• 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…

  • Ma’an: Women march for rights, end of occupation in Gaza

    Women staged two demonstrations in the Gaza Strip on Saturday to demand a stop Israeli violence that has recently led to the death of 18 women, including two infants recently. Women marched to the slogans “Under what fault was she killed,” “Where is my right to live in peace and safety?” and “I am a peace dove suffocated by the blockade.” One of the marches went to the United Nations headquarters in Gaza City, where women…

  • Friday Anti-Wall demonstrations marked by violence

    Qaffin Friday, March 8th, saw a large demonstration in the West Bank town of Qaffin against the annexation wall. The demonstration was organised by the Qaffin municipality and featured a large block of activists from the Democratic Union. Approximately four hundred Palestinian and international demonstrators marched to wall to be met by two Israeli army jeeps. The soldiers initially fired live ammunition into the air and then in the direction of the protesters. Tear gas and…

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