Category: Press Releases
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Settlers Kill Palestinian in Iraq Burin
27 January 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Oday Maher Hamza Qadous, 19 years old, has been killed by settlers while farming his land in Iraq Burin. Army forces have taken over the village of Iraq Burin. 19 year old Oday Maher Hamza Qadous was shot to death this afternoon while farming his land in…
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Judge accepts military prosecution’s appeal to harshen Bil’in’s Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s sentence
11 January 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee The court has accepted the military prosecution’s appeal to harshen Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s sentence to a total of 16 months. Abu Rahmah was supposed to be released on November 18th 2010, but was kept in detention by the military prosecution’s request, despite having finished serving his term.…
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Tell Combined Systems Inc. to Stop Providing Tear Gas that Israel Uses to Kill and Maim Protesters
CLICK HERE TO SEND AN E-MAIL TO COMBINED SYSTEMS INC. On January 1, 2011, 36-year-old Palestinian Jawaher Abu Rahmah from the West Bank village of Bil’in died at a hospital from the effects of tear gas inhalation suffered at a protest the previous day against Israel’s construction of a wall and settlements on Bil’in’s land.…
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Substantial evidence contradicts the army’s version of the events surrounding the death of Jawaher Abu Rahmah
4 January 2010 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee The evidence surrounding the events leading to the death of Bil’in resident Jawaher Abu Rahmah disproves completely the army spokesperson’s version, to the point of putting the army in a ridiculous light. The army’s version is based on claims made anonymously, without any supporting evidence – unךike…
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Combined Systems Inc.: stop providing equipment that Israel misuses to kill and maim unarmed protesters
3 January 2010: Open letter to Combined Systems Inc written by Palestine solidarity groups From: Adalah-NY: The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel (adalahny.org) CodePink: Women for Peace (www.codepink4peace.org) Jewish Voice for Peace (www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org) The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation (www.endtheoccupation.org) Dear Combined Systems Inc., As US groups committed to justice…