Palestine Projects

About CPT Palestine

CPT maintains teams in the Palestinian cities of Hebron and at-Tuwani village, both in the southern West Bank.


CPT Palestine:

  • Monitors treatment of Palestinians at Israeli military checkpoints and roadblocks.
  • Intervenes during Israeli military invasions of Palestinian homes.
  • Continues regular visits, along with Israeli peace activists, to Palestinian families facing harassment from Israeli settlers
  • Provides daily accompaniment for Palestinian children walking to and from school
  • Accompanies Palestinian shepherds and farmers to fields where they are exposed to assault by extremist settlers
  • Joins Israeli peace groups to replant olive groves destroyed by settlers
  • Joins Palestinians and Israeli peace activists in acts of public nonviolent resistance to Israel's construction of a "security wall" which cuts through Palestinian territory.

Latest Updates

Hebron Project Update: April 1-14

CPTers spent the night at Hebron orphanages run by the Islamic Charities Society that the Israeli military has ordered evicted. Rasheed Rasheed brought the news that the Israeli High Court had delayed the orders to close the Society’s properties for a further four days to give the IDF time to justify their actions to the Court..... [MORE]

Tuwani Project Update: March

On several occasions during March, Israeli soldiers declared areas near At-Tuwani “Closed Military Zones,” forcing families and shepherds off their land and preventing them from grazing sheep and harvesting spring herbs. These closures followed incidents in which settlers arrived in areas where Palestinians were grazing sheep and began to assault both Palestinians and sheep. This type of harassment has increased with the start of the spring grazing season, as shepherds attempt to use their grazing land. On several occasions, sheep were injured, both by settlers and by Israeli soldiers.... [MORE]

HEBRON: International NGOs rally to rescue Hebron orphanages

May 10th, 2008
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Representatives from CPT, UNICEF, UNOCHA, Save the Children UK, Defense for Children International, the YMCA, Relief International and other human rights organizations met in Hebron on 8 May 2008 to help Hebron’s orphans and students now living with the fear that the Israeli military will close their homes and schools. The representatives selected a core group of Palestinian and International NGO’s (Non-Governmental Organizations) to halt the Israeli attack against Islamic Charitable Society (ICS) orphanages and schools. The core group will also develop programs to ease the anxiety that has been part of the children’s lives since the Israeli military stated its intent to shut down the facilities.

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Events

Titlesort iconStart Time:End Time:
Palestine / Israel DelegationMay 27, 2008June 9, 2008
Palestine / Israel DelegationJuly 22, 2008August 4, 2008
Palestine / Israel DelegationOctober 14, 2008October 27, 2008
Palestine / Israel DelegationNovember 19, 2008December 2, 2008