Community Peacemaker Teams
A week of dead ends
This week, a colleague and I travelled to Samos to monitor the trials of eleven defendants charged under smuggling laws. This systematic prosecution of people who have tried to reach safety – and give their families a chance at a better life – has been documented by many, and our own monitoring report last year […]
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“Families should never have to live in fear”: Hebron neighborhoods raided and emptied as CPT team stays with community
HEBRON, Occupied West Bank — Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT) condemns the Israeli Occupation Forces’ operation now underway in Hebron/al-Khalil. Soldiers are raiding homes and ordering families out of entire neighborhoods. Three members of CPT’s Palestine team are currently sheltering in place. They’ve chosen to stay with their families and neighbors. CPT honors that choice and […]
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Bring the peace!
Every other week, some of us here at CPT meet to discuss what the upcoming months will look like: organizing public events, planning anniversaries, discussing ways to get ourselves out there. The people at CPT are a humble bunch. It’s up to our colleague Mark to remind us from time to time that we really […]
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How settlers reimagine Hebron’s history
Every Saturday, Israeli settlers tour the Old City of al-Khalil – also known as Hebron – under military protection. A selective history attempts to justify such action as an act of return, while Palestinians are pushed from their own neighborhoods.
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Dreaming under occupation
Having dreams and hopes for the future can be very difficult in Palestine. This is not by accident. The occupation creates a situation so unbearable that those subjected to this oppression risk losing hope for a better tomorrow. They accomplish this not only through immense physical violence, ethnic cleansing of areas, and continuous administrative detention, […]
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River Run builds momentum to protect land and water
On 23 September, members of Asubpeeschoseewagong Anishinabek (Grassy Narrows First Nation) and Wabaseemoong (White Dog First Nation) led 9,000 people in a march through the streets of Toronto to call for compensation for over 60 years of mercury poisoning and for the closure of the Dryden Mill, which continues to release sulphate waste into the […]
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