Jewish settlers attacked American Human Rights’ activist Brian Morgan, outside the Beit Haddasah settlement on Saturday March 25. About 20 settlers, adults and children as young as eight years, kicked, punched and hit Morgan on the head with rocks. He ...
Read More »Notice at Kalandia Checkpoint: Al Ram is Now Israel
On Saturday March 25 Israeli military placed a notice at the Kalandia checkpoint announcing that from March 27, 2006 only holders of a permit to enter Israel will be allowed to cross the checkpoint to the West Bank village of ...
Read More »Beit Sira bites back
1. Beit Sira bites back Friday March 24th 2006 2. Bil’in villagers smash settlement Friday 24th March 2006 3. Destruction and Defiance in the Shadow of Bethlehem 23rd March, 2006 by Tom 4. IDF officers targeted again for arrest 22nd ...
Read More »Update from CPT Hostages; Response to Torture Rumours
Excerpt from an article published on the CPT-webbsite by Rev. Carol Rose and Dr. Doug Pritchard, CPT Co-Directors Harmeet Sooden to the left and James Loney to the right On Mar. 23 and 24, 2006, the Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) ...
Read More »Palestinians to smash illegal settlement Friday 24th of March
Villagers of Bil’in will use replica judge’s hammers to smash models of Modi’in Elite expansion of Metityahu Mizrah settlement. On Tuesday 21st March the High Court of Justice ordered the state to explain why a criminal investigation should not be ...
Read More »CPT Statement: CPTers Released
Released by the Christian Peacemaker Teams Our hearts are filled with joy today as we heard that Harmeet Singh Sooden, Jim Loney and Norman Kember have been safely released in Baghdad. Christian Peacemaker Teams rejoices with their families and friends ...
Read More »Making Palestine Visible Again
1. Israeli Supreme Court: State Must Defend why Settlement Expansion Near Bil’in Should not be Demolished 2. AP Erases Video of Israeli Soldier Shooting Palestinian Boy 3. The Earth According to Google: Where is Palestine? 4. A Sad Day: for ...
Read More »Amy Goodman and James Zogby Host Event to Honor the Words and Life of Rachel Corrie
When: 8:00 PM Wednesday, March 22, Where: Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Drive, New York, New York Available for media contact: Ann Petter: 212.246.7528, Tom Wallace: 617.461.1041 Hosted by: Amy Goodman and James Zogby Participants include: Cindy & Craig Corrie, Anthony ...
Read More »Israeli Supreme Court: State Must Defend why Settlement Expansion Near Bil’in Should not be Demolished
On the 21st of March the Israeli State and other parties were ordered to respond to a petition filed by Peace Now and head of the Council of Bil’in. Defendants must convince the Court that construction plans for the illegal ...
Read More »AP Erases Video of Israeli Soldier Shooting Palestinian Boy
By Alison Weir “The trend toward secrecy is the greatest threat to democracy.” – Associated Press CEO, in a speech about the importance of openness “The official response is we decline to respond.” – Associated Press Director of Media Relations, ...
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