Press Releases

3 July 2011 | Welcome to Palestine For Immediate Release Hundreds of internationals on their way to visit Palestinians in Gaza have been prevented from departing from the ports in Greece. However, we hope that on July 8th, 2011, hundreds ...

3 July 2011 | Palestine Solidarity Campaign Sheikh Raed Salah, one of the most prominent campaigners within Israel for Palestinian rights, has been arrested in London. The Sheikh was invited by PSC to speak at the launch of ‘Building Peace ...

2 July 2011 | Free Gaza Movement Following the intense pressure from the United States and Israeli governments, Greece has announced that they will prevent the sailing of Freedom Flotilla II – Stay Human boats to Gaza. Israel has exported ...

1 July 2011 | National Lawyers Guild International Committee NLG IC calls on US government end its pressure on the Greek government and demand that Israel refrain from attacking the flotilla Today, the U.S. Boat to Gaza, the Audacity to ...

Trial of Bassem Tamimi to resume on 27 June 2011. Non-violent protesters are rising up to challenge the Israeli occupation, from the chambers of Congress to the shores of the Mediterranean. And while other action have received global media coverage, ...

16 June 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee EU representative to UN Human Rights Council stated on Tuesday that “The rights of Israeli and Palestinian Human Rights Defenders protesting peacefully […] are severely curtailed”, mentioning Tamimi’s case explicitly. The European ...

12 June 2011 | Gaza We the Palestinians of the Besieged Gaza Strip, on this day, five years after closures began on Gaza , are saying enough inaction, enough discussion, enough waiting – the full siege on the Gaza Strip ...

6 June 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Tamimi, who has been held in custody for over two months, pleaded not guilty to the charges against him and held a defiant speech explaining his motivation for organizing civil resistance to ...

2 June 2011 | Christian Peacemaker Teams For Immediate Release In the old city in Hebron, two boys, ages 14 and 15, residents of Beit Hadassah Settlement, threw multiple stones, some as large as 5 inches, at Palestinians walking past ...

02 June 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Tamimi, who has already been held in custody for over two months, will plead not guilty to the anti-free speech charges against him before a military court. What: The opening of Bassem ...