Category: Press Releases
-
CPT: Israeli Police Invade Palestinian Home, Arrest Father in Hebron’s Old City
Christian Peacemaker Team – Hebron July 14, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On July 13, 2pm about 20 Israeli police and soldiers invaded the Awewi family home in Hebron’s Old City. They forced the mother and the eight children into the kitchen and arrested the father, who is a Palestinian Authority (PA) police officer. The mother…
-
US to Gaza announces plan to join the next Freedom Flotilla
U.S. Boat to Gaza FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 14, 2010 This is an important moment in history. In the aftermath of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla massacre and increased world-wide scrutiny of Israel’s blockade of Gaza, the Israeli government has mounted a huge public relations campaign spreading the lie that by letting a few more items…
-
Israeli courts criminalize protest: Adeeb Abu Rahma sentenced to two years
International network for the Palestinian popular nonviolent resistance Israeli repression of Palestinian non-violent resistance against the Wall and the Occupation takes a distubring turn: Adeeb Abu Rahma, from Bil’in Village, sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. On 30 June 2010, grassroots activist Adeeb Abu Rahma, member of the Bil’in Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements,…
-
Wheat harvest met with live ammunition in Gaza “buffer zone”
International Solidarity Movement 13 June 2010 Israeli forces attacked women farmworkers and international human rights activists with heavy gunfire during three days’ wheat harvest in the southern Gaza Strip. The Israel-imposed “buffer zone” illegally claims over 30% of Gaza’s arable farmland. In Khoza’a village, east of Khan Yunis, substantial wheat remains unharvested despite severe poverty…
-
Action Alert: Israeli forces sieze MV Rachel Corrie
Just before 9am GMT this morning, the Israeli military forcibly seized the Irish-owned humanitarian relief ship, the MV Rachel Corrie, from delivering over 1000 tons of medical and construction supplies to besieged Gaza. For the second time in less then a week, Israeli naval commandos stormed an unarmed aid ship, brutally taking its passengers hostage…
