Join the International Action Day “Open Shuhada Streets!” for the Reopening of Shuada Street and Freedom of Movement for the Palestinian Inhabitants of Hebron, February 24, 2012 Up until its closure, Shuhada Street was the most important street in the city of Al-Khalil (Hebron). It was the main street connecting the central and northern […]
Yearly Archives: 2013
Israel versus Abu Jamal’s cow
When colonial supremacy and racial hatred are entering into a perverse spiral of folly, then not even cows are safe anymore. Yesterday in the night, Israeli settlers tried to poison the only cow of Palestinian farmer Khalid Draghmeh. It was not the first time they attacked his livestock. Already a year ago, his horse got […]
Military court: “11 days more of interrogation for Hassan Karajah”
Last Thursday, the Israeli military court in Jalamah prison has decided to extend the interrogation period for Hassan Karajah for another 11 days. The lawyer has immediately appealed the decision and today was another hearing scheduled. No decision has been communicated to the lawyer so far. On Thursday many people were watching the miliary court: […]
Urgent call to attend Hasan Karajah’s court hearing, Thursday 14 in Jalameh prison!
Today the Israeli military court has extended the interrogation period of Hassan Karajah, the Stop the Wall youth coordinator that was taken from his home by Israeli military on January 23, for another four days. A new court hearing is scheduled for Thursday 14 at Jalameh prison. We ask all international organizations, media and activists […]
Palestinian farmers call to boycott Israeli agribusiness as global protests are staged
Palestinian agricultural organisations today issued an appeal for international civil society to take action to pressure supermarkets and governments to end trade with Israeli companies that operate in settlements, which finances and rewards settlement expansion and other violations of international law. You can read the appeal issued by Palestinian farming organisations and accompanying briefing entitled […]
Don`t let Palestinian blood run in the open veins of Latin America[1]
Click here for the Spanish version. Click here for the Portuguese version. Last Sunday, the Summit of the Peoples of Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe came to an end in Santiago de Chile taking place in parallel with the Summit between the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States(CELAC) and the European Union (EU). Movements, unions and organizations from […]
Third update on the detention of Hassan Karajah
The occupation courts have forbidden Hassan Karajah's lawyer from seeing him until Sunday, February 10 2013. In the meanwhile international pressure is growing. European governments are alerted about the case and international civil society is mobilizing. Amnesty International has released a statement on Hassan Karajah asking their members and concerned citizens to address Israeli authorities […]
E-action: Immediate release of Hassan Karajah!
In the early hours of Wednesday 23rd January 2013, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested Hassan Yasser Karajeh, the Stop the Wall youth coordinator and a well known young human rights defender, violently breaking into his home in the West Bank village of Safa, west of Ramallah. We are gravely concerned to hear reports of Mr […]
More than 200 Palestinians build the village “Bab Munatir” in the Nablus region
More than 200 Palestinians are building the village “Bab Munatir” in the Nablus region: This morning, more than 200 Palestinian Popular Committees activists started construction of (02.02.2013) the village of “Bab Munatir” on the land of the Munatir area – land threatened with confiscation by the Israeli army of occupation and settlers in the Palestinian […]
Standing defiant. Khalid Daragmah’s family protect their land in a sea of settlements
Khalid Daragmah's home dates back to the Ottoman times. Set on 22 dunams of green, arable land, it is sprinkled with trees, a spring and rolling hills to the back. It has been in his family for generations; his grandfather ran a business pressing olives from inside. Read the exclusive interview here.