Category: Press Releases
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Palestinians appeal for release of Western activists kidnapped in Iraq
By ASSOCIATED PRESS RAMALLAH Palestinians, led by their top Muslim cleric, appealed to Iraqi insurgents on Wednesday to release four Western peace activists, saying three of them had spent time in the West Bank aiding the Palestinians. The four workers for the group Christian Peacemaking Teams – an American, a Briton and two Canadians –…
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Palestinian Solidarity Activists Amongst Four Peace Activist Hostages in Iraq
Harmeet Sooden working with the ISM in the Jenin region of the West Bank CORRECTION: Three of the group of four have previously been in Palestine, not only two as previously stated. James Loney was in Palestine five years ago as an activist with CPT Hebron. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Two of the four Christian Peacemaker…
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Palestinian Solidarity Activists Amongst Four Peace Activist Hostages In Iraq
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Settler Mobs Attack Palestinians and Besiege Internationals In Hebron
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Between 2pm and 5pm today, a hostile mob of between 100 and 150 Israeli settlers visiting from outside Hebron besieged five Human Rights Observers (HROs) and one photo-journalist inside the HROs’ apartment in Tel Rumeida, Hebron. Palestinian families, who were the main target of the settler’s hate, were also besieged in their…
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Settlement Expansion Under the Guise of Security
CORRECTION: both demonstrations start at 12pm tomorrow, and not 1pm as previously stated. Settlement expansion under the guise of security- Two villages rise up against the wall tomorrow [Ramallah District] The West Bank villages if Bil’in and Abud will both march to the construction sites of the Annexation Wall on their land Friday, November 25…