Occupation Forces destroyed over 50 trees belonging to villagers in Ramin on the evening of Monday May the 8th, as devastation of Palestinian land in the region continued. Soldiers used chainsaws to uproot 6 dunums of land running close to a main Palestinian road. The road now usurped by settlers for their own exclusive use […]
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Squeezed Between Settlements: Arab Lefhedat under attack
***image2***Occupation Forces attacked villagers in Arab Lefhedat on the morning of May the 8th, leaving fresh demolition orders for Palestinian property. Soldiers conducted inspections of four houses in the village situated to the East of Anata in Jerusalem. Declaring parts of the houses are to be âdemolishedâ, the Occupation continued its trend of systematic violence […]
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Construction of apartheid road in al Jeeb destroys Palestinian lands
Since the beginning of May, the Occupation has begun uprooting farming lands in the southwest of Jeeb. A new âalternativeâ road is to be built for Palestinians, to apply an Apartheid travel system in which settlers will have exclusive use over the traditional road in the area. Over 200 dunums of Palestinian land are to […]
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Montreal activists plan rally against Apartheid Israel
Palestinian activists in Montreal will stage a mass rally later this week as part of their campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Apartheid Israel. Palestinian organisations will be joined in the action by trade unions, NGOs, student groups, political campaigners and members of the general public. Rally organisers said the event, which will be […]
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Salfit: Stranglehold of Wall leads to dispossession for Palestinian farmers
***image2***Farmers in the ghetto of Deir Ballut, Rafat, Zawiya and Masâha (north-western Salfit district) are facing the devastating reality of permanent loss of their lands by the Apartheid Wall. Cut of from the rest of the West Bank and their fields, Palestinian farmers in the area are losing all sources of livelihood. The Apartheid Wall […]
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Bili’n villagers burn Occupation products in support of boycott
Villagers in Bilâin (west Ramallah district) burnt Occupation products during their weekly demonstration on the 21st of April, declaring their support for the internal boycott movement. Vowing to use only locally manufactured products, the villagers showed how Palestinians can break dependency on the Occupationâs economy, and revive the strategies of the First Intifada in the […]
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Wadi el Maleh: History and life of ancient community endangered
***image2***Wadi el Maleh, in the northern Jordan Valley, is an ancient resort used for centuries by visitors and the local population for its hot mineral springs. What has been a bustling tourist facility, until the occupation of the Valley in 1967, is today a site where Palestinians struggle to exist. The Palestinian community in Wadi […]
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Expulsion of coal workers in Yabad: Northern West Bank strangled by closures
South of Yabad – in the west of Jenin district – Occupation Forces have expelled coal workers from their land and work places. Meanwhile intense closures have suffocated the entire northern area of the West Bank, increasing the ghettoization of the disparate Palestinian areas. ***image2***Palestinians engaged in the manufacture of coal near Yabad were expelled […]
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Tuwani: Villagers repel attacks of Occupation Forces
Around 70 people from Tuwani in Hebron demonstrated and resisted a violent attack from Occupation Forces on Saturday the 22nd of April. Protesting the uprooting of their lands – and the isolation of their area from the rest of the West Bank -Palestinians repelled the violent attacks of Soldiers but incurred serious injuries to many […]
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Largest Palestinian Film Festival in Europe Held in London
The London Palestine Film Festival opens this week, the biggest event of its kind in Europe, showcasing some of the finest films about Palestine and bringing together Palestinian filmmakers from throughout the diaspora. Special themes to be highlighted by this yearâs event include women and resistance, Palestinian refugees and those living within the areas of […]