On Tuesday morning, residents of Burin village reported that Occupation forces had begun creating a new settler road on their land. Work continued today on the road, which residents fear is a step toward expanding the settlement and permanently annexing more land from the besieged village. Work began Tuesday morning, when villagers reported that heavy […]

***image2***Mekorot, the Israeli national water carrier, signed a “co-operative” venture with EPAL, the Portuguese water company that serves 2.5 million consumers in the country’s capital and the south. The agreement claims to safeguard the Portuguese water system against “terrorist threats”, building on Mekorot’s alleged “expertise” in the area. Mekorot, like many Israeli enterprises, is key […]

***image2***This Friday, the people of Bil’in and al-Ma’sara held their weekly protest against the Apartheid Wall in solidarity with Abdallah Abu Rahmah. Abu Rahmah, a coordinator with the popular committee of Bil’in, was arrested several days prior to the demonstrations in what is the latest arrest in Occupation forces’ campaign to break the grassroots protests. […]

On November 9, 1989, the wall was brought down in Berlin. Today, in Palestine and across the world people are fighting to tear down another wall – much longer, much higher and not built along borders but along the lines of apartheid and ethnic cleansing. During the week of November 9 – 16, people around […]

Several weeks ago, the olive harvest concluded with a festival in the Nablus area village of Burin. Under the banner “our enemies are the settlements and our path is resistance”, the festival celebrated the end of the harvest with traditional dance and music from local groups and a number of speakers. Both party representatives as […]

Yesterday some 250 demonstrators from Ni’lin, supported by international and Israeli activists, took place in the weekly demonstration after holding Friday prayer near the Wall. Occupation forces had warned demonstrators that they would use live ammunition if they continued protesting near the Wall, and followed through on their threats again this week. Soldiers initially rained […]

On 25 November 2009 the Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) issued a statement re-affirming its support for the BDS movement. The statement, which was signed by its Secretary General, Mr. Shaher Sa’ad, and its Executive Committee and endorsed by all the main Palestinian trade union blocs that are represented in the Federation, affirms […]