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HEBRON: International NGOs rally to rescue Hebron orphanages

kathy_kern — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:12:08 -0500

CPTnet
10 May 2008
HEBRON: International NGOs rally to rescue Hebron orphanages

AT-TUWANI UPDATE: 27 March-20 April 2008

kathy_kern — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:12:14 -0500

CPTnet
9 May 2008
AT-TUWANI UPDATE: 27 March-20 April 2008

[Note: According to the Geneva Conventions, the International Court of Justice in the Hague, and numerous United Nations resolutions, all Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are illegal.]

Serving on team during this period were CPTers Jan Benvie, Laura Ciaghi, Cassandra Dixon, Jessica Frederick, Jill Granberg, Joshua Hough, Maureen Jack, Sarah MacDonald and members of Operation Dove (Doves).

IRAQ REFLECTION: Visionaries

kathy_kern — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:45:24 -0500

CPTnet
8 May 2008
IRAQ REFLECTION: Visionaries

by Michele Naar-Obed

“We are surrounded by hostile neighbors.” “ They want to destroy everything that we build.” These are two sentiments we frequently hear expressed in the Kurdish Region of northern Iraq.

PRAYERS FOR PEACEMAKERS, Wed., May 07, 2008

doug_pritchard — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:03:16 -0500

PRAYERS FOR PEACEMAKERS, Wed., May 07, 2008

Pray for the Palestinian residents of the south Hebron hills. Israeli settlers have escalated their restriction and harassment of them. This week, settlers assaulted two Palestinians and two accompanying internationals, all of whom needed minor hospital treatment.

Doug Pritchard
Christian Peacemaker Teams
Toronto , Canada

COLOMBIA: Forced displacement in Cimitarra Valley--a military objective?

kathy_kern — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:13:13 -0500

CPTnet
7 May 2008
COLOMBIA: Forced displacement in Cimitarra Valley--a military objective?

by Stewart Vriesinga

[Note: The following release has been edited for length. The original article is available at http://www.cpt.org/work/colombia/actions/displacement-prevention).

IRAQ REFLECTION: What is this thing called fun?

kathy_kern — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:03:19 -0500

CPTnet
5 May 2008
IRAQ REFLECTION: What is this thing called fun?

by Beth Pyles

This weekend, the Team went to Azadi Park, a spot of beauty in the heart of the city, all the more remarkable because it has been reclaimed (can land/space be resurrected? Redeemed, certainly) by the Kurds. It was previously a Ba'athist-only holding adjacent to one of Saddam Hussein's prisons where Kurds were routinely tortured. The prison is now a museum.

COLOMBIA: "Is that legal?" Campesino conversations with government human rights workers.

kathy_kern — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:37:49 -0500

CPTnet
5 May 2008
COLOMBIA: "Is that legal?" Campesino conversations with government human rights workers.

by Jim Fitz

The following interchanges took place in southern Bolivar province 11-12 March at meetings between farming communities and Colombian governmental human rights workers. Also present were development, peace and human rights organizations, including the Organization of American States and Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT).

HEBRON URGENT ACTION: Israeli military raids Hebron orphanage sewing workshop.

kathy_kern — Sat, 03 May 2008 12:54:01 -0500

CPTnet
3 May 2008
HEBRON URGENT ACTION: Israeli military raids Hebron orphanage sewing workshop.

At 1:00 a.m. on Wednesday 30 April, the Israeli military raided the Hebron Girls' Orphanage in the H1 area of Hebron. [In 1997 the Hebron Protocol (part of Oslo II), signed by the Israeli Government and the Palestinian Authority divided Hebron into two areas: H2 under Israeli military control and H1 under Palestinian control (civilian and security)].

AT-TUWANI: Armed settlers invade village, attacking Palestinians and internationals while soldiers and police stand by

kathy_kern — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:45:50 -0500

CPTnet
2 May 2008
AT-TUWANI: Armed settlers invade village, attacking Palestinians and internationals while soldiers and police stand by

COLOMBIA: Bittersweet freedom for three ACVC leaders

kathy_kern — Thu, 01 May 2008 12:49:27 -0500

CPTnet
1 May 2008
COLOMBIA: Bittersweet freedom for three ACVC leaders

by Pierre Shantz

"Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me" Matthew 5: 10- 11.