Press Releases

The Palestinian Gandhi, Abdullah Abu Rahme, and Akram Al Khatib, two members of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements in Bil’in, were arrested Friday, July 15, 2005 and are still being held at Ofer Military Base. The two ...

Lawyers acting for campaigns group War on Want will today send letters to President José Manuel Barroso of the European Commission and UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw challenging them to provide evidence of any action they have taken to curtail ...

Worldwide Activism, The Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign In their recent session in Paris, July 13, 2005 the UN International Conference of Civil Society for Peace in the Middle East unanimously adopted the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions. ...

Military jeeps invaded Immatin early this morning and announced curfew until 6 PM. One of the soldiers told an international volunteer that the area would be opened when work on the wall for today was completed. However, some of the ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Where: Salfit District, West Bank When: Saturday, July 16 – Thursday, July 21, 2005 Residents of the Salfit District join with international and Israeli peace activists to hold a week of non-violent resistance actions from Saturday, July ...

Saed Bannoura, IMEMC & Agencies The Palestinian Ministry of Interior issued a new report on the continuous military violations carried out by the Israeli army in the occupied territories between March 1 and June 30, 2005. In dozens of military ...

What May Come After the Evacuation of Jewish Settlers from the Gaza Strip? A Warning from Israel By Uri Davis, Ilan Pappe, and Tamar Yaron We feel that it is urgent and necessary to raise the alarm regarding what may ...

During today’s non-violent demonstration in Bil’in, two members of the popular committee against the wall, AbedAllah abu Rachme, The Palestinian Gahndi and Akram AlKhateeb were arrested. In addition, two Israeli peace activists, Einat Pudnacharni and Michal Greenberg were arrested. Initially, ...

by International Women’s Peace Services At approximately 12:30 a.m. two army jeeps entered the village of Hares and three army jeeps stationed themselves at the western entrance into the village. At approximately 1:30 a.m. soldiers entered the home of Yasser. ...

by International Women’s Peace Services Date of incidents: July 10, 2005 Place: Hares, Salfit district Witness/es: Hares residents Contact details: Contact IWPS Description of Incident On Sunday, July 10, Mohamad Mahmoud Daoud, 28 years old, was stopped and detained on ...