Category: Press Releases

  • Human Rights Watch World Report 2006

    Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) Read the entire report covering every area of the globe at http://hrw.org/wr2k6/ Following the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in November 2004, Palestinians held their second-ever national elections on January 9, 2005. The main contender, Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), became the second Palestinian president with 62.52% of the vote. The…

  • Today! Bil’in and Aboud to Protest Theft of Their Lands

    Palestinian and Israeli Parliament members and Rachel Corries Parents to join the protest Bil’in: Starting at 8 AM on Dec. 30, Palestinian villagers in Bil’in, accompanied by Israeli and international activists, are working their agricultural lands isolated behind Israel’s annexation wall. At 12 PM, prayers will be held at the “Centre for Joint Struggle,” the…

  • West Bil’in Outpost exposes truth behind the Wall-Press conference Tomorrow

    The Palestinian outpost of “West Bil’in”, deemed illegal by Israeli authorities, has dramatically highlighted the true nature of the Wall as a means to expand illegal outposts and allow settlement expansion confirming the findings of a report to be released today. A small building erected at the outpost this week has been threatened with demolition…

  • Bil’in Turns the Tables on the Occupation

    The people of Bil’in are using the symbols and language employed by Israel for the theft of Palestinian land in a bid to hold onto village land that Israel is attempting to annex for the Wall and settlements. Last week Palestinians from Bil’in, with their Israeli and international supporters, established the Palestinian “outpost” of “West…

  • Christmas Stories from Occupied Palestine

    Christians, Jews and Muslims Meet on the Road to Bethlehem The Tent of Defiance The Palestinian Outpost Strikes Back! Trailer Evacuated and Removed But Bil’in’s Outpost Remains Christmas lights in Bil’in Detained Peace Activists barred from accessing Bethlehem Does Santa get through the checkpoint? Bil’in In the Israeli Press – four articles ———- 1) Christians,…