• Protest against charity closure goes peacefully

    Yesterday at 12.00 in the centre of Hebron city around 1000 students, orphans and concerned people marched against the closure of a local charity. The Islamic Children’s Centre feeds, houses, educates and provides medicine for orphans in Hebron. However the charity has been ordered to close by the High Commander of the IOF in Hebron on the justification that it trains and funds groups connected to Hamas. The group marched from the Al Quds University with…

  • Gaza’s ‘bigger holocaust’

    By: Fida Qishta This article originally appeared on the website of the Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU) Rafah, the Gaza Strip, 3 March – Israeli officials said today that they finished their military operation in the Gaza Strip, but the Israeli attacks continue, and we fear that Israel is still planning a major invasion. On February 29th, Israel’s Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai warned of “a bigger holocaust” for Palestinians. From February 27th – March…

  • Adalah-NY: 13 organizations demand Waldorf-Astoria cancel Friends of IDF fundraiser

    TO: The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, NY (sent by fax) SUBJ: Cancel March 18 “Friends of IDF Fundraiser” over Israeli human rights violations DATE: March 11, 2008 As thirteen organizations working for human rights, social justice, and peace, we demand that The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan rescind its agreement to host the March 18 fundraiser for “Friends of the Israel Defense Forces.” The Israeli military has been historically a flagrant violator of human rights and international…

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