Category: Press Releases

  • Palestinians’ right to education is under seige

    Palestinians’ right to education is under siege from Australians for Palestine, 11 May 2007 Introduction The Palestinians have always placed a high value on education. Long before Israel was created, the Palestinians had excellent schools and an impressive list of intellectuals who had taken out degrees in Arab universities and the hallowed halls of learning…

  • Israel plans East Jerusalem enclave

    Al Jazeera: Israel plans East Jerusalem enclave from AlJazeera.Net, 10 May 2007 Saeb Erekat condemned Israel’s plan to build 20,000 homes in Arab east Jerusalem, Photo: AP Israel has announced plans to build 20,000 new homes on the outskirts of occupied East Jerusalem, prompting condemnation from Palestinians. The Israeli plan, announced on Thursday but yet…

  • Resisting the Wall, Commemorating the Catastrophe

    Resisting the Wall, Commemorating the Catastrophe by the ISM Media Crew, 13 May 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 13 May 2007 Salfit, West Bank– Tomorrow, Palestinians will be joined by international and Israeli solidarity activists in the Salfit to protest Israel’s confiscation of land and the restriction on Palestinian freedom of movement.Three events have spurred this…

  • Israeli government demolishes village of Twail Abu-Jarwal

    Israeli government demolishes village of Twail Abu-Jarwal Yeela Raanan, Regional Council for the Unrecognized Bedouin Villages in the Negev. (RCUV), 10 May 2007 On May 8th , 2007, the Government of Israel once more demolished the entire village of Twail Abu-Jarwal in the Israeli Negev: 30 tents and huts. Sunset, the stifling heat of the…

  • Village near Bethlehem protests against the Wall

    Village near Bethlehem protests against the Wall by Alice Grey, IMEMC, 11 May 2007 Prayers held at the land slated for annexation in Wadi Neiss (Photo: Alice Grey) Approximately 50 protesters gathered in Wadi Niis on Friday to continue the weekly non-violent demonstrations against the construction of the Wall that have been happening in the…