Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign

CAMPAIGN
GOALS
The Campaign call is to:
1. Stop the Wall
2. Dismantle parts already built
3. Return all lands confiscated for the Wall, and
4. Compensate for all losses.

COMMUNITY
VOICES
“This is a dangerous phenomenon”

May 18th, 2009-- On May 1, people from al-Ma’sara and the neighboring villages in Bethlehem area commemorated Workers' Day with a march protesting the Apartheid Wall. Five were arrested, and while three were released last Thursday, two brothers are still incarcerated. Mahmoud Zawahreh, one of the recently released, detailed the group’s experience. He explained the court proceedings and spoke about the group's time in jail. [MORE]

ANALYSIS &
FEATURES
Letter of Solidarity to the people of Honduras
July 1st, 2009-- Given our long history of military occupation and the denial of our human and political rights, the Palestinian people have common cause with Hondurans and stand in solidarity with the people of Honduras. The Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign supports the following demands, put forth by social movements throughout Honduras: [MORE]

LATEST NEWS
Open Letter to Palestine solidarity activists and human rights defenders

June 19th, 2009-- Dear friends,
The fifth anniversary of the decision of the International Court of Justice calling for the dismantling of the Wall is less than three weeks away. A glaring proof of the impunity the international community grants to Israel, it must spur people and human rights defenders worldwide to renew their efforts. [MORE]

Ni’lin sends eyewitnesses to UN to testify about Occupation assassination policy

July 2nd, 2009-- The United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza assault that investigates violations of human rights and international law committed in the context of the Israeli assault on Gaza in December 08/January 2009 will hear as well accounts of the repression meted out in the West Bank during this period. Two people were killed in Ni'lin demonstrating in solidarity with Gaza, and two eyewitnesses are set to testify before representatives of the international community.
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Arms trade and occupation economics fact sheets

July 1st, 2009-- Two new fact sheets have been released. The first, “The Palestinian economy – Occupation, de-development and normalisation,” gives a concise summary of Stop the Wall's economic analysis, within which we clarify how the dominant approach to investment and development in Palestine serves to strengthen the Wall, checkpoints and military closures, creating “sustainable” ghettos in the West Bank. The second, “Boycott Elbit Systems!” turns the spotlight to Elbit Systems, one of the largest Israeli security and defense firms. ll as security systems for the Wall and settlements. Elbit has major subsidiaries across the globe, and any BDS campaign against arms trade must take the company into account. [MORE]