Category: Press Releases

  • Victory for Palestine Solidarity Activists

    According to Green Left Weekly, “Seven activists who blockaded the British distribution centre of Israel’s biggest state-owned agricultural export company Agrexco in November 2004 were acquitted of all charges on January 26. The activists had been charged with “aggravated trespass and failure to leave land” for their protest, which aimed to highlight Israeli apartheid and…

  • Budrus tears down the wall- one villager shot with live ammunition

    Villagers of Budrus gathered after the Friday prayers for a demonstration called for by Fatah against derogatory images of Mohammed the Prophet, February 10. When the march reached the annexation barrier, villagers began tearing down the fence. Later the military invaded Budrus village and were confronted by youth throwing stones. Israeli soldiers shot 24-year-old Mohammed…

  • Invitation to ISM’s Spring Campaign

    The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) is inviting volunteers to come to Palestine for a conference on Joint Nonviolent Struggle in Bil’in and for ISM’s Spring campaign The Bil’in Conference will take place February 20 & 21, 2006. ISM’s Spring Campaign will take place between March 1st and April 23rd, 2006. Come for a week, a…

  • ISM Co-Founder Nominated for Nobel Prize

    *Reflections of a Deportation *ISM Co-Founder Among Duo Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize *Palestinian Action Alert for Friday, February 10 *Church Votes to Sell off Shares to Caterpillar *Villagers Expand First Palestinian Settlement * Rickman and Rachel Juggle Three Wins *How to Provoke a Settler in Hebron *Bil’in Waiting for Justice REFLECTIONS ON A DEPORTATION…

  • Palestinian action alerts for Friday, Feb. 10

    Bil’in: Villagers will attempt to hold a demonstration on areas of their land confiscated for the construction of Israel’s annexation barrier after 12 p.m. prayers. Bil’in villagers have employed an array of creative nonviolent tactics to oppose the expropriation of about half their land for nearly one year. The most recent development has been the…