Ma’an News Agency January 21, 2010 Bethlehem – Ma’an – A week after he was detained and then questioned over news stories criticizing Israel, a top Ma’an journalist was deported on Wednesday. Jared Malsin, chief English editor at the Bethlehem-based ...
Read More »Czech pro-Palestinian activist returns home after expelled by Israel
Ha’aretz 12 January 2010 A Czech pro-Palestinian activist returned to Prague on Tuesday after she was expelled from Israel, officials said. Israel Defense Forces soldiers and immigration police detained Eva Novakova, 28, in a raid on her home in Ramallah ...
Read More »Israel stages night-time Ramallah raid to arrest an international solidarity activist
UPDATE: Eva has now been deported. She was forced on a plane back to Prague at 6am this morning (Tuesday the 12th). 11 January 2009 For immediate release: A raid was conducted in Ramallah’s city centre tonight to apprehend Eva ...
Read More »Trapped in the land of Oz
Ofra Edelman | Haaretz 3 January 2010 A complaint to the court ombudsman against Jerusalem District Court Judge Yitzhak Milanov reveals cooperation of questionable legality between the police and Oz, the Interior Ministry unit that deals with illegal foreigners, in ...
Read More »Freedom for Ryan Olander, justice for Sheikh Jarrah: US citizen held in Israeli prisons for over two weeks
2 January 2010 For immediate release: Israeli authorities continue to detain Ryan Olander, US citizen and solidarity activist, who was illegally arrested on 18 December 2009 for his support of Palestinian families evicted from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah. Minnesota ...
Read More »Stop the deportation of Ryan Olander; American citizen arrested in Sheikh Jarrah
24 December 2009 Ryan Olander is due to be deported by the Israeli state, after being illegally arrested and detained in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, in Occupied East Jerusalem. Please contact the Embassy of the United States in ...
Read More »American citizen to be deported following his arrest in Sheikh Jarrah
21 December 2009 Imprisoned American citizen and Minnesota resident Ryan Olander to be deported to the US after being arrested in Sheikh Jarrah, Occupied East Jerusalem, whilst visiting Palestinian family whose house has been taken over by Israeli settlers. Ryan ...
Read More »Fmr. Congressmember Cynthia McKinney back in U.S. after being detained and deported from Israel
Democracy Now 8 July 2009 Guests: Cynthia McKinney, former U.S. Congresswoman and the 2008 Green Party presidential candidate. Adam Shapiro, documentary filmmaker, human rights activist and Palestinian rights activist. Adam was a co-founder of the ISM in Palestine. He was ...
Read More »Israel to deport peace activists sailing to Gaza
Efrat Weiss | YNet News 1 July 2009 Israel is planning to deport within the next few days the 21 peace activists who arrived on a boat from Cyprus with the intention of entering the Gaza Strip. An Israeli Navy ...
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