Gaza Freedom March 21 December 2009 For immediate release: 1,360 International Delegates appeal to Egypt to let the March proceed Citing escalating tensions on the Gaza-Egypt border, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry informed us on December 20 that the Rafah border ...
Read More »American citizen to be deported following his arrest in Sheikh Jarrah
21 December 2009 Imprisoned American citizen and Minnesota resident Ryan Olander to be deported to the US after being arrested in Sheikh Jarrah, Occupied East Jerusalem, whilst visiting Palestinian family whose house has been taken over by Israeli settlers. Ryan ...
Read More »Tell President Obama to demand that Israel free Bil’in nonviolent leader Abdallah Abu Rahmah
Jewish Voice for Peace On December 10, 2009 at 2am, the Israeli military surrounded the Ramallah home of Abdallah Abu Rahmah, a high school teacher and the Coordinator of Bil’in’s Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, and arrested him. ...
Read More »New York carolers sing for boycott of Leviev while Israel jails protesters’ Palestinian allies
Adalah-NY 19 December 2009 For immediate release: New York, NY, December 19, 2009 – On a snowy Saturday afternoon, forty-five human rights carolers serenaded Madison Avenue shoppers with familiar holiday tunes outside the storefront of Israeli diamond and settlement mogul ...
Read More »A call from Gaza
20 December 2009 This week marks one year since Israel began its attack on the Gaza Strip: a year since phosphorus bombs, dime bombs and other weapons of death and destruction were unleashed on a defenseless civilian population. A year ...
Read More »Four houses raided in military incursion to West Bank villages Bil’in and Ni’ilin
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 19 December 2009 For immediate release: The Palestinian villages of Bil’in and Ni’lin have been invaded by the Israeli military in the early hours of Saturday, 19 December 2009. Soldiers entered both villages at 2.30am and ...
Read More »Twenty seven activists arrested at protest against settler expansion in Sheikh Jarrah
18 December 2009 For immediate release: A peaceful demonstration of around 300 people, held in solidarity with the evicted Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in East Jerusalem, was violently dispersed by the Israeli police. Following a violent dispersal of ...
Read More »Jerusalem culture event shut down by Israeli forces
Ma’an News 17 December 2009 Bethlehem – Ma’an – Israeli forces arrested several and scuffled with Palestinians while shutting down a cultural festival meant to proclaim attachment to Jerusalem on Thursday. Organizers, including Prisoners’ Club President Nasser Kaws, were hustled ...
Read More »A Palestinian Christian call to end the occupation
Kairos Palestine 11 December 2009 A group of Palestinian Christians representing a variety of churches and church-related organizations have issued an animated and prayerful call for an end to occupation of Palestine by Israel. The call, issued at a 11 ...
Read More »Help get Abdallah Abu Rahmah out of jail
Jewish Voice for Peace 11 December 2009 Today the people of Bil’in are protesting in solidarity with Abdallah Abu Rahmah. Here’s how you can stand in solidarity with them: Please contact President Obama and ask for Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s release. ...
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