• “Ticking Bombs”

    Testimonies of Torture Victims in Israel A New Report by The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) The report will be presented to the press on Wednesday, 30 May 2007, at 10:00 AM at the office of The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI), 31 Blumenfeld Street, Kiryat Yovel, Jerusalem. Copies of the report (in PDF or Word files) will be sent to journalists upon request. This report, issued by PCATI, describes the routine…

  • Being Respectful is Not a Part of Our Duty

    by ISM Hebron, 26 May 2007 At approximately 15:00 hours on Saturday May 26, two Human Rights Workers (HRWs) were standing on Shuhada street in the Tel Rumeida district of Hebron when five Israeli settlers between the ages of 7 and 10 years old walked past making faces and shouting remarks at both HRWs. The HRW passed onto Tel Rumeida street where they met two Palestinian teenagers who continued to walk up the hill, some distance…

  • Building Design: Big names urge Israelis to end ‘oppressive’ works

    Alsop, Farrell and MacCormac join call to stop work on schemes that oppress Palestinians by Helen Crump, 25 May 2007 A host of celebrated architects including Will Alsop, Terry Farrell, Richard MacCormac, Rick Mather and Ted Cullinan have waded into the politics of the Middle East with a challenge to fellow professionals in Israel to cease work that “excludes and oppresses” Palestinians. The architects, who also include RIBA president Jack Pringle and president-elect Sunand Prasad, have…

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