A senior leader in the Occupation, Avi Dichter, has had to cancel a planned visit to the UK for fear of being prosecuted for war-crimes. Dichter ordered the killing of fourteen Palestinian civilians in Gaza in 2002. He had apparently been requesting that the UK government ensure his immunity from prosecution for war-crimes if he […]
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Bethlehem under attack while Har Homa settlement expands
Nine families from around Bethlehem are to be made homeless after Occupation forces this week issued them with notice that their homes are to be demolished. The Occupation also announced the construction of 307 units in the nearby Har Homa settlement, which pushes up against the edge of Bethlehem. The demolition orders hit areas across […]
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Protesting the JNF: Community Groups Oppose Fundraising for Illegal “Canada Park”
On December 2nd, two hundred people from a host of community organizations braved the first snowstorm of the winter to protest the Jewish National Fund (JNF) annual Negev Dinner held at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Toronto. This yearâs JNF dinner aimed to raise 7 million dollars for the refurbishment of the illegal âCanada Parkâ. […]
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The Week against the Apartheid Wall from Palestine spans around the globe!
The Week Against the Apartheid Wall has once again sent up a rallying cry for Palestinian resistance and world solidarity. Running from the ninth to sixteenth of November 2007, the week of action featured film screenings, conferences, lobbying, demonstrations and pickets in countries around the world. Now in its fifth year, the week saw the […]
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PA represses popular protest demanding Palestinian rights and against Annapolis
***All demonstrators arrested in the protests in Ramallah have been released.*** ***image2***200 demonstrators were arrested and 30 injured today in Ramallah when PA forces attempted to prevent demonstrations demanding that the PA fully uphold Palestinian national rights and against the Annapolis conference. The Palestinian Grassroots Anti Apartheid Wall Campaign has released a statement demanding the […]
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Palestinians unite in Declaration of Principles against Annapolis
The Palestinian Grassroots Anti Apartheid Wall Campaign has issued a joint declaration with representatives of civil society, refugees and Islamic and national forces, calling on the Palestinian Authority to boycott the Annapolis Conference. The declaration will be presented in a press conference in Ramallah on Sunday 25 November. A mass demonstration will take in place […]
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Children under attack as the road to Al Walajeh school road is torn up
***image2***The occupation has torn up a stretch of road built to allow the children of Al Walajeh to attend their new school. Bulldozers arrived under military escort on Sunday and uprooted the one kilometre stretch of road built to serve the primary school, which opened in September. The Occupation also demolished a large poultry shed […]
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Building a New Anti-Apartheid Movement: International Conference in London
The proceedings from the international conference in London, organized by the PSC UK have been published. The two day conference, attended by some 70 activists from Palestine, Europe, North America and Africa was held on October 6-7 2007 at the University of London Union. The purpose of the conference was to explore methods of coordinating […]
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First Palestinian Conference for the Boycott of Israel (BDS)
First Palestinian Conference for the Boycott of Israel (BDS) 22 November 2007 Al-Bireh, Ramallah Summary Report âThe Campaign for the Boycott of Israel will re-vitalize popular resistance and restore dignity to the Palestinian peopleâ An important mile-stone in building the global BDS campaign was achieved in Ramallah on 22 November 2007. Some 300 activists, members […]
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Budrus village terrorised by Occupation forces
***image2***Occupation forces attacked the West Bank village of Budrus on Sunday, after they found a hole in the Apartheid Wall near the village. A unit of Occupation forces arrived in the morning and began shooting rounds of live ammunition between the houses and firing teargas. One youth, Khalaf Sudqi Khalaf, was injured by flying shrapnel […]