On Friday 16th November, a large group of local Palestinians, together with 7 international Human Rights Workers (HRWs) from ISM, CPT and EAPPI, joined the Jabari family to prepare their land for planting. The land lies between the two illegal ...
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Israels Abuse of Bedouin Rights
By Thom The Ministry of Foreign Affairs writes on their website that the Bedouin enjoy a higher standard of living than elsewhere in the Middle East. But countless Bedouin homes and villages have been destroyed by Israel. The government’s ‘township’ ...
Read More »Don’t Sign for Apartheid in Palestine
The French group “Two Peoples, Two States” calls the public for signing a petition (based on a “Two States Solution”, on the outlines of the Yossi Beilin and Yasser Abbed Rabbo’s “Geneva Initiative”, and the Ami Ayalon and Sari Nusseibeh’s ...
Read More »Al-Haq: Open Letter to Quartet Members: Israel’s Recent Land Confiscations East of Occupied Jerusalem
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1 November 2007 Dear Quartet Member, As a Palestinian non-governmental organisation dedicated to the protection and promotion of international human rights and humanitarian law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), Al-Haq is gravely concerned at the planned ...
Read More »Another Voice: Surrender on the Dotted Line; An Analysis of OneVoice’s 10 Pillars
October 21st, 2007 Despite OneVoice’s recent efforts to minimize the attention on its “10 Pillars,” especially in the wake of widespread grassroots criticism, the fact remains that OneVoice created these 10 pillars to present as a basis for negotiations, under ...
Read More »Soldiers kidnap children before anti-wall demonstration in Bil’in
October 5th, 2007 ***This video can seem misleading. The child was not arrested during the demonstration, but one day before. He was released that day but another child, aged 16, was arrested that night, the night before the demonstration.*** On ...
Read More »Planting trees next to the fallen
In the second week of September international peace activists and local volunteers joined together to plant trees in the Nablus region. The trees were received at request from the Ministry of Agriculture, and began to be planted in three days ...
Read More »Support Needed: Settler to face court for Assaulting HRWs: Septmeber 6th 1pm
On the 6th September 2007, 1:00pm, a court will convene at the Israeli Peace Courts to bring to trial a mature Israeli Settler who attacked two international human rights workers on the 27th July 2007. The incident took place on ...
Read More »Non-Violent Friday in Al Walaja
Al Walaja 31/8/07 On Friday August 31st at 12:30pm Palestinians, Israelis and international activists met at the village of Al Walaja north of Bethlehem to demonstrate against the construction of the annexation wall, which when complete will surround Al Walaja ...
Read More »Journal: About the Combatants for Peace Meeting in Shufa
Shufa, Tulkarem Area, 14th August 2007 Members of Combatants for Peace with the Vice President of the European Parliament Louisa Morgantini A meeting of Combatants for Peace, with an audience of more than one hundred people, took place in this ...
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