Palestine Solidarity Project

Message from Richard Falk, United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, December 28,2008

The Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip represent s evere and massive violations of international humanitarian law as defined in the Geneva Conventions, both in regard to the obligations of an Occupying Power and … Read more

Palestine Solidarity Project coordinator Mohammed “Hamude” Abu Maria is currently being held in Ofer Prison. Saturday morning, December 20, prisoners were bombarded with tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets, attacked with dogs and eventually Israeli armored police after they began resisting the brutal and degrading treatment of prisoners by … Read more

By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent

Professor Richard Falk, a United Nations envoy who once sparked controversy by comparing Israelis to Nazis, has been barred entry to Israel and was put on a plane bound out of the country early on Monday.

In March, the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council appointed Falk, a … Read more

From Maan News Agency

A Palestinian and four internationals were taken into Israeli police custody at a protest in East Jerusalem on Wednesday, according to a statement.

The five were demonstrating against the demolition of a Palestinian family’s home in Sheikh Jarrah, an East Jerusalem neighborhood, where the house was demolished by … Read more

Sahar Vardi, 18, has long been a friend of PSP and a committed solidarity activist in the Occupied Territories. Palestine Solidarity Project is honored to work with her and support her and the other Israeli youth who refuse to serve in the … Read more

In the last 3 weeks several prominent activists from Ni’lin and Al-Ma’asara, the sites of ongoing Anti-Wall demonstrations, have been arrested. On Sunday, July 20, After 2 weeks of imprisonment and 2 bail hearings the two members of the South Betlehem Popular Committee who were arrested on July 4 … Read more

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Today, B’Tselem is publishing a video clip documenting a soldier firing a rubber coated steel bullet, from extremely close range, at a cuffed and blindfolded Palestinian detainee. The shooting took place in the presence of a lieutenant colonel, who was holing the Palestinian’s … Read more

On Saturday, May 10, thousands of people marched throughout the streets of London, from the river Thames to Trafalgar Square in support of the Palestinian people and a call for the immediate end to the siege on Gaza. The participants marched past … Read more

Bekah Wolf, co-founder of PSP, will be speaking several cities around the United States this month and will then be joining the Wheels of Justice tour in May.

Here’s the schedule of cities, for more information on locations please email palestineproject@gmail.com:

March 29-30: Chicago, IL
March 31: Beloit, WI
April 1-3: Minneapolis, MN
April … Read more

Friday, January 4, 2008. Israeli soldiers opened fire on Palestinians on their way to Friday prayer seriously injuring Nablus resident Ahmad Mohammad Abu Hantash in the head. The incident happened at noon as worshipers were heading to Al Shuhada Mosque in the western part of Nablus. As worshipers were … Read more