Category: Press Releases
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Right to Enter: Israeli Authorities Deny Entry to Clergyman
17 September 2007 In a continuing demonstration of Israel’s arbitrary denial of entry policy, and disregard for the Palestinian population’s right to practice their religion and worship freely, Father Faris Khaleifat, priest of Ramallah’s Greek Catholic Melkite Church was barred entry to the West Bank on Friday, 14 September. Father Faris, a holder of both…
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AL-HAQ: UK High Court to hear legal challenge to UK arms sales to Israel
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UK High Court of Justice to Hear Legal Challenge on UK Sale of Arms-Related Equipment to Israel 19 September 2007 A full public hearing will be held before the UK High Court of Justice in London on 10 -11 October 2007 in the case of R (Saleh Hasan) v Secretary of State…
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Action Alert! Non-Violent Demonstration in Qusin on Friday despite previous Army repression
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 21, 2007 The villages around Nablus have recently seen a rise in demonstrations against roadblocks. In Sarra, and now in Qusin, people are standing up to the bars and cages the Israeli army has erected around the villages. It has not been easy: people have been arrested, gassed, and shot. Despite…