Latest News
Ni'lin: Israeli forces injure 8 protesters and arrest 17-year old boy
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
March 16th, 2010 -- This morning, the Israeli occupation forces have attacked residents of Ni’lin who were gathered in a march to protest the military orders against their village and the provocative Israeli construction close to the Palestinian holy places. [MORE]
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Stop the Wall releases two reports on Brazil's complicity with Israeli wars and occupation.
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
March 16th, 2010 -- Stop the Wall sends a message to Brazil's Lula da Silva during his visit to Palestine: Free trade and arms trade with Israel rule out effective support for human rights and just peace. [MORE]
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Alert: Israeli occupation forces arrest activist from al Ma’sara
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
March 15th, 2010 -- The Stop the Wall Campaign denounces the arrest of Omar Alaa Ed Din, 25 years, one of the members of the popular committee in al Ma’sara. This morning Omar was crossing the Container checkpoint, which closes off the southern part of the West Bank, including Bethlehem and Hebron, from the central part of it. Like always, the military checked the identities of the passengers in the collective taxis. They checked as well his ID card, arrested him and took him to a still unknown place.
Analysis/Features
BNC: A Vote for Israel’s Entry in the OECD is a Vote in Support of War Crimes
Analysis/Features, BNC (Palestinian BDS National Committee)
March 15th, 2010 --
Palestinian civil society urges the peoples and governments of OECD member states to defer Israel's OECD accession until it respects international law and the human rights of the Palestinian people and shows commitment to the fundamental values shared by OECD members. [MORE]
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BDS workshop in Bil’in in occasion of Israeli Apartheid Week
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
March 15th, 2010 -- To mark the Israeli Apartheid Week, which has seen conferences and protests all over the globe from March 1 – 14, the Stop the Wall Campaign organized in cooperation with the Cultural Center of Bil’in a workshop on the role of civil society in the national and international campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel. [MORE]
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Tree Planting in Bethlehem area: New confiscation orders discovered
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
March 15th, 2010 -- A group of Palestinian residents and activists in the Popular Campaign against the Apartheid Wall and the settlements gathered on Saturday March 13 in the village of Jub ath-Theeb, south-west of Bethlehem city. Joined by international activists, including a Cuban delegation, they reclaimed land threatened with confiscation by the Israeli occupation. [MORE]
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Israeli forces test new weapons on the protestors in Nabi Saleh
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
March 13th, 2010 -- The villagers of Nabi Saleh today were confronted with a so far unknown highly powerful explosive device the Occupation forces used to intimidate the villagers and deter protests. [MORE]
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Two young men severely beaten by Israeli soldiers in al-Masara village
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
March 13th, 2010 -- During the weekly protest today in the village of al Masara, two young men, 24 year old Mahmoud Alaa El Din and 23-year old Ali Zawahra, were severely beaten by Israeli soldiers using the butts of their rifles. [MORE]
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Ni'lin tries to reach isolated lands armed with animals, tools and Tristan Anderson photos
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
March 13th, 2010 -- Today the villagers had decided to bring their animals and farming tools with them to underline the fact that the Wall and the occupation is effectively not only stealing their farm land but devastating the livelihoods of the people in the village. [MORE]
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Dozens suffer tear gas inhalation in Bil’in’s protest to protect Palestinian cultural heritage
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
March 13th, 2010 -- This week’s demonstration was held as part of the Palestinian National Culture Week for Jerusalem. Protesters carried posters of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, along with Palestinian flags and banners calling for an end to the occupation and home demolitions in Jerusalem. [MORE]
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Volunteer work at Qarawa Bani-Hassan prompts settler activity
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
March 8th, 2010 -- Tens of Israeli settlers have returned to the sight of the springs at Qarawa Bani-Hassan; a village 14 Km west of Salfit, known for its beautiful landscape and water springs. This time, the settlers are supported by the Occupation army and bulldozers, and also by Israeli volunteers from Tel Aviv and Herzliya. They have brought construction materials to the spring and have started what looks like the first steps to building yet another settlement, and stealing more Palestinian land. [MORE]
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Villages continue to fight the Wall across the West Bank
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
March 8th, 2010 -- Weekly protests against the Wall are continuing as old struggles reappear in Bethlehem. On Friday, in addition to the ongoing actions in Beit Jala and other areas, the villages of al-Ma’sara, Bil’in, Nabi Saleh and Ni’lin held their weekly demonstrations. Protestors faced tear gas, rubber bullets and live rounds, and one young boy was seriously injured in Nabi Saleh. [MORE]
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Ongoing action in Beit Jala to block Wall construction
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
March 7th, 2010 -- Clashes continued much of today between Palestinian demonstrators and Occupation forces on the lands near old Cremisan in Beit Jala, leading to 11 injuries, 8 from tear gas inhalation and three more from rubber-coated bullets. Occupation forces fired on demonstrators as they resisted the ongoing bulldozing, which is affecting a wide, planted stretch of land. The targeted land will be used to continue building the Apartheid Wall. [MORE]
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Young boy critically injured in Nabi Saleh
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
March 7th, 2010 -- A 14-year-old Palestinian boy was critically injured during a demonstration Friday in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, north of Ramallah. Ehab Fadel Barghouthi was shot in the head with a rubber-coated steel bullet; doctors said the bullet entered his forehead above his right eye and penetrated his brain. [MORE]
Worldwide Activism
Veolia involved in more dirty business as BDS campaign grows
Worldwide Activism, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
March 6th, 2010 -- The French multinational company Veolia has been a key target since the beginning of the BDS movement. This has been largely due to Veolia and Alstom’s involvement in the tramline that will link the ring of settlements around to Jerusalem to the western part of the city. This ongoing project has been the center of a legal trial in France. However, Veolia is also involved with bus routes that are reserved for settlers only, in addition to operating the Tovlan landfill, which is located in the Jordan Valley in the West Bank. [MORE]
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