1. Bil'in: Palestinian Village Under Attack
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2009
   Leaders of non-violent protests in Bil'in village against Israeli settlements and occupation arrested by Israeli occupation forces. International supporters are asked to support the non-violent resistance in the face of Israeli attempts to crush it.
2. B’Tselem demands a halt to baseless assault by Rights and Democracy chair
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2010
   B’Tselem has written to demand that Board members of the Canadian organization Rights and Democracy stop maligning B'Tselem's name.
3. Canada Has Blood On Its Hands!
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2009
   On February 9th, a day before the Israeli elections, concerned Canadians will demonstrate on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in a peaceful vigil to urge the Canadian government to challenge Israeli impunity in committing war crimes and human rights abuses.
4. Celebrating the 5th Anniversary of Non-Violent Resistance in Bil'in in the West Bank
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2010
   Come to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the non-violent resistance in Bil'in in the occupied West Bank. February 5th from 5 until 6pm at the Iisraeli Consulate 180 Bloor St. W. Toronto.
5. Five years of illegality: Time to dismantle the Wall and respect the rights of Palestinians
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2009
   In a report, Five years of illegality, Oxfam International presents testimonies of fifteen Palestinian men and women who recount their daily problems, arising from the construction of the Wall and its associated regime of land confiscation.
6. Free Speech and Acceptable Truths
   Statement of the Alumni for Responsible Speech
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2008
   While we support freedom of speech and academic freedom, we believe that university administrations have a duty to provide a safe learning environment in which students and faculty are protected by incorrect or harmful ideas. To achieve this safe learning environment, it will be necessary for the university authorities to cleanse the university's libraries of harmful books, to block inappropriate Internet sites, to ban guest lectures who hold improper views, and to identify and prosecute students and faculty who are guilty of thought crimes.
   
7. Gaza’s civilians, still unable to rebuild one year after Operation Cast Lead, ‘betrayed’ by international community
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2009
   The international community has betrayed the people of Gaza by failing to back their words with effective action to secure the ending of the Israeli blockade which is preventing reconstruction and recovery, say a group of 16 leading organizations.
8. Israeli army raids on Bil'in village
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2009
   Israeli army forces are launching night-time military raids on Bil'in village in Palestine. Military raids launched by Israeli forces in Palestine in parallel to court case in Canada.
   
9. Jewish Canadians Concerned About Suppression of Criticism of Israel
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2009
   We are Jewish Canadians concerned about all expressions of racism, anti-Semitism, and social injustice. We believe that the Holocaust legacy "Never again" means never again for all peoples. It is a tragic turn of history that the State of Israel, with its ideals of democracy and its dream of being a safe haven for Jewish people, causes immeasurable suffering and injustice to the Palestinian people.
10. Journalists and media workers assaulted by occupation forces
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) condemns the attack on Reuters photographer Nayef Alhishlmon and several Palestinian journalists by the Israeli occupation forces.
11. Mohammed Khatib, coordinator of West Bank Coordination Committee arrested
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2010
    Mohammed Khatib’s arrest today is the most severe escalation in a recent wave of repression again the Palestinian popular struggle and its leadership. Khatib is the 35th resident of Bil’in to be arrested on suspicions related to anti-Wall protest .
12. New solidarity ship to sail to Gaza on June 25
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    On June 25th, the Free Gaza movement will set sail on its eighth mission to break Israel’s horrific siege and collective punishment of 1.5 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
13. Occupation on Trial - Palestinian village sues Canadian corporations for building illegal Israeli settlements
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Bil'in, a Palestinian village that has become an international symbol of Palestinian popular non-violent resistance to the ongoing construction of the Israeli separation wall, is suing Canadian corporations for building illegal settlements.
14. Richard Falk, UN Rapporteur on Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian Territories Speaking in Toronto
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Richard Falk, the UN Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, will be speaking in Toronto next Sunday September 27th at 2pm. at 155 College St. Room 610.
    
15. Sources welcomes Independent Jewish Voices
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2010
    Sources welcomes a new member: Independent Jewish Voices. ndependent Jewish Voices represents Jews in Canada from diverse backgrounds, occupations and affiliations who have in common a strong commitment to social justice and universal human rights.
16. Sources welcomes Michael Riordon
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2010
    Sources welcomes a new member: Michael Riordon. Canadian writer and documentary-maker Michael Riordon writes/directs/produces books and articles, audio, video and film documentaries, plays for radio and stage.
17. Spain Excludes Settlement University from Academic Competition
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    The "University Center of Ariel in Samaria" (AUCS) has been excluded from a prestigious university competition about sustainable architecture in Spain. With this move, Spain joins the growing number of European governments taking effective, even though preliminary, steps to uphold international law by boycotting or divesting from institutions and corporations involved in or profiting from Israel's illegal Wall and colonial settlements built on occupied Palestinian land.
18. Statement from the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights on Palestinian territories
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2008
    It would seem mandatory for the International Criminal Court to investigate the situation, and determine whether the Israeli civilian leaders and military commanders responsible for the Gaza siege should be indicted and prosecuted.
    
19. Strip-Searching Children
    Humiliation and Child Abuse at Israeli Checkpoints
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2007
    Israeli officials have been regularly strip-searching children for decades.
20. The Outcry of Worldwide Authentic Judaism Condemning the Genocide in Occupied Palestine
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Worldwide Authentic Orthodox Judaism strongly condemns the genocide being carried out by the Zionist occupation army through air attacks on Gaza city.
21. Toronto Artists Protest Koffler Fundraiser
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Toronto Artists Protest Koffler Fundraiser: Silence Tastes Bad… Put Free Speech on the Menu.
    Artists and supporters speak out for freedom of association at the launch of the Koffler Gallery fundraiser, ARTFUL DISH, Thursday, June 4, 10 AM.
22. Toronto Peace Activists March in Solidarity to End the Illegal Siege of Gaza
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    On December 31, 2009, more than 1,300 citizens from across the world (including more than 55 Canadians) will join with an estimated 50,000 Palestinians in a peaceful march to the Erez border crossing into Israel.
23. We are NOT the 'Story', It's Not Just Our 21 Kidnapped Passengers
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    On June 30th 2009 Israeli Occupation Forces forcibly boarded the Free Gaza boat, SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, and kidnapped 21 human rights workers and journalists who were on their way to deliver much needed humanitarian and reconstruction supplies to Gaza.
24. Winners of Courage in Journalism Awards Announced
    Sources News Release
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2009
    Iryna Khalip of Belarus, Agnes Taile of Cameroon and Jila Baniyaghoob of Iran win Courage in Journalism Awards from the International Women’s Media Foundation. Amira Hass of Israel is Lifetime Achievement Award winner.
    
25. Zatoun
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
    

Experts on Palestine/Occupation in the Sources Directory

1. Electronic Intifada
2. Independent Jewish Voices
3. Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
4. Zatoun