Tag: Global Actions

  • Travelers share tales from Rafah

    by Venice Buhain Originally publsihed in The Olympian OLYMPIA — For a few hours Sunday, the Olympia Eagles Ballroom was filled with friendly chatter, the enticing smells of Mediterranean food and the delicate handiwork of Palestinian embroidery. But the main event at the fundraiser for the Olympia-Rafah Sister City Project was a presentation by two…

  • Post Publishes Three Letters in Defense of Georgetown Conference

    The following letters were printed on Friday, February 17, 2006, in the Washington Post: Regarding the Feb. 12 Close to Home commentary by Eric Adler and Jack Langer [“Why Is Georgetown Providing a Platform for This Dangerous Group?”] about the student conference being held on the Georgetown University campus this weekend: First, Georgetown prizes its…

  • Ghassan Andoni’s Statement Upon Receiving The 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Nomination From The American Friends Service Committee

    Ghassan Andoni I am honored that the American Friends Service Committee, winner of the 1947 peace prize, found in my modest contribution to the cause of peace and justice in the Middle East important enough to nominate me for the Nobel Peace Prize. I am more honored that AFSC has chosen me for the same…

  • A Human Rights Worker Writes of her Christmas in Israeli Detention

    By Shireen In a prison cell, the few times a day when the door opens are an event. On the evening of Christmas Day, when the rattle of keys was followed by a soft Scottish voice asking cheerfully, “is there a bed free in here?” I didn’t know whether to be happy or sad. It…

  • Carmel Agrexco on Trial in Britain

    UK Criminal Trial Examines Export Company Carmel Agrexico’s Complicity in Israeli Apartheid Seven Palestine solidarity protesters from London and Brighton were arrested on 11th November 2004 after they took part in a non-violent blockade outside the UK base of an Israeli agricultural export company Agrexco (UK) Ltd, Swallowfield Way, Hayes, Middlesex. Agrexco is Israel’s largest…