Press Releases

By Luisa Morgantini, Vice-President of the European Parliament Brussels, 23rd January 2008, “The thousands of Palestinians crossing the Rafah border point these last hours, the breach in the wall and the breaking of the siege decided by Israel against the ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ref.: 01.2008E 21 January 2008 On Sunday 20 January 2008, Israel’s ongoing siege of the Gaza Strip, including the blocking of fuel supplies, forced Gaza’s only power plant to shut down, plunging over 800,000 Palestinians into darkness. ...

LIFT THE BLOCKADE ON GAZA!! Saturday 26.1.08: A countrywide relief convoy and Israeli demonstration in solidarity on the Gaza border with a parallel Palestinian demonstration in the Strip. On Saturday, 26 January 2008, a humanitarian convoy of supplies headed by ...

We, the Israeli organizations signed below, deplore the decision by the Israeli government to cut off vital supplies of electricity and fuel (and therefore water, since the pumps cannot work), as well as essential foodstuffs, medicines and other humanitarian supplies ...

Al-Khader- Bethlehem About 200 Palestinians and their international and Israeli supporters protested the illegal Israeli Wall being built on the lands of Al Khader village south of Bethlehem city in the southern part of the West Bank. The protest started ...

BY LUISA MORGANTINI VICEPRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Strasbourg , 17th January “23 Palestinians killed and other 55 blessed (wounded), children, women and men, by Israeli raids in only two days: where is the EU strong condemnation of these murders?” ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Despite attempts by the Palestinian authority to silence any appearance of dissent, around a thousand people peacefully took to the streets all over Ramallah to protest the ongoing siege of Gaza, and to protest what they said ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today, January 9th, settlers are building structures in Hebron on Palestinian land while police standby and watch. Early this morning at 4am, settlers from the occupied house Beit HaShalom and Kiryat Arba began putting up structures on ...

On January 5th, around 50 people took part in a demonstration against the theft of land belonging to the village of Beit Ummar. Palestinians from Beit Ummar and other towns were joined by international and Israeli activists and several representatives ...

January 2nd, 2008 PCHR strongly condemns the continuation of the crisis of the return of Gaza pilgrims to their homes. The pilgrims are stranded on the back of a transport ship in the Red Sea and in Egyptian city of ...