Tag: Christian Peacemaker Team
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Remembering Art Gish
1 August 2010 American peace activist Art Gish died on Wednesday in a tractor accident on his organic farm in Athens, Ohio, at the age of 70. Gish and his wife Peggy – currently in Iraq – dedicated much of their lives to promoting peace in the Middle East through nonviolent action. As a member…
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CPT: Israeli Border Police Demolish Water Infrastructure in Al Baqa’a Valley
Christian Peacemaker Team – Hebron For the third time in 12 days, Israeli Border Police carried out demolitions in Al Baqa’a valley, a fertile farming area northeast of Hebron, along route 60. On July 19, the Israeli Border Police, with the assistance of hired laborers using heavy machinery, destroyed a cistern and removed irrigation pipes…
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CPT: Israeli Border Police Demolish Cistern in Al Beqa’a Valley
Christian Peacemaker Team – Hebron Israeli border police demolished a rainwater cistern and removed irrigation pipes from several Palestinian fields in Al Beqa’a Valley just east of Hebron on July 14, 2010, the second day of incidents in the area this month. When international peace activists from Christian Peacemaker Teams arrived in the area at…
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CPT: Israeli Police Invade Palestinian Home, Arrest Father in Hebron’s Old City
Christian Peacemaker Team – Hebron July 14, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On July 13, 2pm about 20 Israeli police and soldiers invaded the Awewi family home in Hebron’s Old City. They forced the mother and the eight children into the kitchen and arrested the father, who is a Palestinian Authority (PA) police officer. The mother…
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CPT: Israeli soldiers arrest Palestinian shepherd, assault Palestinian youth
Christian Peacemaker Team On Tuesday afternoon, February 23, 2010, Israeli soldiers arrested a Palestinian shepherd, Khalil Ibrahim Abu Jundiyye, from the village of Tuba. Abu Jundiyye, 19, was grazing his flock near Tuba when four Israeli soldiers, coming from the nearby Ma’on settlement, chased him and another shepherd back to Tuba. The soldiers aggressively pursued…