Tag: Deportation

  • WTP: Flytilla activists begin hunger strike in Israeli jail

    10 July 2011 | Welcome to Palestine Israeli authorities set stringent conditions for release of “Welcome to Palestine” prisoners The large majority of international visitors are still incarcerated under brutal conditions, begin a hunger strike in Israeli jail Bethlehem, July 10, 2011. Over 120 internationals attempting to visit Palestine are still being illegally detained —…

  • ISM volunteer kidnapped from court–finally released

    8 July 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank An ISM volunteer was detained and threatened with deportation for participating in a peaceful, nonviolent demonstration in the village of Iraq Burin last week, and was finally released by Israel since there was no justification for her arrest or deportation. These weekly demonstrations come following the…

  • On July 8th we are flying for Palestinian freedom — and for our own

    3 July 2011 | Welcome to Palestine For Immediate Release Hundreds of internationals on their way to visit Palestinians in Gaza have been prevented from departing from the ports in Greece. However, we hope that on July 8th, 2011, hundreds of others of us from many countries will succeed in reaching Palestine by flying to…