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Join the 2008 Olive Harvest Campaign
Farm Against Apartheid With rapidly escalating levels of settler violence in the West Bank, the International Solidarity Movement is issuing an urgent call for volunteers to participate in its 2008 Olive Harvest Campaign. The olive tree is a national symbol for Palestinians. As thousands of olive trees have been bulldozed, uprooted and burned by the Israeli military and settlers, harvesting has become more than a source of livelihood; it has become a form of resistance. The…
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Free Gaza Movement: Israeli government recognizes “humanitarian” mission to break the siege of Gaza
To view the Free Gaza Movement website click here NICOSIA, CYPRUS (18 Aug. 2008) – In a letter today to the Free Gaza Movement, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs acknowledged that the group of international human rights activists attempting to break the siege of Gaza were “humanitarian,” and stated that the Israeli government “assume[s] that your intentions are good.” Greta Berlin, one of the organizers of the Free Gaza Movement stated that, “Since the Foreign…
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The struggle against the apartheid wall continues in Ni’lin
On the 17th of August at 15:30 in the village of Ni’lin there was a demonstration of around 50 Palestinian together with 10 internationals and Israelis, organized by the Ni’lin Popular Committee Against the Illegal Apartheid Wall. The demonstration took place close to the site where the wall is being built by the Israel. The non-violent demonstration marched to the construction site placed on their land despite a large amount of tear gas and rubber bullets…
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