17 days] and thousands of shells later, the assault on Gaza continues. Israel has vowed that it will continue to intensify the ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bil’in, Occupied West Bank Protesters wearing US, EU and UN flags will eat a lavish feast in front of others, fenced in and wearing Palestinian flags who will eat nothing. The protest symbolises the withdrawal of US ...

Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice Peace Works Conference Olympia, Washington, USA April 20th, In Lecture: Arun Gandhi, Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi April 21st, Putting Justice into Action: Exchanging Organizing Strategies and Addressing Issues of Identity and Oppression in ...

From UNRWA PDF Version of Press Release Gaza – Another week of closure at Karni commercial crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip adds to the mounting woes facing Palestine refugees living in Gaza. This follows a weekend that saw ...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL 11 April 2006 Public Statement Israel/Occupied Territories: Israel must halt attacks on Gaza residential areas – children killed Amnesty International is calling on the Israeli army to end immediately its air bombardments and shelling of civilian residential areas ...

Justice for journalists But Israel must also be held to account for the deaths of innocent Palestinians. By Ewa Jasiewicz From The Guardian The verdicts of intentional killing and murder over the deaths of journalists Tom Hurndall and James Miller ...

Mohammad Ahmad Hamad in the back of the police car. Two Palestinian children from the village of Bil’in were arrested mid morning on Tuesday April 12th. Mohammad Abd Al Fattah Burnatt, aged 17, and Mohammad Ahmad Hamad aged 13 were ...

Sir Gerald Kaufman, a leading British Member of Parliment has called for sanctions against Israel, and accused elements in the IDF as being ‘out of control.’ He was speaking on the influential BBC Radio 4 ‘Today’ program. Kaufman has made ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Villagers in Bil’in, Beit Sira, and Salem will continue to protest against the annexation of their land this Friday, despite threats of collective punishment by the Israeli Civil Administration. Bil’in villagers, joined by Israeli and international activists ...

Say to her, “My dear, my dear, It is not so dreadful here.” Hadil Ghabin, 9 years old, was killed Monday night after an Israeli shell struck her family’s home. 13 other members of her family were injured, including her ...