Posts tagged palestine
THE NEVER-ENDING NAKBA

New York, NY I In These Times

Eyewitness Palestine delegate Rahul Saksena writes about how Israeli airport officials confiscated his notebook, details what was written inside of it, and some of his reflections on Israel's mass-expelled Palestinians from their lands 70 years ago and on-going Nakba.

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HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS STAND IN SOLIDARITY

New York, NY I Center for Constitutional Rights

Eyewitness Palestine delegates of the 2018 Justice Delegation published their statement as human rights defenders, calling "on our communities, our allies, our representatives, and the international community to hold Israel accountable for its violent response to Palestinians’ call and march for freedom.”

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THE GREAT MARCH OF RETURN & THE MARCH FOR OUR LIVES

Gaza, Palestine & Sacramento, CA  I Black Agenda Report

Eyewitness Palestine delegate Ajamu Baraka writes a condemnation of the murder of Palestinians by Israeli Forces during The Great March of Return and a condemnation of the violence of Sacramento Police against Stephon Clark, highlighting the broader March for Our Lives.

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THIS IS NOW OUR FIGHT

Detroit, MI I Palestinians Podcast

Eyewitness Palestine delegation leader Ahmad Abuznaid is featured on the most recent episode of Palestinians Podcast, reflecting on growing up between the US and Palestine and reminding us of the integral struggle for justice as communities resisting oppression and necessary unity in our liberation movements.

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YAFFA - THE CITY MY FAMILY ONCE CALLED HOME

 Yaffa, Palestine I Mondoweiss

Eyewitness Palestine delegate Amirah AbuLughod just returned from the Oliver Harvest delegation. Her reflection of visiting Yaffa, the city her family once called home, for the first time is now published in Mondoweiss.

She writes “I walked these streets – we walked these streets – with a man whose family stayed after the Nakba in 1948. His family was one of only 4,000 who stayed out of an original population of 120,000.”

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MILITARIZATION AND BORDERS

Palestine  I Mundos Sin Muros/World Without Walls

The World Without Walls delegation is on the ground in Palestine, working together to defeat militarization from Mexico to Palestine and beyond, and to create a World Without Walls / MundoSinMuros

This group journalists, students, videographers, clergy, and activists from both sides of the US/Mexico border wall, including Latinx community organizers and members of the Tohono O’odham tribe whose ancestral lands are divided by the US/Mexico border and wall, are meeting with Palestinians to build connections and a joint resistance against the Israeli Apartheid Wall and the Wall of Shame that President Trump wants to expand.


Groups that co-organized & co-sponsored this delegation:
Stopthewall Campaign, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, 
Palestine BDS National Committee (BNC), Corsopal, Observatorio de Derechos Humanos de los Pueblos, Friends of Sabeel North America FOSNA, American Muslims for Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace, FOSNA National, American Friends Service Committee, Global Exchange, Working for Peace and Justice:Hebron Freedom Fund, and Eyewitness Palestine - EP.

Read more about the delegation: http://bit.ly/2hE8ETV

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WITH STEADFASTNESS: A REPORT FROM PALESTINE

Boston, MA I Mondoweiss

Eyewitness Palestine delegate William Ruhm recently returned to the US from IFPB’s delegation investigating Incarceration, Detention and Political Prisoners. His article, “With steadfastness: a report from Palestine” has been published in Mondoweiss and can be read by clicking on the link below.

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