• Prayer and March on Bulldozed Land in Bethlehem Village

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE This Friday, at noon, villagers in the South Bethlehem region will gather for a prayer and march on the bulldozed land of Umm Salamuna. The action is part of the nonviolence resistance to the annexation and confiscation of their land for the Apartheid Wall and the nearby Israeli colony of Efrat. Israeli…

  • PNN: “Displaced from Aqaba as Israeli forces confiscate Jordan Valley village”

    by Ali Samoudi, January 28th The President of the Aqaba Village Council says the small community in the Jordan Valley is facing a new scheme which includes demolishing the village mosque, kindergarten, clinic and rural women’s center. Israeli forces issued 19 more demolition orders for houses and organizations that will replace Aqaba with military installations.…

  • Haaretz: “West Bank heart surgeon faces possible deportation from Israel”

    by Reuters, January 27th One of the few open-heart surgeons based in the occupied West Bank said on Saturday he had been detained at Israel’s airport and faced possible deportation. After being detained for more than a day at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport, Israel granted Dirgham Abu Ramadan, a German cardiologist of Palestinian origin, a…

  • Channel 4: “Pushing the barrier”

    by Indigo Gilmore, January 25th One village spilt in two by Israel’s controversial wall has been staging a non-violent protest for two years. To Israel it is a security fence – the Palestinians call it the “apartheid wall”. It is more than three years since the Israelis began building a massive barrier – part fence,…

  • 2007 USA Speaking Tour

    1. 2007 USA Speaking Tour 2. Residents demand freedom of movement at Tel Rumeida checkpoint 3. Nine Year Old Boy Arrested for Chasing Ball in Hebron 4. This is what democracy looks like 5. “They’re the army. They’re always right” 6. Soldier ‘attacked’ by HRWs in Hebron – soldier: “this is fun” 7. Ethnic Cleansing…