On August 1st, the administrative council of the Greek Cinematography Center (GCC) decided to withdraw all the Greek movies they planned to participate in Haifaâs Cinema Festival this October, with the notion that âunder the current circumstances the specific cultural event has lost its meaningâ. The GCC has further expressed its belief that âpeople of […]
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Irish and Scottish activists say NO to US “bunker busters” for the Occupation – Shannon closed to the US
Human rights can claim a small victory today as the Irish government has turned down a United States request for planes carrying 600-lb so-called bunker busters to refuel at Shannon airport in Co Clare. The bombs are defined by military experts the most horrible non-nuclear weapon that exists. Apparently, the White House believes that the […]
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Brazilian movements establish Solidarity Committee and score first victory against Free Trade with Apartheid Israel
As Apartheid Israelâs crimes are escalating in Palestine and Lebanon, Brazilian solidarity activists have geared up to raise awareness, rally support and create the organizational structures for sustained solidarity against the Zionist regime. Some 80 civil society organizations and movements have gathered in São Paulo to form the âCommittee for Solidarity with the Arab Peoplesâ. […]
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Fresh Settler Road in Bethlehem to be Built from stolen Palestinian Land
***image2***Walls, settlements and apartheid by-pass roads. Security zones, checkpoints and military camps. For the past 58 years, the Occupation has built-up such infrastructure throughout Palestine. A lot of âreasonsâ have been deployed by the Occupation Forces to justify their actions, but they have all been motivated by the same aim: land theft. The resulting ghettoization […]
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Finalizing the ghettos: the Wall encages the Palestinian villages East of Jerusalem
The occupation bulldozers started uprooting land located to the east of Abu Dis in their efforts to continue construction of the Wall. In Eizariya, already last month bulldozers had started their destruction. The aim of this part of the Apartheid Wall â running from north to the west – is to isolate the villages of […]
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2,500 Palestinians protest “No place for War Criminals among Us!”
***image2***âWe are struggling for justice and there is no place for murderers and war criminals among us!â Under this slogan, some 2500 thousand Palestinians held a mass protest in Ramallah against Condoleeza Rice, US foreign policy in the region and the meeting that was scheduled that day between her and Abu Mazen. Popular anger and […]
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Further lands are burned to guarantee the expansion of Zionist colonies behind the Wall
The settlers of Har Homa, in south Jerusalem, burned thousands of dunums next to their settlement in Abu Ghneim hill. Since 2003 the Apartheid Wall has blocked access to 3000 dunum of Beit Sahour, Bethlehem and Beit Jala in order to facilitate the expansion of Har Homa. Palestinians stuck on either side of the Wall […]
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Ramadin – policies of expulsion squeeze the Bedouin community
In Ramadin (south west Hebron) the Occupation bulldozers are presently completing the final sections of the Wall in the north-western part of the village. This part of the Wall will cut deep into the village lands and annex some 1700 dunums of land behind it to guarantee the expansion of the Askalot colony. This land […]
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OSPAAAL´S SECOND CALLSOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLES OF PALESTINE AND LEBANON
The Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin America (OSPAAAL) strongly condemns the continuation of the criminal actions carried out by the Israeli army against the Palestinian people in Gaza Strip and the unjustified attack against Lebanon under the vulgar pretext of liberating two of its soldiers captured by the Lebanese […]
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Marches in Palestine fill the streets in protest of Zionist crimes and international complicity
***image2***This Friday, demonstrations all over the West Bank and Gaza have drew thousands of people into the street to protest Israeli crimes in Palestine and Lebanon. The mass rallies showed the unity and steadfastness of the Palestinian people as well as their support for the Lebanese people. In Nablus – a city under full attack […]