Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE As a result of the village of Bil’in’s ongoing campaign of non-violent direct action and protest, an unprecedented action was taken today by the Civil Administration in regards to the illegal settlement outpost of Matityahu Mizrah, which ...

Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) Read the entire report covering every area of the globe at http://hrw.org/wr2k6/ Following the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in November 2004, Palestinians held their second-ever national elections on January 9, 2005. The main contender, ...

Palestinian and Israeli Parliament members and Rachel Corries Parents to join the protest Bil’in: Starting at 8 AM on Dec. 30, Palestinian villagers in Bil’in, accompanied by Israeli and international activists, are working their agricultural lands isolated behind Israel’s annexation ...

The Palestinian outpost of “West Bil’in”, deemed illegal by Israeli authorities, has dramatically highlighted the true nature of the Wall as a means to expand illegal outposts and allow settlement expansion confirming the findings of a report to be released ...

The people of Bil’in are using the symbols and language employed by Israel for the theft of Palestinian land in a bid to hold onto village land that Israel is attempting to annex for the Wall and settlements. Last week ...

Christians, Jews and Muslims Meet on the Road to Bethlehem The Tent of Defiance The Palestinian Outpost Strikes Back! Trailer Evacuated and Removed But Bil’in’s Outpost Remains Christmas lights in Bil’in Detained Peace Activists barred from accessing Bethlehem Does Santa ...

Class in new structure Today. At 11:00 AM the Israeli military forcefully broke into, evacuated and removed by crane a trailer placed by the villages of Bil’in on their land cut off from their village by the wall. But, the ...

An Italian peace activist was hospitalized Thursday after refusing to be deported from Israel. Italian, Vittorio Arrigoni, 34, was injured yesterday evening when Israeli authorities tried to deport him and two other detained UK residents,from South Africa and Ausralia, by ...

In a demonstration held at noon on Dec 23, the villagers of Bil’in erected a tent on land cut off from the village by the annexation barrier. The tent was meant to replace the trailer that was forcefully evacuated and ...

Friday, December 23 9:00 AM: Salem Village, Nablus Region Farmers, joined by international and Israeli supporters, will replant hundreds of olive trees destroyed by settlers from the Alon More settlement. 200 trees were cut down by settlers on November 27, ...