***image2***This month, Occupation forces have issued new demolition orders to communities across the West Bank. A total of 49 residential structures are under threat, affecting families in the areas surrounding Hebron, Qalqilya, Salfit and Nablus. In a number of villages the structures, all found in Area C, are as of yet uninhabited. In al Hijra, […]

***image2***Activists in Portugal staged a protest in front of the stadium where Paços Ferreira played Tel Aviv football club Bnei Yehuda at the beginning of August. Gathering in front of the stadium, activists carried banners condemning Israeli apartheid and calling for a sports boycott of Israel. Information on the reasons and goals of the boycott […]

BDS NEWSLETTER Edition: 16 – June, 2009 CORPORATE NEWS Norway examines the ethics of its Israel investments Norway is reexamining its investments in several Israeli companies, in particular Elbit Systems. Two representatives of the Council on Ethics of the Norwegian finance ministry visited Israel at the beginning of June, in the wake of growing criticism […]

Al-Ma’sara’s people held their weekly demonstration against the Apartheid Wall and building of settlements, joined by a group of internationals and Israelis. The demonstration began in the early afternoon, leaving from the middle of the village after Friday prayers. Hundreds of people marched through the village toward the Wall chanting slogans for national unity and […]

Last week, soldiers closed the village of al Ma’sara the night prior to the weekly demonstration. Soldiers threatened coordinators last week, following one of the largest demonstrations of the summer, that if protests were not stopped Occupation forces would begin closing the village. This move, however, did little to deter and the following day residents […]

***image2***The Friday demonstration in Ni’lin was held this week without injury to participants, although Occupation forces employ tear gas and chemical spray to keep people away from the Wall. Special forces were again spotted at the demonstration. In Ni’lin, residents prayed on their land without incident before marching toward the Wall. Villagers and their supporters […]

***image1***Many movements against Israeli companies and products have begun to gain momentum. One such movement comes from the organization CODEPINK, an anti-war group that has recently targeted Ahava Dead Sea Laboratories. Ahava is a privately held Israeli cosmetics company that manufactures products in the West Bank settlement of Mitzpe Shalem, using stolen Palestinian resources from […]

Occupation forces struck Bil’in and Jayyus this week, arresting and abducting 13 more people in the latest series of arrests. In Bil’in, the arrest campaign that began late June continued, when early Monday morning Occupation forces invaded the village. At 3:00 AM, masked soldiers raided several homes, where they arrested 7 people. Two members of […]