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CPT At-Tuwani October 2010 Update

CPT At-Tuwani October 2010 Update

November 22, 2010 No Comments

CPTnet AT-TUWANI UPDATE: October 2010 The At-Tuwani team had between two to three CPTers serving during the month of October. School Patrol Together with the members of Operation Dove, the team monitored the Israeli military accompaniment of the school children from the Tuba area as they passed near the Israeli settlement of Ma’on. Twice the […]

Israeli soldiers detain five Palestinian school boys in South Hebron Hills

Israeli soldiers detain five Palestinian school boys in South Hebron Hills

November 22, 2010 No Comments

ISRAELI SOLDIERS DETAIN FIVE PALESTINIAN SCHOOL BOYS IN SOUTH HEBRON HILLS [Note: According to the Fourth Geneva Convention, the Hague Regulations, the International Court of Justice, and several United Nations resolutions, all Israeli settlements and outposts in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are illegal. Most settlement outposts, including Havat Ma’on (Hill 833), are considered illegal also […]

Mock checkpoint at Columbia University

Mock checkpoint at Columbia University

November 21, 2010 No Comments

Below is the press release provided by C-SJP, links to two videos of the mock checkpoint and links to other articles about the action. New York, NY, November 18 – On November 18th, 2010 from 12pm to 2pm, Columbia University Students for Justice in Palestine (C-SJP)—a diverse group of students, faculty, staff, and community members—constructed […]

BDS flashmobs at work
SOUTH HEBRON HILLS: Israeli Army arrests young Palestinian man in South Hebron Hills

SOUTH HEBRON HILLS: Israeli Army arrests young Palestinian man in South Hebron Hills

November 5, 2010 No Comments

CPTnet Digest A newsletter written by members of the Christian Peacemaker Teams 5 November 2010 SOUTH HEBRON HILLS: Israeli Army arrests young Palestinian man in South Hebron Hills [Note: According to the Fourth Geneva Convention, the International Court of Justice, and several United Nations resolutions, all Israeli settlements and outposts in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are […]

AL-KHALIL (HEBRON): Shepherd made homeless, livelihood threatened, son in prison.

AL-KHALIL (HEBRON): Shepherd made homeless, livelihood threatened, son in prison.

November 3, 2010 No Comments

CPTnet Digest, Volume 35, Issue 1 A newsletter written by members of the Christian Peacemaker Teams 29 October 2010 AL-KHALIL (HEBRON): Shepherd made homeless, livelihood threatened, son in prison. On Monday 11 October, at 8.00 a.m. the Israeli military arrived at the home of Noah al-Rajabi in Bani Naim without warning and destroyed the family’s water […]

Freedom rally in Nablus, 9/29/10

Freedom rally in Nablus, 9/29/10

September 29, 2010 2 Comments

When I hear the cadence of a drum squad, my heart skips a beat remembering my days in marching band at Dallastown High School. I loved marching through the parking lot to the football field to the beat of the school’s cadence. Today, while walking through downtown Nablus, I heard the enticing sound of drums […]

Messages to America

Messages to America

September 25, 2010 3 Comments

During the last three months, I taught a Spoken English class for adults who teach English to young people in Nablus and the surrounding villages.  During the class, we had intense debates, told jokes and shared stories about our families and life experiences, from the loss of our parents and grandparents to personal stories about […]

Two Iraq Burin men arrested for attending peaceful demonstration

Two Iraq Burin men arrested for attending peaceful demonstration

September 24, 2010 No Comments

IRAQ BURIN —  On September 24, 2010 at 4:30pm, two villagers from Iraq Burin, a village near Nablus in the West Bank, were arrested by Israeli soldiers.  A checkpoint was erected at the entrance to the village in the morning of the same day. In response to these arrests and the killing of two young men […]

Support At-Tuwani Women’s Co-op Italy Speaking Tour

Support At-Tuwani Women’s Co-op Italy Speaking Tour

September 24, 2010 No Comments

We may not currently have the might of the Israeli army nor the power of traditions confining us in certain roles, however, we know that one woman standing behind another in a line of solidarity is a force more powerful than both. – Keifah Addera, At-Tuwani Women’s Cooperative Dear friends and supporters of At-Tuwani village, […]

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Footage of Palestinian refugees from 1950, “Sands of Sorrow”

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The nature of Palestinian sovereignty

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AT-TUWANI REPORT: The Dangerous Road to Education. Palestinian Students Suffer Under Settler Violence and Military Negligence

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Bethlehem shepherds, Operation Cast Lead, and a rogue state

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Postcard From Palestine

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SOUTH HEBRON HILLS: Israeli military demolishes three cisterns and two wells in arid region

CPTnet 17 December 2010 A newsletter written by members of the Christian Peacemaker Teams. SOUTH HEBRON...