Palestine
Applies to CPTnet releases from Palestine projects
October 3rd, 2012
CPT Al-Khalil (Hebron) invites informed prayers after a Jerusalem magistrate's approval of a new illegal Israeli settlement outpost in what amounts to an "application of Israeli sovereignty" over this occupied city.
October 1st, 2012
Freedom Bus tour promotes dramatic and musical expression of youth under occupation.
September 29th, 2012
Jewish and Palestinian Israelis and internationals join Palestinians resisting the threatened evacuation from their villages in the name of clearing the land for the practice of warfare.
September 22nd, 2012
A personal encounter during a public witness action tests and deepens a facebook friendship.
September 12th, 2012
No checkpoints,
passbook
or metal detector
for her.
August 23rd, 2012
For a moment my heart stopped. An Israeli border police officer stationed near the Ibrahimi Mosque had recognized me, even though I wore neither the vest nor the red cap.
August 3rd, 2012
A new resource highlights CPT’s work and the historical context of this unique city in word and image.
August 2nd, 2012
CPT Palestine announces the launch of the “CPT Palestine in the News,” a web page featuring articles, interviews and references by and about members of Christian Peacemaker Teams’ Palestine project.
July 13th, 2012
On 10 July the Israeli military entered the old city of Hebron without warning or explanation and shut down every shop in the old market. They blocked pedestrian exits and detonated percussion grenades at close range to shopkeepers and pedestrians. They also threw the grenades into homes before searching them.
July 12th, 2012
Sixty Palestinians protested the installation of a turnstile at an Israeli military checkpoint in Al-Khalil on 9 July. Children as young as six played a key role in the protest and faced soldiers' physical and verbal responses to the protesters' indignation.