Christian Peacemaker Team 24 April 2009 [Note: According to the Geneva Conventions, the International Court of Justice in the Hague, and numerous United Nations resolutions, all Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are illegal. Most settlement outposts are considered ...
Read More »Jerusalem’s mayor defends demolition of houses in Arab area
Rory McCarthy | The Guardian 23 April 2009 Israel’s mayor of Jerusalem defended the demolition of houses in the Arab east of the city today and insisted Jerusalem could not be a future capital of a Palestinian state. Nir Barkat, ...
Read More »Freedom Summer 2009: Defend the Land and Jerusalem
The International Solidarity Movement is issuing a call-out for internationals to volunteer as field activists and office workers in the West Bank, Gaza, and occupied East Jerusalem this summer. Whether you can come for only few weeks or several months, ...
Read More »Israeli forces detain youth in Tel Rumeida
19 April 2009 Tel Rumeida, Hebron – 4 Palestinian girls, residents of Tel Rumeida, were detained for more than 3 hours as they left one of their houses. Two of the girls were about 6 years old, and two were ...
Read More »The role of ‘State Land’ in settlement construction
B’Tselem download the PDF The declaration of land as state land and the registration of state land in the land registry has, since 1967, been the principal method used by Israel to take control of land to build settlements and ...
Read More »Israeli settlers destroy crops near village of At-Tuwani
Christian Peacemaker Team 18 April 2009 On 18 April Palestinians in the South Hebron Hills reported that Israeli settlers had destroyed a large privately owned Palestinian wheat field by allowing a flock of goats and sheep to graze on it. ...
Read More »Settlers vandalize Palestinian home
14 April 2009 At about 3 PM in the old city of Hebron, 5 Israeli settlers trespassed onto the roof of a Palestinian house, puncturing the 5 water tanks owned by the family and draining all of their water supply. ...
Read More »Veolia loses another contract in Bordeaux
The Big Campaign 14 April 2009 The transportation branch of the French multinational corporation Veolia loses a contract worth 750 million euros in Bordeaux. The Greater Bordeaux local government give a contract for the management of the biggest urban network ...
Read More »Israeli forces arrest a German national and an Italian national in At-Tuwani
11 April 2009 A German national and an Italian national were taken by Israeli forces while accompanying farmers at 11am. Both individuals have been taken to the police station at Kyrat Arba. Palestinian farmers in At-Tuwani rely on the presence ...
Read More »Urgent action for Palestinian school children from Tuba and Maghaer-al-Abeed
Luisa Morgantini 11 April 2009 Of utmost concern for CPT and Operation Dove is the safe travel of Palestinian school children who walk from the nearby villages of Tuba and Magaher-al-Abeed to At-Tuwani’s elementary school. These school children face a ...
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