by Venice Buhain Originally publsihed in The Olympian OLYMPIA — For a few hours Sunday, the Olympia Eagles Ballroom was filled with friendly chatter, the enticing smells of Mediterranean food and the delicate handiwork of Palestinian embroidery. But the main ...

* Help Respond to Inflammatory Attack on Nonviolent Solidarity Groups * The Price of Nonviolence in Bil’in * Victory for Palestine Solidarity Activists * Who Really Controls the Rafah Crossing? * The House is Full of Holes – poetry from ...

PMWATCH ACTION CALL 02/13/2006 Op-ed libels PSM/ISM mobilize NOW! 1-866-DIAL-PMW PMWATCH – February 13, 2006 — On Sunday, February 12, 2006, the Washington Post published a defamatory op-ed by two academics, Eric Adler and Jack Langer, calling for the cancellation ...

Reported by Operation Dove Several olive trees were discovered uprooted or broken and a field of wheat destroyed by a jeep in the Southern Hebron Hills village of At-Tuwani Thursday, February 9. The discovery was made in the Khorruba area ...

*Reflections of a Deportation *ISM Co-Founder Among Duo Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize *Palestinian Action Alert for Friday, February 10 *Church Votes to Sell off Shares to Caterpillar *Villagers Expand First Palestinian Settlement * Rickman and Rachel Juggle Three Wins ...

Letter from the AFSC nominating Ghassan Andoni and Jeff Halper for the Nobel Peace Prize The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker peace and social justice organization, has nominated two candidates for the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize: Jeff Halper ...

Reported by The Guardian February 7, 2006 The Church of England’s general synod – including the Archbishop of Canterbury – voted last night to disinvest church funds from companies profiting from Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian territory. The main target ...

1. A Call From Hebron. 2. Gaza, Elections, and Democracy. 3. Close Encounter of a Settler Kind. 4. Poems against the Occupation. 5. Palestinians Unite Again to Appeal for the Release of the Peace Activists held Hostage in Iraq. 6.Bili’n ...

by Hannah January 27, 2006 Finally, after several years of wanting to go to Gaza, Dunya and I managed to spend two days there under the auspices of election observation. It didn’t take very long for Dunya to observe that ...

1. Human Rights Workers: IDF Claims a “Zero Tolerance” for Violent Settlers, But Not in Tel Rumeida 2. Despite Injunction from Israeli Supreme Court – Illegal Construction in Metityahu Mizrah Continues 3. Electoral candidates unite against the Apartheid Wall 4. ...