Category: Press Releases
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Bulldozer driver testimony underscores lack of transparency in Corrie trial
23 October 2010 | Rachel Corrie Foundation Voice behind screen says soldiers don’t stop work. Haifa, Israel – The bulldozer driver who struck and killed Rachel Corrie in March 2003, in Rafah, Gaza, testified for the first time Thursday in the civil lawsuit filed by the Corrie family against the state of Israel, but did…
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Operation Dove: South Hebron Hill Settlers attack Palestinian boy and internationals
21 October 2010 | Operation Dove At-Tuwani – On Thursday, 21st October, at around 9.20 am, two Operation Dove volunteers, coming back to the village of At-Tuwani after having visited some Palestinian families in the village of Tuba, were attacked by Israeli settlers from the illegal outpost of Havat Ma’on (Hill 833). While walking, the…
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Bil’in organizer sentenced to 18 months
21 October 2010 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Adeeb Abu Rahmah, a protest leader from Bil’in, was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment by the Military Court of Appeals, for his involvement in organizing demonstrations. The decision dramatically aggravates the one-year sentence originally imposed in the first instance. Judge Lieutenant Colonel Benisho of the Military Court…
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PHR: Delayed permission for exit from Gaza causes death of toddler
October 20, 2010 | Physicians for Human Rights Occupied Territories Department of Physicians for Human Rights Reports on Another Death in Gaza of a Sick Person who Did Not Receive a Permit to Exit the Gaza Strip for Medical Care Nasama Abu Lashin, a two-year old toddler from Gaza died on Saturday October 15, 2010…
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Join the 2011 Olive Harvest Campaign
11 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement At a time of increasing settler violence in the West Bank, the International Solidarity Movement is issuing an urgent call for volunteers to participate in the 2011 Olive Harvest Campaign at the invitation of Palestinian communities. The olive harvest started across the West Bank last week. ISM is…
