Category: Press Releases

  • Palestinian youth join boats set to challenge Israel’s siege of Gaza

    2 November 2011 | Freedom Waves FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Palestinian youth join boats set to challenge Israel’s siege of Gaza Irish and Canadian boats in international waters on their way to challenge illegal siege policy Palestinian activists call for end to international complicity in Israel’s crimes Support actions taking place throughout the West Bank and…

  • #FreedomWaves launches to bring Gaza humanitarian aid

    #FreedomWaves launches to bring Gaza humanitarian aid

    by Ben Lorber 2 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Wednesday, November 2, two international ships left the Turkish harbor to carry humanitarian aid through the Israeli blockade of Gaza. The event, called ‘Freedom Waves for Gaza’,  unites 27 activists from 9 countries, including America, Canada, Denmark, Belgium, Germany and Australia, alongside…

  • CPT-Palestine closes At-Tuwani project

    November 2, 2011 | Christian Peacemaker Team – Palestine In 2004, the village of At-Tuwani and its Israeli partner, Ta’ayush, approached CPT’s Hebron team and the Italian peace group, Operation Dove, asking if they could provide accompaniment for the children of the village whom settlers regularly attacked as they walked to school. Although CPT had…

  • Main Witness to Testify Tomorrow in Trial of West Bank Protest Organizer, Bassem Tamimi

    Main Witness to Testify Tomorrow in Trial of West Bank Protest Organizer, Bassem Tamimi

    23 October 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Islam Dar Ayyoub, the 14 year-old who incriminated Tamimi after being unlawfully interrogated, will take the stand tomorrow at the Ofer Military Court. Tamimi has been incarcerated for seven months, in which only one witness testified. The Military Prosecution will resume making its case against West Bank…

  • Ashraf Abu Rahmah, brother of two Bil’in casualties, arrested during protest

    Ashraf Abu Rahmah, brother of two Bil’in casualties, arrested during protest

    22 October 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Ashraf Abu Rahma, brother of Bassem and Jawaher Abu Rahma who were killed by the Israeli army in Bil’in is falsely accused of stone-throwing and was sent to Ofer Prison.  Ashraf himself was shot in the leg by the army while cuffed and blindfolded in a scandalous incident in 2008. The…