Basic freedom of movement in Palestine—walking to the grocery store, driving to visit family, or flying internationally—depends on your nationality, race, and religion. As a Palestinian, you are denied these rights as others in your country move freely.
CPT Palestine team members engaged in a friendly and introductory conversation with a white person, but it took an unexpected turn.
After the death of Nasser Abu Hmaid, a Palestinian freedom fighter who had been denied cancer treatment while in an Israeli prison, much of the occupied West Bank went on strike. CPT volunteer Louis Bockner, who was in Hebron on Dec. 20, the day of his passing, reflects on that morning and the events that unfolded.
Visiting teams not only allows you to engage with the political realities of the contexts in which CPT works, but also to participate in and experience the spirit of team work
Download the Report Over the last two decades, CPT has accompanied students and staff in the H2 area of al Khalil/Hebron on their way to
CPT reports on eight schools in the South Hebron Hills experiencing violence at the hands of occupation soldiers and settlers.
The World Cup prides itself in bringing the global community together, but what would that look like in Palestine, where the world has allowed impunity to go unchecked?
![Makeshift barriers cut off access in H2 Hebron, accumulating trash. On the wall there is graffiti that reads "Make [heart], not walls."](https://cpt.org/wp-content/uploads/230119-Palestine-LouisBockner-768x512.jpg)
Discovering acceptance and empowerment in the work of nonviolent resistance
Can peace be found beneath the cold sole of occupation? CPT volunteer Louis Bockner talks about the illusions of serenity in the ancient olive groves of Hebron.
How can we think about one problem and forget the other, or how can our humanity include one thing and exclude the other?