Archive for February, 2006

Three anti-wall demonstrations

Thursday, February 16th, 2006 | Posted in Press Releases, ISM Media Alerts | Edit

This Friday, February 17, three anti-wall demonstrations will take place in the villages Abud, Bil’in and Beit Itza.

The marches will begin at 12;00 after the Friday prayers. Villagers supported by Israeli and International activists will march to the construction site of the Illegal annexation barrier being built through their land.

For...

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Update on Mohammad Mansour’s day in court

Thursday, February 16th, 2006 | Posted in Press Releases | Edit

When Mohammed Mansour arrived at the courthouse today a half an hour before his scheduled court appointment, the trial was already over.

Today was supposed to be the final hearing, the 14th in two years of protracted legal struggle. Having refused repeated deals from the prosecution (see previous post), today Mohammed expected either...

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Standing for justice — visiting family tells story of conflict

Thursday, February 16th, 2006 | Posted in Rachel Corrie | Edit

Presentation on non-violence in Israel-Palestine conflict sparks conversation
By Andrew Miner

Originally published in the Oregon State Daily Barometer

Rachel Corrie sacrificed her life hoping to bring peace through non-violence...

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Mohammad Mansour targeted for standing against the occupation

Wednesday, February 15th, 2006 | Posted in Journals | Edit

By Harry
reprinted from his blog www.palestinepal.blogspot.com

I’ve been working with Mohammad Mansour, a Palestinian activist in the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), since I began work...

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Palestinian Activist Mohammed Mansour on trial

Wednesday, February 15th, 2006 | Posted in Press Releases | Edit

When: Thursday February 15th 12.30pm

Where: Peace Court in the Russian Compound. Jerusalem

Mohammad Mansour, a Palestinian organiser for non-violent resistance to the occupation, faces trial tomorrow. He has been falsely charged with assaulting a police officer, throwing stones, and encouraging others to do likewise....

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The anger at racist cartoons continues

Wednesday, February 15th, 2006 | Posted in Press Releases, Press clippings | Edit

18 February 2006 issue 1988
From Socialist Worker

From London’s Trafalgar Square to Ramallah in Palestine, from Lebanon to Austria, the caricatures of the prophet Mohammed, first printed in a Danish paper, have sparked rage

Some 20,000 protesters filled...

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How might we live?

Wednesday, February 15th, 2006 | Posted in Gaza Region | Edit

By Laila El-Haddad
From a-mother-from-Gaza.blogspot.com
Tuesday, February 14, 2006

The shells are falling again.

Interspersed with the occasional...

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Help Needed in Hebron

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006 | Posted in Press Releases, Hebron Region, Action Alert | Edit

By Katie


Settler Grafiti on a Palestinian home in Tel Rumeida

There is enough drama here for 10 seasons of some ridiculous reality show. I really think that there should be such a show in Hebron because it would allow the rest of the world...

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Just Another Day in Tel Rumeida

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Hebron Region, Photos | Edit

By Katie

“Security Post” in Hebron-Photo By Chris

February 11, 2006:

At approximately 11:05 a.m., three eggs were thrown out of the window of the Beit Hadassah settlement at two HRWs (human rights...

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Activist’s parents recall Palestinian strife

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006 | Posted in Press clippings, Rachel Corrie | Edit

By Tony Lystra
Gazette-Times reporter

Originally published in the Corvallis Gazette-Times

Corvallis crowd hears legacy of nonviolent stance

When Rachel Corrie was 2, she looked up at her mother and asked an unsettling...

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