• Nablus-area residents to protest home demolition orders

    This coming Thursday (20/08/09) the families and friends of those affected by the demolition orders detailed below, will hold a protest outside the courts in Beit El. They will be joined by residents of nearby villages and international solidarity activists. The rally will start between 9 and 10am outside the court. House demolition orders in Yetma: In the village Yetma south of Nablus in the West Bank, around 17 houses was given demolition orders from the…

  • Bil’in’s children demonstrate against ongoing Israeli night raids

    19 August 2009 Today, the first nonviolent demonstration for the children of Bil’in took place to protest against the night raids and the many arrests of young boys in the village. They carried banners and chanted slogans like “We want to sleep,” “No more night raids,” “Let us live,” “We want Peace,” and so on. The children lead the demonstration toward the Apartheid Wall with villagers and Palestinian and international activists following them. At the Wall…

  • Amnesty International withdraws from Leonard Cohen’s Israel concert fund

    Palestinian Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) 18 August 2009 New York, NY, August 18 – Amnesty International has announced today that it will abstain from any involvement in the Leonard Cohen concert in Tel Aviv and will not be party to any fund that benefits from the concert’s proceeds. A number of media accounts had reported that Amnesty International was to manage or otherwise partner in a fund created from the…

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