Tag: International Women’s Peace Service

  • The price of dignity

    08 February 2011 | International Women’s Peace Service By Kim Bullimore Currently there are more than 11,000 Palestinian political prisoners locked up in Israel’s jails. This week, I found out that my friend Hasan* (*not his real name) is one of them. When in Ramallah, I mentioned to a mutual friend that I had planned…

  • Six injured as settlers attack farmers in Qusra

    23 January 2011 | International Women’s Peace Service On January 23, the residents of Qusra organised an action to reclaim village land, which settlers had attempted to confiscate. Four volunteers from IWPS attended, at the request of the village, who asked for an international presence due to settler attacks the previous week, which left six villagers…

  • Settlers illegal attempt to occupy land owned by Qarawat Bani Hasan and Dier Istiya

    International Women’s Peace Service 1 January 2010 On 31 December 2009 IWPS received a call from the Mayor of Qarawat Bani Hasan to participate in a demonstration in solidarity with the residents of their village. The non-violent, peaceful demonstration organized by the Municipality took place on January 1 2009, and was in response to increase…