• United action against apartheid wall

    By Harrison Healy Since January 2005, there have been regular demonstrations in Bil’in against the apartheid wall being constructed in the West Bank. The wall has divided Palestinian towns, destroyed homes, removed access to fertile land and imprisoned the Palestinian people. The town of Biddu was one of the villages that succeeded in Its campaign…

  • Supreme Court Hearing concerning the Matityahu Outpost

    This Wednesday, 15 March 2006, at 8:00 am, the High Court of Justice will hold a hearing on the petition of Peace Now and the Head of the Council of Bil’in against the construction of the Matityahu East neighborhood on the lands of the village west of the barrier’s route. The hearing will take place…

  • The Association of Muslim Scholars in Palestine calls for the release of the remaining hostages

    English translation of the statement: In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful, The Association of Muslim Scholars in Palestine deeply regrets the killing of the peace activist Tom Fox on Iraqi land. We were shocked and grieved to receive news of Tom’s death on the morning of the 11th of March 2006. We…

  • Another Fallen Friend and Martyr

    The death of Tom Fox and a true test of solidarity By Joe Carr I first met Tom Fox in Chicago at a Christian Peacemaker Teams’ training and we became good friends through our work together. He was a father with children about my age, and was like an uncle to me. He was my…

  • Palestinians saddened at Fox’s killing

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS JAYYUS, West Bank Palestinians throughout the West Bank expressed sorrow Saturday over the killing of American Tom Fox, 54, who had traveled to the West Bank to protest for their cause before he was taken hostage in Iraq. Fox’s body was found shot in the head and chest Thursday near a Baghdad…