The Youth Toward Freedom Initiative in coordination with the Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign have launched a three day âFreedom Exhibitionâ at the American University in Jenin. ***image2***The students group has built an impressive exhibit on a mock wall on the university campus. Visitors must pass through reconstructions of the gates of the Apartheid Wall while students […]
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First Bank decides to Divest! Dutch Civil Society challenges investments in the Occupation
Solidarity activists and the Palestinian community in the Netherlands have achieved a major success for the divestment movement as the first Bank decides to divest from Veolia, a company that actively supports Israeli colonization, and âall companies that benefit from Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territoryâ. Veolia is a major stakeholder in the tramway built in […]
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Palestinian Students and Faculty Call for Academic Boycott
***image4***The Right to Education Student Committee at Birzeit University has recently published a press release to present their latest initiative. In response to the Irish call for academic boycott, the students group gathered signatures from over 1000 students and 113 staff of Birzeit University endorsing a letter in support of the academic boycott initiative started […]
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Chile celebrates November as a Month of Action for Palestine!
Every week several initiatives are taking place highlighting the events of the month: the week against the Apartheid Wall, the anniversary of the declaration of Independence, the death of Yasser Arafat and the UN day for Palestine. The activities range from conferences, video screenings and exhibits to a mass held in the cathedral of Santiago, […]
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Claiming our land! – The 4th Week against the Apartheid Wall
Introduction The olive harvest has for the first time coincided with the National and International Week against the Apartheid Wall. The coincidence has given this yearâs week a particular focus: The olive harvest activities serve to highlight the Palestinian farmersâ steadfast refusal to relinquish their land, as well as to remind the world about the […]
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Resisting colonialism in Palestine and Oaxaca
Across the world, grassroots opposition has continued to support the people of Oaxaca and Palestine. In the US and Europe, people have expressed solidarity with Oaxaca and demonstrated in front of Mexican embassies. In San Jose, a small group of activists distribute literature about the apartheid nature of the Wall and lead weekly protests against […]
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Qarawa Bani Hassan: Occupation forces destroy two buildings
The Occupation forces destroyed one house and one farm for raising animals in Qarawa Bani Hassan, west of Salfit. They are owned by Mustafa Ahmad Misleh and Nabil Khalil. The excuse, once again, was a lack of permits, but the real motivation is the cleansing of the Palestinian population from the land. Qarawat Bani Hassan […]
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Activists in Istambul protest the Apartheid Wall
Activists from the Istanbul branch of Mazlumder, a nation-wide Human Rights and solidarity organization, have called for a demonstration in the city center protesting against the Apartheid Wall. People of all ages gathered holding banners and torches and listened to speakers who addressed the demonstrators. Below is the full text of the declaration released by […]
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Solidarity from Latin America to the Palestinian struggle and the Arab people
A solidarity meeting in Havana, Cuba, witnessed the gathering of political organizations from all over Latin America on November 15th. The participants have passed a resolution referring specifically to the crimes committed by the Zionist regime in Beit Hanoun. More generally, it has reiterated the support of the Latin American left to the struggle of […]
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Zionist attacks mark the Palestinian struggle for the olive harvest
Every year the olive season brings with it an atmosphere of happiness and optimism to Palestinian farmers. And every year since its inception the Occupation replaces this atmosphere with one of depression and anger. Each year becomes progressively worse, bringing with it renewed attacks from settler gangs and the confiscation and isolation of thousands of […]