• Egyptian police block international action in solidarity with Gaza

    On March 31st, the European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza, comprising around 30 international activists from the Basque country, Austria, Scotland, Norway, Italy, Netherlands, France, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, America and India attempted to get in to Gaza. The group left Cairo around 8 in the morning after a small demonstration on a bus plastered with Palestinian flags and posters about the continuing siege on Gaza. They made it over the Suez…

  • Tree planting in Beita

    Today approximately twenty residents from the village of Beita near Nablus, as well as international human rights workers (HRWs), took to the mountain of Jabal al Arma to plant 200 trees in order to prevent the encroachment of nearby settlement Itamar. The project of planting the 200 conifers was a collaboration between the municipality of Beita, the Union of Agricultural Work Committee and Norwegian People’s Aid. The Beita municipality have reasons to believe that the mountain…

  • Ma’an: ICAHD founder Jeff Halper arrested for attempting to stop house demolition in Jerusalem

    Original article published in Ma’an. For original article click here Israeli police arrested Jeff Halper, the founder and coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) for attempting to prevent the destruction of a Palestinian house in the town of Anata, within the municipal boundaries of Jerusalem, on Wednesday morning. He was detained at the Metsudat Adumim police headquarters for two hours before being released. He has not yet been charged with any criminal offence…

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