Category: Press Releases

  • Rally Against Settler Violence and Road Closure in Hebron

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On Thursday 25th January residents of Hebron will gather at the main checkpoint into Tel Rumeida at 2pm to demonstrate against settler violence and the closure of Shuhada Street to Palestinians. Speakers, including Palestinian Legislative Council members Hatem Qafish (Hamas) and Dr.Saher Qawasmeh (Fateh), will condemn the continuing settler violence towards Palestinians…

  • Palestinian children to play Katyusha at Huwwara checkpoint

    UPDATE Tuesday 7pm This action has been postponed due to the current situation in Nablus. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE In the second action of the ‘Thirty Days against Checkpoints Campaign’ a youth band will perform the popular Russian folk song ‘Katyusha’ at Huwwara checkpoint on Wednesday 24th January at 12 noon. ‘Katyusha’, a popular Soviet Second…

  • Abir Memorial Ceremony in Anata

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tomorrow, Sunday January 20th, students of all 3 schools in Anata will hold a memorial ceremony for 10-year old Abir Aramin. According to eyewitness accounts, Abir was shot by a border police officer on Tuesday morning outside her school. Abir was declared brain dead and put on a life support machine until…