This Friday was another day of struggle against the Apartheid Wall. Demonstrations in Budrus, Bil’in and Um Solomoneh confronted the Occupation and its devastating wall. ***image2***In Budrus, the village youth led yet another protest against the Wall that is stealing their lands and livelihoods. After prayer, they marched towards the Wall and attacked parts of […]

The Socialist Left Party (SV), one of three parties in the Norwegian government, has renewed its support for boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israel. The Party’s Congress adopted a resolution unanimously on March 25th named “Sanctions against the Occupier – not the Occupied.” The new resolution contains amongst other things, the condemnation of the Occupation’s […]

On Friday, the Annual Delegates Meeting of Britain’s National Union of Journalists (NUJ) passed a motion calling for the government to sanction Israel and for union members to follow a boycott of Israeli goods. The resolution comes as a result of motions moved last summer in the wake of the Occupation’s “savage, pre-planned attack on […]

The Irish academy of artists, Aosdána, approved a motion encouraging its members to take into consideration the Palestinian call for cultural boycott at its annual General Assembly in the Irish Museum of Modern Art on March 28. The assembly first debated a stronger motion presented by composer Raymond Deane – who is a founding member […]

The occupation authorities have called for the demolition of 150 apartments in north-east Jerusalem. The demolitions will clear the way for building the ghetto around Anata and Shu’fat refugee camp as part of the overall program to Judaize Jerusalem. ***image2***On April 2, the occupation handed out house demolition orders for dozens of Palestinian families in […]

***image2***In Qalqiliya Open al Quds University, the students council has organized a two day exhibit on the Apartheid Wall, inviting students and professors to look at the images and participate in the PowerPoint presentations. For many students in Qalqiliya Open al Quds University this was the first time they saw depictions of other parts of […]

On March 12-14, an all-India conference gathered hundreds of activists and representatives in Delhi to discuss the situation and the struggle in the Arab world and to further Indian solidarity with Palestine, Iraq, Lebanon and other Middle Eastern countries under attack. The conference, entitled “War, Imperialism and Resistance: West Asia” was the first major event […]

The Land Day protest in Um Salomoneh has drawn people from all over Bethlehem district in a powerful demonstration of some 1000 people that ended by blocking the settlement road that destroys and isolates Palestinian land. ***image3***On Friday morning, the crowd gathered in the city center and moved to the lands south west of Um […]