Category: Press Releases

  • British student injured by Israeli army illegally firing tear gas canisters at protesters

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: British student injured by Israeli soldiers illegally firing tear gas canisters directly at protesters An Nabi Saleh, West Bank 31 July 2010 A British student was injured yesterday (30 July 2010) when she was hit in the leg by a tear gas projectile fired directly at her, when Israeli soldiers violently repressed…

  • Israel bombs central Gaza City: seventeen injured

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Israel bombs central Gaza City; seventeen injured Gaza City, Gaza Strip 31 July 2010 At around 11:30pm last night (Friday 30 July 2010), ‘The Arafat Compound’ Police College in central Gaza City was bombed by Israeli F-16s, in the area of ‘Al Montada’ injuring seventeen people, three of them seriously. Three children…

  • Swedish peace activist arrested, witnesses say charge of assault is ‘baseless’

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 21 July 2010 Correction, 27 July 2010: Marcus’s surname was originally wrongly spelled ‘Rednanver’ but has now been corrected. A Swedish peace activist was arrested in Hebron last night and stood trial today in Jerusalem. Nursing student Marcus Regnander was accused of assaulting a soldier at a peaceful demonstration in Hebron 10…