Category: Press Releases

  • PACBI: Urgent appeal to all academics

    CONDEMN U.S. GOVERNMENT COMPLICITY IN BLOCKING PALESTINIAN RIGHT TO MOVEMENT AND ADVOCATE MEASURES TO PRESSURE ISRAEL To view original appeal click here May 30, 2008 The news that the US State Department has decided to cancel all previously approved Fulbright grants to Palestinian students in Gaza is deeply shocking. In yet another clear demonstration of…

  • Jayyous students to Dubai: boycott settlement-builder Leviev

    On May 27, 2008, representatives from Adalah-NY and Jews Against the Occupation (JATO) met with representatives from the United Arab Emirates UN Mission in Manhattan. They presented the UAE representatives with a letter from students from the West Bank village of Jayyous calling on the people of Dubai to boycott Israeli billionaire and settlement-builder Lev…

  • Break The Siege On Gaza! Action postponed until 27th June

    Put Your Body Where Your Heart Is – Break The Siege On Gaza! There is still time to get involved! People of conscience from around the world are gathering in Egypt now. The demonstration has been changed to June 27th to accommodate people continually arriving. People will attempt to enter Gaza in an act to…

  • OCHA: Gaza Strip inter-agency humanitarian fact sheet (April 2008)

    To view OCHA website click here To download full fact sheet click here Israeli restrictions on fuel supplies to Gaza peaked in April when Israel halted supplies of diesel, petrol and cooking gas (LPG) to Gaza. UNRWA was forced to suspend its food distribution to 650,000 beneficiaries for four days due to the lack of…

  • Right to Enter: International investors warned about accessing foreign investment in occupied Palestinian territory

    By the Campaign for the Right of Entry/Re-Entry. To view website click here As hundreds of international investors begin arriving in Bethlehem for the Palestine Investment Conference scheduled for May 21-23, the threat of being barred from entering the occupied West Bank by Israeli officials is likely to be foremost on everyone’s mind. Those hoping…