From: The Freedom Theatre in Jenin Refugee Camp, Occupied Palestinian Territory, 1 August, 2011 http://www.thefreedomtheatre.org/news.php?id=189   Following Wednesday 27th July attack on The Freedom Theatre[1] the detained persons, Adnan Naghnaghiye, head technician at the theatre and Bilal Saadi, chairperson of the association, were taken to the Jalame and Meggiddo high security prisons inside Israel. Their lawyer has been denied the right to talk to or visit either of them. The reason given by the Israeli army is that the detained persons have "acted against the security of the ...

PAJU (Palestinian and Jewish Unity), # 546, July 29, 2011 A senior Israeli army commander has warned that unchecked "Jewish terror" against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank threatens to plunge the territory into another conflict.     In unusually outspoken comments, Major General Avi Mizrahi took aim at extremist Israeli settlers, and said the yeshiva, or religious seminary, in Yitzhar, one of the most radical Jewish strongholds in the West Bank, should be closed, calling it a source of terror against Palestinians.     The general's comments are ...

7. Juli 2011, von Lawrence Davidson Erster Teil - Bewegungen der Zivilgesellschaft gegen korrupte Politik   Wenn es zum Kampf gegen die israelische Unterdrückungspolitik kommt, gibt zwei im Konflikt stehende Ebenen: die der Regierung und die der Zivilgesellschaft. Das allerletzte Beispiel dieser Dualität ist das Duzend kleiner Schiffe, das in den Häfen von Griechenland festgehalten wurde. Die beladenen Schiffe - mit Hilfsgüter für die 1,5 Millionen eingeschlossenen  Menschen in Gaza - sind die Ausdrucksmittel einer Kampagne der Zivilgesellschaft gegen die Unmenschlichkeit ...

Press Release 2, Bethlehem and Jerusalem 5 July 2011 The organizers of the "Welcome to Palestine" initiative decry the numerous attempts by Israeli and other media to distort our message and planned activities.  There were messages claiming that we are attempting to reach Gaza by going to Lod Airport (aka Ben Gurion airport) on July 8. Some claimed that this initiative came after the flotilla was blocked. Others claimed our visitors want to disrupt things at the airport and some even claimed they will try to take over planes. These claims and many others being circulated are false; we ...