The Palestinian national political parties, the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, the Palestinian NGO Network (PNGO) and civil society organizations call for a demonstration to protest against the request of the Palestinian Authority to postpone the vote at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva regarding the report of the Fact Finding Mission. This mission […]
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More injuries and arrests as the villages of Bil’in and Ma’sara protest the Wall
***image2***Protestors marched against the Wall in Bilâin and al-Maâsara on Friday. A solidarity delegation from France joined the people of Bilâin, and two people were injured during the course of the day. Occupation forces have also arrested another member of the Bilâin popular committee. The demonstration in Bilâin began as usual in the center of […]
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Ni’lin demands the release of its prisoners
***image1***Upwards of 150 residents of Niâlin marched against the Apartheid Wall, which cuts off 2500 dunums of village land. Protestors set out after Friday prayers, joined in solidarity by international and Israeli activists. Carrying Palestinian flags, demonstrators called for national unity and an end to the national crisis. Youth also carried pictures of those that […]
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Protests continue in al-Ma’sara; three arrested in Bil’in last Friday
The demonstration in al-Maâsara was held this week as usual, and villagers and their supporters marched through the village in the direction of the Wall. Protestors chanted slogans calling for an end to the occupation and settlements as well as for unification of the factions. Occupation forces prevented marchers from completing the march to their […]
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Ni’lin village demands release of Mohammad Othman during Friday demonstration
***image1***As usual, the protest started after the prayer with more than 200 hundred farmers, Israeli and international peace activists from France, Sweden and England. Demonstrators were carrying Palestinian flags, calling for an end to the occupation and freedom for all Palestinian prisoners. Youth were also carrying pictures of Mohammad Othman and shouting for his release. […]
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Free Mohammad Othman Now!
On September 22, Mohammad Othman was arrested by soldiers on the Allenby Bridge Crossing, the border from Jordan to Palestine. He is now being held in Huwara prison as a prisoner of conscience, arrested solely for his human rights work. ***image2***Mohammad, 33 years old, has dedicated the last ten years of his life to the […]
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Spain excludes settlement university from academic competition
The “University Center of Ariel in Samaria” (AUCS) has been excluded from a prestigious university competition about sustainable architecture in Spain. With this move, Spain joins the growing number of European governments taking effective, even though preliminary, steps to uphold international law by boycotting or divesting from institutions and corporations involved in or profiting from […]
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March to freedom – Ni’lin village takes down the Wall
After the people had concluded their Friday prayer in the fields near the village, more than 100 farmers, youth, international and Israeli peace activists marched towards the Apartheid Wall and their confiscated lands. Participants brought car tires and a big home made ladder to climb the high wall. ***image2***Right at the beginning of the protest, […]
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Britain’s unions commit to a mass boycott movement of Israeli goods
In a landmark decision, Britainâs trade unions have voted overwhelmingly to commit to build a mass boycott movement, disinvestment and sanctions on Israel for a negotiated settlement based on justice for Palestinians. The motion was passed at the 2009 TUC Annual Congress in Liverpool today (17 September), by unions representing 6.5 million workers across the […]
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Irish boycott Dead Sea products
As part of the international BDS campaign, the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) launched an action against Dead Sea Products, an Israeli cosmetics firm which has a stall in Jervis Centre in Dublin, on Saturday (June 12). Activists from the IPSC wearing âBoycott Israelâ t-shirts surrounded the Dead Sea Products stall on the top floor […]