Category: Reports

  • Close Encounter of a Settler Kind

    (Israeli settler after assaulting a Human Rights Worker. Behind the car is the settlment of Suseya) by Jon Qawawis is a village in the south Hebron Hills, very close to the green line, and surrounded by settlements and settlement outposts. In Qawawis are about 5-6 families, all of whom have roughly 10 kids (the kids,…

  • Palestinians United Again to Appeal for the Release of Peace Activists held Hostage in Iraq

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Following the recent release of new video footage of the four Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) members being held hostage in Iraq, Palestinian leaders united again to appeal for their release. With the election behind them, representatives of Fatah and Hamas, along with religious leaders, have come together to appeal for the release…

  • Gaza, Elections, and Democracy

    by Hannah January 27, 2006 Finally, after several years of wanting to go to Gaza, Dunya and I managed to spend two days there under the auspices of election observation. It didn’t take very long for Dunya to observe that the elections in Gaza City were far cleaner than those in Ohio in 2004, where…

  • 14-Year Old Shot and Korean Activist Beaten by IOF; The Struggle of Bil’in Continues

    by Henry (This sign was placed by the military on razor wire in an area where the foundation for the Annexation Wall are being prepared reads: “MORTAL DANGER – MILITARY ZONE Any person who passes or damages the fence ENDANGERS HIS LIFE”) The weekly non-violent protests against the Israelis Apartheid wall continued yesterday, when Palestinians…

  • Thousands Challenge Israeli Apartheid in Bil’in

    by Henry Today, Friday the 20th of January, candidates from all Palestinian political parties and factions, including Hamas, Fatah, Al Mubadara, Democracy Front, Independent and others came to the villagers of Bil’in. There they were joined by over 300 Israeli activists, 100 Internationals and many Palestinians from the surrounding area. It was one of the…