Dear friends, Please find below the text of the Open Letter we have sent to the OECD regarding their decision to hold their annual Tourism Conference in Jerusalem. We oppose this decision and the Open Letter discusses this and urges a change of venue for the Conference.

The Jerusalem municipality will begin destroying 19 building in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya as of Sunday, 1 August. The neighborhood has been target of a number of land and home demolitions over the past year, but the Municipality’s move to carry out 19 home destructions is unprecedented for the community.

On 25 July 2010, I joined a small group of international students on a visit to the Freedom Theatre in Jenin. Since its founding in 2006, the organization has been running a theater stage, an acting school and an array of professional projects related to acting, cinematic filming and photography.

35 homes demolished, 250 men women and children left homeless: Is this only the beginning? Demonstration tomorrow, Friday July 30th, 1:00pm Stop the violent destruction of the village of El Araqib!

One day after Israeli authorities razed the Bedouin village of el Araqib, village residents joined with Palestinian, Israeli and international volunteers to rebuild the village.

On Thursday 29 July 29, the 8th annual Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade will wind its way across the city. This year’s march marks the one-year anniversary of the tragic shooting at Bar Noar, a Tel Aviv Gay and Lesbian Youth Center, which resulted in the deaths of two teenagers and the wounding of 11. Jerusalem Pride March participants will be marchi

The Israeli government refuses to pay the medical expenses of Emily Henochowicz, a 21-year-old Jewish-American citizen, who lost her eye after being struck by an Israeli military tear gas canister in May of this year. Emily, who was studying at Jerusalem’s Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, was struck at the Qalandiyah checkpoint during a peace

Nof Zion, an Israeli settlement located in the heart of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Al-Mukaber, is located on 44 dunams of Palestinian owned land. This luxurious closed gate community of around 400 residential units advertises itself as a private residential neighborhood for Jews.

The Alternative Information Center (AIC) was established in 1984 by Palestinian and Israeli grassroots activists as a binational organisation to promote the human and national rights of the Palestinian people and a just peace for Palestinians and Israelis based on progressive principles and respect for international law. Even prior to the First Int

Internships at the Alternative Information Center provide a singular space and opportunity for international activists and researchers to learn about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and social issues within Palestinian and Israeli societies, and to contribute to the forging of a just peace and join life of peace for all in the region.  

Israel demolished 40 homes today (27 July) in the "unrecognized" Bedouin village of el Araqib. At 4:30 a.m., 1500 police officers carrying firearms and stun grenades, followed by a special patrol unit, helicopter, mounted horsemen and bulldozers, entered el Araqib and began demolishing everything in the village.