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Open Letter to Palestine solidarity activists and human rights defenders
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
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]
Worldwide Activism
"Summer In The Streets" for Palestine kicks off with theater, song and dance in New York City
Worldwide Activism, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
July 2nd, 2009 -- Twenty New York activists protested, sang and performed skits near a street fair at Greeley Square in Manhattan last Saturday, calling for a boycott of communications giant Motorola until it stops providing technology to the Occupation army and settlement project. It was the third action organized by the New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel (NYCBI) and the first of a planned series of summer actions around the city to publicize the campaign. [MORE]
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Ni’lin sends eyewitnesses to UN to testify about Occupation assassination policy
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
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
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
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]
Analysis/Features
Letter of Solidarity to the people of Honduras
Analysis/Features, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
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]
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Naomi Klein in the West Bank
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
July 1st, 2009 -- Canadian author and activists Naomi Klein visited Palestine this past week for the release of the translation of her book, The Shock Doctrine. Mrs. Klein visited the village of Bil'in, where she held a press conference explaining her position on boycott. The following night, she spoke in front of pack hall in Ramallah about the importance of the global BDS campaign and why the Israeli establishment is so threatened by the movement. [MORE]
Worldwide Activism
Stop the implementation of Agrexco on the Port of Sète, France
Worldwide Activism, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
July 1st, 2009 -- Last January, Georges Frêche, the President of the Luanguedoc-Roussillon region announced the setting-up of Agrexco on the port of Sète, promising with it the creation of jobs along with incoming profits. The setting up Agrexco on the port of Sète has sparked controversy among the French population. A total of fifty organisations have joined the coalition against Agrexco in an attempt to stop its implementation in the region. Protests have taken place on June 25 to denounce the matter, and further action is being planned by the growing coalition. [MORE]
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BDS Newsletter #15 - May 2009
Worldwide Activism, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
June 30th, 2009 -- This edition of the Stop the Wall BDS newsletter covers various protests in support of BDS, particularly against Lev Leviev, the Egypt – Israel gas deal and arms merchants. Also covered is Norway’s move towards supporting BDS, various cases of legal activism pursing war crimes charges and various developments with the arms trade. [MORE]
Fact Sheets
Fact sheet: The Palestinian economy – Occupation, de-development and normalisation
Activist Resources, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
June 30th, 2009 -- This fact sheet 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. Clarified are the roles of the PNA, the World Bank and DFID (and other international donors), along with three key development projects in Bethlehem, Jenin and the Jordan Valley that evidence the dangers inherent in this approach to development. [MORE]
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Massive Bil'in raids aimed at breaking protest
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
June 30th, 2009 -- Over the past several weeks, the village of Bil'in has been targeted by near-nightly raids. Occupation forces have abducted children and threatened activists in the most systematic campaign of arrests against the village in some time. A total of eight people, most of them youth, have been kidnapped since these raids began. [MORE]
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Settlers bulldoze 40 dunums in Nahalin
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
June 30th, 2009 -- Last Monday settlers, under the protection of Occupation forces, bulldozed 40 dunums of land belonging to the village of Nahalin, west of Bethlehem. Villagers had planted olives, grapevines, fig and other fruit trees on the land, which is a source of livelihood for many families in this village of over 10,000 people. [MORE]
Worldwide Activism
Produce boycott crosses the Atlantic
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
June 30th, 2009 -- On Saturday, June 20, activists gathered at Trader Joe’s grocery stores in Oakland and San Francisco to demand that the company stop carrying Israeli goods. Protesters removed Israeli products from the shelves, distributed leaflets about Israeli apartheid, and handed out coupons for customers to give to cashiers asking the store to stop stocking Israeli herbs, couscous, and cheese. The Trader Joe’s initiative, one of the first consumer boycott initiatives of this scale in the US, was met with resistance by Zionist organizations who tried to discredit the campaign. [MORE]
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Connex “dumped” after 4 month boycott campaign
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
June 29th, 2009 -- In another major victory for the global 'Derail Veoloa and Alstom' campaign and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement in Australia, the Victorian State Government has chosen not to renew Connex' (a subsidiary of Veolia) contract as the train system operator in Melbourne Australia. This is no doubt partly due to the efforts of the 'Dump Connex' campaign in Australia. Australians for Palestine campaigned for four months and distributed some 100,000 pamphlets encouraging people to join the campaign and petition the government to cut its ties with Connex. This is one of many victories in a campaign that has seen Veolia lose approximately 7 billion dollars in contracts. [MORE]
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More demolition orders issued, settlements expanded around Jerusalem
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
June 28th, 2009 -- Over the past month, the Israeli administration has continued to simultaneously expand the settlement ring around Jerusalem while targeting Palestinian homes for demolition. The construction of sewage, electrical and communications infrastructure is ongoing while new settler roads and housing units are planned. At the same time, Occupation forces have delivered more demolition orders to a number of Palestinian neighbourhoods. [MORE]
Worldwide Activism
Coordination and call for targeted BDS measures move ahead in Germany
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
June 28th, 2009 -- From June 19 to 21, Pax Christi Germany held their annual conference on Palestine, this time entitled “Reason of state and international law” at the academy of the German Protestant church in Bad Boll. The conference was noteworthy for a number of reasons, among them the focus on concrete BDS actions and the growing of support for the Palestinian struggle in Germany. [MORE]
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