• Breaking the Checkpoint

    Tree Planting and Checkpoint Occupation at Huwara FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3 June 2007 On Tuesday, June 5, in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Golan Heights, Palestinians will stage a demonstration and plant over 50 olive trees at Huwara checkpoint. A large number of groups in…

  • Farmers, int’ls, to access farmland in settlement danger zone

    Internationals needed to accompany farmers to their land near Karmei Tzur settlement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2 June 2007 This June marks the 40th year since the Occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Golan Heights. On Sunday, June 3, Palestinians from Beit Ummar will attempt to reach their farmland near the illegal Israeli settlement…

  • June 5th Initiative’s 3-Day Conference

    Forty Years after 1967: Reappraising the Role and Limits of the Legal Discourse on Occupation in the Israeli-Palestinian Context from June 5th Initiative June 5-7 3 day conference Location: Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv University Details: The Minerva Center for Human Rights at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv University – The International Committee of the…

  • Kibush40: Six Days of Demonstrations and Events

    Surrounding the 40th anniversary of the Occupation from Kibush 40 June 5, 2007 , will be the fortieth anniversary of the malignant Israeli occupation of the West Bank , Gaza Strip and Golan Heights . The present suffering and bloodshed at Gaza and Sderot are a direct outcome of the policy of occupation, settlement and…

  • Testing the Non-Violent Attitude in Hebron

    Settler: “I will kill all the Arabs”… Soldier: “Being respectful is not a part of our duty” 1. Testing the non-violent attitude in Hebron 2. Bili’n Tractor still confiscated in an example of Israeli “Justice” 3. Demonizing the Non-violent Resistance 4. Refusing to Kneel to the Occupation 5. One arrested at demonstration against land destruction…