Recent CPTnet stories

PALESTINE REFLECTION: A right to education

On May 12, we arrived at Al Fakheit School where we were met by “Al Jazeera” journalists filming a documentary about the difficulty that children face in getting to school in Occupied Palestine. They told us about one school near East Jerusalem where children have to pass through a sewer pipe to reach their school. As we were describing similar difficulties faced by children in the South Hebron Hills, and the dangers of living in a live firing zone, the headmaster approached us looking crestfallen.

PALESTINE REFLECTION: Last-minute communion

Checkpoints and land seizures are hurting chances of making communion.

SOUTH HEBRON HILLS: Olive Trees Uprooted

Israeli soldiers and border police used a backhoe to uproot
200 young olive trees in the Palestinian village of Susya in
the South Hebron Hills on 23 April. 

PALESTINE REFLECTION: How far would you go in order to Worship?

Steadfastness in approaching
prayer is spiritual discipline, 
dignity protection and
nonviolent resistance.

AL-KHALIL (HEBRON): Israeli soldiers arrest boy

Israeli soldiers in Hebron arrested a thirteen-year-old
boy from his house on 14 April.  Settlers and soldiers
physically prevented internationals from accompanying
the blindfolded child.