Tag: Welcome to Palestine

  • Access denied to Nabi Saleh

    10 July 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Saturday 9th July, seventy people – including thirty internationals from Sweden, France, Britain, Australia, Mexico, the United States and Denmark – demonstrated at a military checkpoint outside Nabi Saleh, after the army denied them entry into the village where Palestinians lead peaceful demonstrations weekly. The…

  • WTP: Flytilla activists begin hunger strike in Israeli jail

    10 July 2011 | Welcome to Palestine Israeli authorities set stringent conditions for release of “Welcome to Palestine” prisoners The large majority of international visitors are still incarcerated under brutal conditions, begin a hunger strike in Israeli jail Bethlehem, July 10, 2011. Over 120 internationals attempting to visit Palestine are still being illegally detained —…

  • +972: A special form for Arab passengers to warn airport ahead of their arrival

    +972: A special form for Arab passengers to warn airport ahead of their arrival

    9 July 2011 | +972 Magazine Israel responded to the “flytilla” with a wildly disproportionate deployment of police and extraordinary security checks. But Palestinian citizens of Israel are discriminated at the Ben Gurion Airport on an hourly basis – and are now able to racially profile themselves, using a specially provided form to warn the…