• Haaretz: Citizenship law makes Israel an apartheid state

    By Amos Schocken To view original article, published in Haaretz on the 28th June, click here The government’s decision last week to extend the validity of the Citizenship Law (Temporary Order), for another year, is evidence that the legal barriers preventing severe discrimination against Israel’s Arab citizens and harm to their civil rights have been…

  • 21 injured as protest in Ni’lin again manages to halt construction of the apartheid wall

    On the 26th June over 200 Palestinian protesters marched in the village of Nilin again, together with international and Israeli activists, against the construction of the apartheid wall that annexes thousands of dunams of land belonging to residents of the village. The response from the Israeli soldiers was once again brutal with an artillery of…

  • PCHR: Narratives Under Siege – Swimming in Sewage

    In order to highlight the impact of the siege and closure of the Gaza Strip on the civilian population, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is publishing a series of “Narratives Under Siege” on the PCHR website. These short articles are based on personal testimonies and experiences of life in the Gaza Strip, and…

  • Action in solidarity with Gaza postponed

    Dear Friends, Due to hopeful developments for the people of Gaza, we have decided to wait another week before holding the previously planned demonstration. We hope that the current cease-fire will provide some immediate relief for the besieged people of Gaza, though as of yet the exact details of the arrangement are not entirely clear.…

  • Adalah-NY to ADL: Demand that UNICEF reinstate Leviev as donor “hypocritical and outrageous”

    UNICEF cut ties with Israeli diamond mogul over construction of Israeli settlements on Palestinian land New York, NY, June 25, 2008 – The New York rights coalition Adalah-NY today labeled as “hypocritical and outrageous” the June 24 demand by The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) that UNICEF reinstate Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev as a donor. In a…