The Norwegian Pension Fund has announced its decision to divest $6 million from the Israeli firm Elbit Systems. This is an important victory for the BDS movement, and Elbit has been the target of a long campaign. Elbit Systems is one of the largest Israeli security and defense firms, specializing in military electronics, surveillance systems, […]
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BNC logo-design competition (September 8 deadline)
In 2005, over 170 Palestinian civil society organizations united behind a call to the world to impose Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) on Israel until it complies with international law. Now, the Palestinian BDS Campaign National Committee (BNC) is calling on YOU to design a BDS logo for the campaign!! This is an open call […]
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Farmers protest permits and gates
Farmers protested the permit and gate system which locks them out of their lands in the village of Beit Surik. Farmers from the surrounding villages marched to the gates, forcing them open before Occupation forces arrived. On Sunday morning, farmers from the villages of Biddu, Beit Surik, Qatana, Beit âAnan gathered at the gate which […]
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Mobilize for the seventh Week Against the Apartheid Wall
***French version below.*** Unite against Apartheid Tear down the walls in Palestine Break the siege on Gaza CALL FOR THE SEVENTH WEEK AGAINST THE APARTHEID WALL, NOVEMBER 9 â 16 2009. The Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, its popular committees and member organizations call on activists to launch a week of global mobilization against the […]
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Soldiers fire on demonstration, kidnap two following Tutu visit
***image2***Occupation forces fired tear gas and sound bombs at demonstrators in Bilâin on Friday. During the night following the protest, soldiers raided the village and kidnapped several more residents. These actions follow Desmond Tutu and others to the village the day prior. On Friday the people of Bilâin, supported by Israeli and international activists, marched […]
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Ni’lin pushes soldiers back on the first Friday of Ramadan
On the first Friday of Ramadan, more than 150 people attended the weekly march against the Wall, reaching the new concrete barrier that protects the fences and sensors. Protestors stressed that the Palestinians are one people, and what the Israeli government is doing here is not different from what is happening all across Palestine, from […]
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Join the annual Palestinian olive harvest!
The Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign and its popular committees are coordinating collective efforts to safeguard the annual olive harvest and are calling on volunteers to stand in solidarity with Palestinian communities and join in the harvest, which will begin 15 October 2009. The harvesting of the olives is becoming more difficult every year as farmers face […]
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Jerusalem in July: Bulldozers strike Silwan and Beit Hanina
Beit Hanina was hard hit in July. Early in the month, owner Fiyaz Ibrahim Tawtinji demolished his home himself, following a long legal battle with the municipality. Another demolition happened on July 13 when border police raided the home of Alaaâ Abdelrazeq al Shawiki, forcing the family of eight, 3 of whom are children, out […]
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Irish activists pressure firm to divest from Wall construction
Activists in Ireland held a demonstration in front of CRH, formerly known as Cement Roadstone Holdings, protesting the firmâs involvement in the construction of the Apartheid Wall, checkpoints and settlements. Protestors affiliated with the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Irish Anti-War Movement, éirÃgà and the Galway based Free Palestine Campaign in front of CRHâs offices in Dublin […]