Peace Activists

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Palestinian farmers have come under fire from the Israeli armed forces along the border between the Gaza Strip and southern Israel. The Zionist state has stepped up...

The Israeli occupation authorities have arrested a number of foreign nationals who arrived at Ben Gurion Airport to take part in solidarity events in the occupied West Bank. The...

The Palestinian Authority in Ramallah has cut off aid to Palestinian activists in a bid to boost peace efforts being promoted by US Secretary of State John Kerry, a...

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza Ismail Haniyyeh has received three international solidarity delegations, including Miles of Smiles 22 headed by Isam Yousif. The members of the delegations...

The occupied West Bank has witnessed a number of demonstrations in protest at the normalisation projects promoted by the Geneva Initiative. The protesters have called on anyone pushing the...

Israeli investigators detained a Palestinian PHD student for affiliation to Islamic Movement Hamas, based on comments and 'likes' on Facebook, the Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights (SFHR) reported. SFHR...

Palestine's Intifada Youth Coalition announced, on Saturday, the launch of its Jerusalem Week to support the city and the Islamic and Christian holy places against Israeli occupation. The Jerusalem-based...

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS A group of Palestinian activists calling themselves "Activists of the Intifada" organised a rally on Wednesday in front of the European Union head office in the Gaza...

EXCLUSIVE IMAGES The global 'Day of Rage' against the Prawer Plan included demonstrations and other solidarity actions in more than 24 cities around the world. According to Adalah: the...

The Tunisian public was surprised to hear the news that its national Taekwondo team would participate in a match against the Israeli national team, which is considered a form...

Egyptian security forces killed 34 people yesterday after opening fire on an anti-coup demonstration in Cairo. More than 300 were wounded when the forces used live fire as the...

The Egypt Doctors' Syndicate (EDS) has revealed hidden facts about the massacre committed against pro-Morsi protesters in front of the Republican Guard's Club at dawn last Monday when army...

Nobel Peace laureate and human rights activist Tawakkol Karman has been refused entry into Egypt by the authorities at Cairo International Airport. Ms Karman was advised that she is...

Yemeni activist and Nobel Peace Laureate, Tawakkul Karman, said that she had received several death threats from supporters of the Egyptian coup and pro-coup journalists, prior to her visit...

Egyptian blogger and activist Ahmed Doma announced on Tuesday that he had been arrested by the police while he was at his home in Cairo. "I am now in...

VIDEOBelow is a statement from the 'Students Against Israeli Apartheid': On 4th June, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert visited Washington D.C.'s Woodrow Wilson Centre to offer a so-called...

Britain's Stop the War Coalition held a demonstration in Central London on Saturday attended by thousands of people from across the country. A spokesperson said that the effectiveness of...

A series of world-wide demonstrations will be held today, Friday August 30th, in solidarity with the Egyptian people. Activists and campaigners will converge on major cities in the Americas,...

PHOTOS Dozens of activists braved extremely cold weather in New York City on Saturday to stage a protest in front of the Egyptian Consulate demanding that Egypt open the...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is to launch a primary investigation into Israel's murderous attack on the humanitarian Freedom Flotilla in May 2010. The convoy of ships was in...

A convoy of diplomats was allegedly attacked by Israeli soldiers on Friday as they oversaw the delivery of humanitarian aid to Palestinians whose West Bank homes had been destroyed....

The European Union is demanding that Israel provide a full clarification over the Israeli army's assault against European diplomats on Friday, especially the manhandling of a French diplomat. The...

Wednesday night in London saw the launch of the new book 'Gaza Writes Back', a collection of short stories by young Palestinian authors published by Just World Books. The...

Eight years ago this week, a coalition of Palestinian civil society organizations issued the global call for a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel in response to...

In 2007, Israel strengthened its occupation of Palestine by placing the Gaza Strip under a siege, restricting the movement of people and goods in and out of the enclave....

Many Western activists are sceptical of the role of religion in Palestine solidarity. Beyond the problem of Islamophobia, which is sadly manifest across the political spectrum, activist views of...

As students begin a new academic year, there are signs that pro-Israel propaganda initiatives at Britain's universities are being given a boost. The Union of Jewish Students (UJS) has...

If the recent decision by General Al-Sisi's coup regime regarding the status of the Muslim Brotherhood says anything about the situation in Egypt, it would be that the continuing...

By Yvonne Ridley in Cairo Telling the truth can be a complicated business. This was one of the first lessons I learned at a very tender age. Still unable...

If Israel could go back in time to October 2011, it wouldn't have gone through with the exchange agreement with Hamas and released 1,000 of their detained senior members,...

Gaza – 46 years ago this month, Israel seized East Jerusalem, the home of many significant holy sites for Muslims, Christians and Jews, as well as the proposed capital...

In the eyes of many Westerners, Gaza is a dangerous and war torn place. Even activists, including myself, often imagine Gaza primarily as a place of suffering, and one...