Category: Press Releases

  • Israeli settlement expansion in South Hebron Hills continues unabated

    Christian Peacemaker Teams and Operation Dove 10 September 2009 At a time when the international community is calling for a freeze on new building in settlements and the disbanding of settlement outposts, the settler community of the South Hebron Hills is continuing its expansion unabated. Israeli settlers from the illegal settlement on Ma’on, in the…

  • Join the 2009 Olive Harvest Campaign

    9 September 2009 With rapidly escalating levels of settler violence in the West Bank, the International Solidarity Movement is issuing an urgent call for volunteers to participate in the 2009 Olive Harvest Campaign. The olive tree is a national symbol for Palestinians. As thousands of olive trees have been bulldozed, uprooted and burned by the…

  • B’Tselem publishes complete fatality figures from Operation Cast Lead

    B’Tselem 9 September 2009 Today (Wed. Sept 9th) Israeli human rights group B’Tselem published its findings on the number of Palestinians and Israelis killed in Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip. According to B’Tselem’s research, Israeli security forces killed 1,387 Palestinians during the course of the three-week operation. Of these, 773 did not take…