B’Tselem 15 June 2009 On the occasion of the 9th EU-Israel Association Council on June 15 2009, three prominent Israeli human rights organizations call upon the EU to link the upgrade of EU-Israel relations to respect for human rights and ...
Read More »Bedouin family to search for the body of their missing son
14 June 2009 A Bedouin teenager – Ahmed Salama Eid Abu Hashish, 18 – from the border area east of Beit Hanoun has been missing since 21st April, 2009. His family believe that he may have been killed in the ...
Read More »Israeli forces arrest three solidarity activists in Safa
For Immediate Release 13 June 2009: Israeli forces have arrested 1 Israeli and 2 international solidarity activists in the West Bank village of Safa. Around 7am, Palestinian farmers, accompanied by 15 international and 10 Israeli solidarity activists, attempted to access ...
Read More »Free Gaza Movement launches its “Right to Read” Campaign
Free Gaza Movement 9 June 2009 In partnership with Al-Aqsa University, the Free Gaza Movement (FG) is launching its “Right to Read” campaign which will use the FG fleet to deliver textbooks and other educational supplies to universities throughout the ...
Read More »Royal Ontario Museum proceeds with unlawful exhibit
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East 7 June 2009 Dear Friends, Later this month, the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) will be showcasing artifacts illegally seized by Israel in 1967 after it occupied East Jerusalem. In cooperating with ...
Read More »Prevent Alstom from building the Haramain Express Railway
Saudi Arabia awarded French company Alstom a multi-million dollar contract for the construction of Haramain Express Railway, to link the holy cities of Makkah and Madina. Alstom is in violation of international law for its part in the construction of ...
Read More »Playground for bombed kindergartens in Gaza
For Immediate Release: Sunday 7th June, 10:00, Erez checkpoint More than 750,000 children are incarcerated without a trial in Gaza – the largest prison in the world. It is forbidden to send toys and playground equipment into Gaza. The Israeli ...
Read More »Infant dies as Israel prevents him from leaving Gaza Strip to undergo medical treatment in East Jerusalem
Al Mezan 5 June 2009 Infant Dies as Israel Prevents Him from Leaving Gaza Strip to Undergo Medical Treatment in East Jerusalem, Al Mezan Calls for Immediate Lifting of the Siege on Gaza At around 7.30am on 3 June 2009, ...
Read More »Israeli forces kill Palestinian demonstrator in Ni’lin
For Immediate Release: Friday, 5 June 2009 at 2:50pm: Israeli forces have killed a demonstrator in the West Bank village of Ni’lin. The Israeli army shot Yousef Akil Srour, aged 36 years in the chest with 0.22 caliber live ammunition. ...
Read More »An open letter to President Obama from the Free Gaza Movement
Free Gaza Movement 3 June 2009 Dear President Obama, Tomorrow you travel to Egypt to give one of the most important speeches of your presidency. With the words you deliver you have said that you want to “reset” U.S. relations ...
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