For more than 50 days villagers of Ni’lin have been protesting
against the expansion ofIsrael’s illegal wall, which runs directly through their
fields and destroys their crops. Last Thursday the Israeli army has responded to
the protests with disproportional force.
The Third Bil'in Conference on Grassroots Non-Violent Resistance, which was held in the village of Bil'in near Ramallah, was widely attended by officials
and citizens alike, including Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, the
representative of President Abbas, members of the PLO Executive
Committee, members of the Palestinian National Council, and
representatives of various political parties and civil society groups.
Definition of the Network: The Network is a flexible body that connects organizations and individuals working in the field of nonviolence in the Arab World. Goals of the Network The goals of this network is to coordinate the relation between the organizations and individuals involved in training in nonviolence, including sharing related material and experience, and to help linking the members of the network with donor organizations around the world.
Over the past five days Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip
have left more than 100 Palestinian people dead. This gruesome death
toll is just the most recent addition to Israel’s siege of Gaza, which
effectively holds 1.5 million people prisoner in their own homes. For
months now the Gazan population is left with very limited medical, fuel
and food supplies. This meant that during last weeks’ bombings,
hospitals could not adequately respond to the humanitarian crisis that
was caused.
For more than 50 days villagers of Ni’lin have been protesting
against the expansion ofIsrael’s illegal wall, which runs directly through their
fields and destroys their crops. Last Thursday the Israeli army has responded to
the protests with disproportional force.
The Third Bil'in Conference on Grassroots Non-Violent Resistance, which was held in the village of Bil'in near Ramallah, was widely attended by officials
and citizens alike, including Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, the
representative of President Abbas, members of the PLO Executive
Committee, members of the Palestinian National Council, and
representatives of various political parties and civil society groups.
Definition of the Network: The Network is a flexible body that connects organizations and individuals working in the field of nonviolence in the Arab World. Goals of the Network The goals of this network is to coordinate the relation between the organizations and individuals involved in training in nonviolence, including sharing related material and experience, and to help linking the members of the network with donor organizations around the world.
