By Tobias Buck in Jerusalem, Published: May 9 2011 16:52 | Last updated: May 9 2011 16:52
Deutsche Bahn, the German railway operator, has pulled out of an sraeli project that cuts through the occupied Palestinian West Bank, after pressure from activists and Berlin.
The move marks a victory for pro-Palestinian groups and their so-called boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign, which tries to use economic pressure on Israel to ...
Take Action - by The Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa'adat
The Israeli occupation courts have, once again, extended the isolation of Ahmad Sa'adat. On May 3, 2011, at a hearing in Beersheba prison, the court issued an extended isolation order until November 3, 2011. Ahmad Sa'adat, General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Palestinian national leader, has been held in isolation since March 19, 2009 - for over two full years, ...
The world is watching: we will not be intimidated and we will not forget the Palestinians of Gaza.
The Canadian Boat to Gaza campaign announces today the successful conclusion of arrangements to purchase and register a boat to carry the Canadian delegation to Gaza. The boat’s name Tahrir (Liberation in Arabic) has been chosen to honour the square in Cairo that was the focus of the democratic uprising that has spread hope across the Middle ...
by the Organizing Committee of Maseerat al 'Awda
Following a general meeting that brought together representatives from various Palestinian and Lebanese civil society organizations as well as individual activists, the Organizing Committee of Maseerat al 'Awda, the Return to Palestine March, has announced the launch of its preparatory activities.
The "Return to Palestine March" will take participants to the border with Occupied Palestine on ...
PAJU (Palestinian and Jewish Unity),# 533 April 29, 2011
Visit Palestine, July 8-16, 2011
Palestinian civil society organisations applaud the Freedom Flotilla which will again defy Israel’s brutal and illegal siege of Gaza. Throughout the world, honest people will make an effort to support this international initiative.
At the same time, while attention is focused on Gaza, it is important not to forget that Israel ...
Help end the hateful policies and destructive influence of AIPAC (the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, by PAJU (Palestinian and Jewish Unity) # 532 April 22, 2011
On March 19, the Israeli army fired artillery shells into the besieged Palestinian Gaza Strip, instantly killing Emad Farajallah and Qassem Abu Otaiwi, two 16 year old boys from the al-Nussairat Refugee Camp.
The shells that killed them were likely some of the ...