Tag: Hebron

  • 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 Human Rights Workers from the Occupied Territories of Palestine. After the refusal, a police officer…

  • Palestinians offer their help to gain freedom for kidnapped CPTers

    Palestinians led by their top Muslim cleric appealed to Iraqi insurgents Wednesday to release four Western peace activists, saying three of them had spent time in the West Bank aiding the Palestinians. The banner on the right reads in Arabic: “we demands the release of the CPT members” and the banner on the center reads:…

  • Palestinians appeal for release of Western activists kidnapped in Iraq

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS RAMALLAH Palestinians, led by their top Muslim cleric, appealed to Iraqi insurgents on Wednesday to release four Western peace activists, saying three of them had spent time in the West Bank aiding the Palestinians. The four workers for the group Christian Peacemaking Teams – an American, a Briton and two Canadians –…