UPDATE, 19th of June: Judge Pilpel yesterday ruled that Paul will be denied entry. Paul has now left the country. There are now 15 days to file an appeal against the denial of entry. At this time, a decison on ...
Read More »Paul Larudee Finally Gets His Day in Court
UPDATE, 15th June, 4:30pm: According to Paul’s lawyer, the final decision will be heard at 8:30am on Sunday morning. More details to follow. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tomorrow morning at 11:30, Paul Larudee, the 60 year-old piano tuner and ISM peace ...
Read More »Al Jazeera: “Israel introduces new travel restrictions”
by Khalid Amayreh in the West Bank for Al Jazeera.net, Sunday 11 June 2006 Palestinian families have accused Israel of taking draconian measures, further restricting their freedom of movement. According to Palestinian human rights organisations, the new restrictions involve barring ...
Read More »Help Free Paul Larudee!
Paul Larudee, piano tuner and non-violent activist, has been denied entry to Palestine by the Israeli authorities and is being held in detention at Ben Gurion Airport. Please take a few minutes to take action to free him! Paul Larudee, ...
Read More »Christmas in jail for peace campaigners
An Italian peace activist was hospitalized Thursday after refusing to be deported from Israel. Italian, Vittorio Arrigoni, 34, was injured yesterday evening when Israeli authorities tried to deport him and two other detained UK residents,from South Africa and Ausralia, by ...
Read More »Peace workers denied access to Bethlehem
In the early hours of this morning the Israeli authorities at Tel Aviv airport stopped a group of international observers who were en route to a Christmas peace conference in Bethlehem. After lengthy interrogations, two (UK) were allowed to enter ...
Read More »Human Rights Worker Refuses Deportation, Put in Solitary Confinement in Tzohar Detention Center, Israel
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Andrew Macdonald, a Human Rights Worker from the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), is still being held in solitary confinement at the Tzohar Detention Center in Israel. Even though he has been threatened by the Prison Commander, he ...
Read More »Human Rights Worker refuses deportation; Threatened by Police Officer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE At 01:15 on Thursday morning, Andrew Macdonald, a Human Rights Worker from the ISM, refused deportation from Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. The refusal is a protest against the State of Israel’s policy of deporting ...
Read More »Haaretz: Israel to bar pro-Palestinian activists from entering country
By Amos Harel and Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondents and Agencies Israel will from now on bar pro-Palestinian activists from entering the country and will try to expel at least some of the dozens of activists who are already here, according ...
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