• Non-Violent Peace Activist Threatened with Assasination

    On Wednesday the 5th Septmember: At 2:30 in the morning, Israeli Occupation Forces invaded the Old City of Nablus close to the Al Masre school. In doing so they invaded the homes of a number of residents in particular targetting the family home of a local Palestinian human rights actvist. The residents of the activist’s…

  • Reflections on our arrest….

    You go through a strange range of emotions while incarcerated. Being shackled at the ankles forces you to shuffle painfully, ungainly, slowly. It reduces you to an infirm. Our arrest was a strange experience.. It was an immense joy to see over two hundred Palestinians cheer at their removal of the massive concrete blocks which…

  • Support Needed: Settler to face court for Assaulting HRWs: Septmeber 6th 1pm

    On the 6th September 2007, 1:00pm, a court will convene at the Israeli Peace Courts to bring to trial a mature Israeli Settler who attacked two international human rights workers on the 27th July 2007. The incident took place on a piece of Palestinian land located between the illegal settlements of Kiriat Arba and Givat…

  • Haaretz: The fruits of his efforts lie on the wrong side of the separation fence

    By Meron Rapoport Sharif Omar Khaled had a little bit of satisfaction last week. His guava trees bore fruit for the first time. They had ripened relatively early, he said, because of the hot weather. Sharif Khaled, who is known to everyone as Abu Azzam, looks like a moshavnik from days gone by. True, he…

  • Victory for Bil’in and the Non-Violent Struggle

    MEDIA ADVISORY: Victory for the residents of Bil’in village 4th September 2007: Following popular non-violent resistance through joint struggle between Palestinian, Israeli and international activists, a court decision has been made in favor of the petition by Bilin village to change the current route of the Apartheid Wall. The court decision dictates that the military…