Tag: Action Alert

  • Campaign to release Samieh Jabbarin

    Palestinian Prisoners 31 May 2009 Dear friends, The solidarity struggle with Palestinian theatre-artist and activist Samieh Jabbarin, who is still under house-arrest in Um Al Fahm, has gained significant resonance in the past two weeks thanks to the publication of journalist Aviva Lori’s extensive coverage of the affair in “Haaretz” weekend supplement in Hebrew (22.5.09)…

  • Campaign to release the Palestinian activist arrested in al-Ma’sara

    15 May 2009 The Al-Ma’sara Committee against the Wall and Settlements has been organizing and participating in demonstrations against the confiscation of their land for the past two and a half years. Participants and committee members are known for their strict adherence to non-violent tactics in demonstrations. While the protesters maintained their usual tactics on…

  • An open letter to Leonard Cohen

    An Open Letter to Leonard Cohen | British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP) Dear Leonard Cohen: Your songs have been part of the soundtrack of our lives — like breathing, some of them. But we can’t make sense of why you’ve decided to perform in Israel in September this year. If we understand…