Category: Old News & Reports

Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper has released a report revealing that the Foreign Ministry has acknowledged its inability to face the growing boycott campaign despite resorting to all political and judicial means, which have been ineffective, especially against private companies. The report explained that the ministry has succeeded in putting pressure on some European governments to …

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Two of our local supporters are currently in Gaza, carrying out research on conditions on the ground. They have filed a number of field reports: Sumud flotilla sails despite Israeli intimidation: On Monday 2 December 2011 Gazan fisherfolk and hundreds of their Palestinian supporters as well as international activists participated in a flotilla to highlight …

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One of our local supporters recently returned from Palestine, where she took part in the Peace Cycle for Palestine. This is her first-hand report… INTRODUCTION The itinerary of The Peace Cycle sold it to me. It included visiting a lot of the organisations and places that I had an interest in within Palestine. The chance to cycle from the …

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Israel’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by two Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in protest at being held without charge. But in its decision, released by the justice ministry on Monday, the court said security authorities should consider freeing them for medical reasons.  The two prisoners, Bilal Diab, 27, and Thaer Halahleh, 34, have …

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Ramallah, 1 May 2012 Addameer expresses its utmost concern for the lives of Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh, currently on their 63rd full day of hunger strike in protest of their administrative detention. An independent doctor from Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-Israel) determined yesterday, 30 April, that Bilal is at immediate risk of death and …

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