Tag: Global Actions

  • No Attempt to Kidnap Rachel Corrie’s Parents

    From The Olympia-Rafah Sister City Project NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 4, 2006 News reports stating that the parents of slain American human rights activist Rachel Corrie were the intended targets of an attempted kidnapping Wednesday in Gaza are incorrect. According to Craig and Cindy Corrie, contrary to news reports, the Corries were never…

  • Human Rights Watch World Report 2006

    Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) Read the entire report covering every area of the globe at http://hrw.org/wr2k6/ Following the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in November 2004, Palestinians held their second-ever national elections on January 9, 2005. The main contender, Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), became the second Palestinian president with 62.52% of the vote. The…

  • A Conference Against the Wall in Bil’in

    [BILIN, West Bank] In our village of Bilin, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, we are living an important but overlooked story of the occupation. Though Israeli forces withdrew from Gaza earlier this year, they are continuing to expand their West Bank settlements. On our village’s land, Israel is building one new settlement and…

  • Candle-lit Solidarity Demonstration in Ramallah for the “CPT Four”

    On Wednesday the 7th, another demonstration calling for the release of the four CPT hostage in Iraq was held in al-Manara, Ramallah, at 4:30pm. On the same day, a press conference calling for the release of four was held in Nablus. Ramallah residents, Palestinian women from the Women For Life group (who had come all…

  • A Week of Palestinian Calls for the Release of the CPT Volunteers Held Hostage in Iraq

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [Ramallah, Occupied Palestine] Over the last week Palestinians from across the political spectrum have issued impassioned appeals and demonstrated for the release of the four Christian Peacemaker Team volunteers who were taken hostage in Iraq, three of whom had previously served in Palestine with CPT and ISM. Tomorrow, Wednesday the 7th, two…