• Child Captives Freed

    Nablus, Occupied West Bank Soldiers who occupied an 8th floor apartment in the Sharif residential building and held eleven children and three adults captive left at 6:30AM today. The families want to thank everyone who wrote faxes, e-mails, and letters to the Israeli authorities in protest. The following is a testimony of the events as…

  • Israel Denies Work Permits to Protest Villages

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Israeli Civil Administration has threatened to deny workers in West Bank villages permits to work in Israel if their demonstrations against the occupation continue. Workers in Bil’in, Beit Sira, Beit Likya, and Harbata have received threats, but the villages have continued their demonstrations regardless Last week a member of the Civil…

  • Just another Gaza Friday

    By Laila El-Haddad I’ve always loved Fridays in Gaza. In the mornings, save for the lone garbage collector futilely sweeping the abandoned streets and Municipality park, littered with plastic cups, watermelon seeds, and strangled straws from the night before, the hustle and bustle of the city comes to a standstill. It is a serene if…

  • ACTION ALERT: Demand Israeli Army Release Children Captives

    URGENT ACTION NEEDED Nablus, Occupied West Bank Forty hours after capture, eleven children remain captives of the Israeli army. They have been confined and isolated for nearly two days now. Since 5am yesterday morning they have been held in an 8th floor room in an apartment the army has turned into a sniper nest. The…

  • Hebron Anticipates Escalating Violence over Passover

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fears that settler violence against Palestinian residents will increase over the Jewish holidays came to a head as Israeli settlers took over a Palestinian house on Thursday. The army has refused to remove them until the squatting has been challenged in the High Court and IDF soldiers have been stationed near the…