Grassroots International Protection for Palestinians (GIPP) Invitation YOUR PRESENCE IS NEEDED FOR THE OLIVE HARVEST IN PALESTINE Resisting the Occupation by Insisting on Life Throughout the West Bank and Gaza, Palestinian land has been and continues to be confiscatedby the Israeli government. Illegal Israeli colonies are built on occupied Palestinian land;more land is confiscated to … Read more
I have just spent the past week in Tulkarem. Tulkarem straddles the line of the West Bank and Israel, where you can see the lights of Netanyaand the sea in the distance. But the city is completely isolated, and this imprisonmentheavily enforced by the surrounding Israeli military. This is a city where extreme violence carried … Read more
The March on Huwara, Nablus Palestine Tuesday 6th of August A meeting at the Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees center informed us of aninvitation from the mayor of Huwara village to participate in a peaceful march. Huwara is afarming village that lies on the road from Nablus to Ramallah, a route well travelled byPalestinians … Read more
Jennie writes from Dheisheh The New York Daily News last week carried an editorial calling the international peaceactivists arrested and being deported by Israel for peacefully protesting violations ofhuman rights and international law, ” Accessories to terrorism ” . We operate according to the quote below. “Individuals have International duties which transcend the nationalobligations of … Read more
Action Call from the CPT From the Palestinian village of BEIT UMMAR: Call for URGENT ACTION – ALLOW PALESTINIAN FARMERS TO GET TO THEIR LAND! (CPT) In June 2002 Israeli settlers from the nearby settlement of KarmeTzur unilaterally expanded their borders and built a road, destroyingdozens of fruit trees, and preventing the Beit Ummar farmers … Read more
[TULKAREM] Israeli soldiers executed three men inTulkarem center today in a disgusting and brutalfashion. Rebecca Murray (UK) reports that no medical teams havebeen allowed to function but that after the militarystopped strafing the city with apache helicoptersresidents where finally able to retrieve the bodies ofZiad D’ias (28), Hamad Saidz (18), Maher Jeshmawi(17). Murray went to … Read more
The following letter was sent by us right now to Ha’aretz Dear editor In an internet update of Haaretz English of today is written:”Another Palestinian, a wanted Hamas militant, was killed in the village ofSalem, east of Nablus, while trying to flee IDF troops. “ It appears in the Amos Harel article.We would like to … Read more
The Daily Life of Lather Salaam The Civil Administration President General Dov Tzadaka, promised to help me,to grant a travel permit to access through the Ben Gurion airport, butmaybe, it will take him one year until he fulfill to his word and promise!!Since the 13th, June 2002 until today 30 June and Mr. Tzadaka continuerepeating … Read more
Apologies, but it seems as though the message did not go through the first time. Trying again. UPDATE: Friends, the three US citizens who were taken yesterday by the Israeli military for trying to prevent the Israeli Army from destroying roads used by Palestinians, were released late last night. As the International Solidarity Movement continues … Read more
The Daily Life of Lather Salaam It was a ” Terrible ” day, but tomorrow is ” Worse ” !!It’s enough to live under the occupation, to have a feel that you are not ahuman being.To die 24 hour, the occupation killed our hopes, and feeling. I am writing daily about the occupation.Today I wrote … Read more