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The snowball starts an avalanche
These days it feels like the world is falling apart. Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people and is bombing several neighboring countries. Russia
Remembering captivity, twenty years on
This week marks twenty years since four CPTers were taken captive in Iraq. On 26 November 2005, Norman Kember, Jim Loney, Harmeet Sooden and Tom
The autumn season
Here comes the autumn season. Things fall apart. With autumn came the first rain. The rains finally reached our land, and the first are always
Say “NO” to Vastria migrant detention centre!
On the island of Lesvos, the Greek government is pushing to open a new migrant detention centre – a prison in all but name –
Vastria detention centre: join our call to reject the new Environmental Impact Assessment
An amendment to the Environmental Terms Approval Decision for Vastria Closed Controlled Access Centre in Lesvos is an attempt to paper over old cracks. Find out why it should be rejected, and sign up to say “NO” to a new detention centre.
The unbreakable spirit of Palestinian mothers
To be a Palestinian mother is to live with grief and hope intertwined. Their faith in the future, fragile yet unbroken, is what keeps the spirit of Palestine alive.
Remembering the lost in Arizona
Almost no migrants show up in Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico, these days. No Mexicans from the south or people from other countries are coming to
Keeping memory alive
What does it mean to keep memory alive? We wrestle with this question regularly at CPT. Holding on to collective memory – of a comrade
Must we die in order to live?
As Palestine counts the toll of the genocide in Gaza, Shahd reflects on how poetry helps us to understand the nature of homeland, memory and resistance.
Learning under threat: Semester school report February – June, 2025
Download report Since its establishment in Al-Khalil/Hebron in 1995, CPT Palestine has remained committed to accompanying children, teachers, local residents, and school principals on the
For the freedom and dignity of Palestinian people
The deal between Hamas and the Israeli state reminds us of the distance between relief and justice.
May memory be our guide
Do records truly matter? Does the preservation of memory really matter? Can memory and history be a weapon in the hands of the powerless, for
Europe’s “refugee crisis” ten years on
This summer marked ten years since Europe’s so-called refugee crisis. I say “so-called” because the crisis was never about the arrival of migrants – they
Vastria detention centre: a new Environmental Impact Assessment recycles old problems – and introduces new ones
Now nearing completion on the island of Lesvos, the Vastria Closed Controlled Access Centre – essentially a prison for people on the move – embodies
Lamenting the loss of village life and land to war
“I would not a little bit but a lot rather live in our village home in the mountains than here in the city,” insisted Haji
The boy in the liferaft
A month ago, hundreds set sail across the Mediterranean sea – a citizens’ flotilla to break the siege of Gaza and cry out against the
We pray for justice on Toronto’s streets
October has been a heavy month for the Turtle Island Solidarity Network. We watched from afar as our collaborator Mskwaasin Agnew, an Indigenous (Cree and
Walking together in El Guayabo
Since 2013, CPT has been walking alongside the community of El Guayabo. Over the years, the community has faced threats from armed actors, political and
El Guayabo’s wounds finally acknowledged
“Get out of here! Get out of here! Get out of here!”, shouted Chela on 13 December 2017, as she watched the police destroy her
Fragile peace
Earlier this year, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party – the PKK – announced it would disband, bringing to a close a decades-long armed struggle against the
Welcome to Checkpoint 160
In August, CPT Reservist Maggie Hindley returned to Al Khalil/Hebron after a few years. She reunited with those she’d met before, and reflects on the changes in their daily lives after two years of war in Gaza.
A cold peace: a ceasefire without demobilization
Seven months on from the PKK’s unilateral ceasefire, bombardments and attacks by the Turkish Armed Forces in Iraqi Kurdistan seem to have ceased. But the increasing military presence by both actors makes the situation appear fragile.
May the path to learning become easy, and may Palestine one day be free
Each morning in Hebron, the sounds of school children fill the neighborhoods near checkpoints Qitoun, Al-Salaymeh, and 56. The sound of their small footsteps echoes
The last two years
This week marks two years since 7 October 2023, two years of apocalyptic devastation, during which the people of Gaza have endured unimaginable suffering. Over