Category: Press Releases
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Free the City demonstration in Hebron this Friday
UPDATE: this demonstration will now take place inside the Tel Rumeida district due to the tense situation in the Bab Al-Zawiye area. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On Friday 9th February local residents will gather in the centre of Hebron to protest restrictions of movement in their city, including the closure of Shuhada street, the main route…
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Despite Promises, Israel Continues to Deny Foreign Nationals Entry to the Occupied Palestinian Territories
by the Campaign for the Right of Entry, February 6th Despite a written announcement by the Israeli military Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (CoGAT) on December 28, 2006 that Israel has changed its policy of denying entry to foreign nationals traveling to the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), the Campaign for the Right of…
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Don’t Flirt with the Occupation – February 10th Mass Demonstration Against Carmel-Agrexco in London
by Boycott Israeli Goods Agrexco is Israel’s largest exporter of fresh agricultural produce. The company is 50% owned by the Israeli state. Agrexco accounts for 70% ofIsraeli fresh produce sold abroad with annual sales of $750 million in 2006. Agrexco boast of being able to get produce to European markets within 24 hours. The Valentines…
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Candlelight Vigils Outside the Israel Philharmonic Concerts in Los Angeles
a Women in Black vigil outside the Disney Hall on January 14th FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Local Peace and Human Rights Group to Hold Silent Candlelight Vigils Outside the Israel Philharmonic Concerts at Disney Hall Monday, Feb. 5th, and Tuesday, Feb. 6th in Downtown LA Women in Black-LA Join Launch of International Campaign Calling for Sanctions…
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Bedouins to be made homeless for fourth time
by the ISM media team, January 30th photo by AP Early this morning Israeli bulldozers accompanied by the IOF started demolishing Palestinian houses in two East Jerusalem neighbourhoods, Issawiya and Attur, and the village of Eizariya, east of Jerusalem. Eizariya is having its land stolen, houses demolished and olive trees uprooted for the expansion of…