• The International Solidarity Movement: Challenges and Prospects

    Report from a Palestine Center briefing by Ghassan Andoni This information first appeared in “For the Record” No. 103 published by the Palestine Center and the Jerusalem Fund While policymakers have denounced Israeli “rudeness,” and intellects convene to ponder the horrors of occupation, Palestinian citizens are searching for ways to secure their rights. Under international…

  • International Peace Activists Barred from Entering Hebron

    At 8:00 this morning The I.D.F. declared the Kefar Etzion settlement checkpoint a closed military zone thus preventing 300 international peace activists from entering Hebron. The order the soldiers produced stated that the area was closed from the 29th of Dec until the 9th of January. The delegation waited in the area for three hours…

  • Over 100 Internationals Deploy to Allow Palestinians Safe Passage

    [Surda, Palestine] Over one hundred foreign civilians served as an “international protection force” for Palestinians today and deployed at the Surda military checkpoint (on the road from Ramallah to Birzeit University) to allow Palestinians safe passage to and from work and school. The Israeli military checkpoint set up at Surda is illegal according to UN…

  • News from Palestine

    By Jordan Flaherty Hello Everyone, I have so much to say, but so little time. So here’s a few brief notes. We arrived here about a week ago. The first two days were legal training, nonviolence training, consensus training, jail solidarity training. All preparations for our two weeks of direct action. We can expect to…

  • Ninety Foreign Civilians Denied Entry into Gaza Will Defy Israeli Army Orders and Walk Through

    [Erez, Gaza] Ninety foreign civilians, from Belgium, England, France, Italy and the United States are being denied entry into Gaza, where they are scheduled to conduct solidarity visits in Gaza City, Rafah and Khan Younis, including refugee camps. As of 12:00 noon time, the internationals have been held up for over two hours at Erez.…