***image2***The decision of the Bahraini government in late September to give in to US pressure and end their longstanding boycott of Israel in order to secure free trade agreements with the US, has been slammed in the streets and in Parliament. On October 7th, in the lead up to a parliamentary discussion on the decision, […]

Jaba’ village, in the southwestern Bethlehem district, received a new confiscation order that will contribute to the apartheid system of Walls and Jewish-only roads that is being built on Palestinian land. The Occupation forces have ordered the confiscation of 110 dunums from the village to build a new checkpoint (terminal) on by-pass road number 367, […]

In Scotland this week, the Senate of Stirling University Students’ Association (SUSA) passed a resolution expressing solidarity with Palestinian universities and students and supporting Palestinians’ inalienable right to education in the face of “the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine, the illegal wall and illegal settlements”. The resolution, which was brought by SUSA after pressure from […]

Hundreds of protestors staged a powerful demonstration at al-Manara square, Ramallah, demanding the release of Palestinian political prisoners and in particular the recent detainees from Jerusalem. Palestinian prisoners Dr. Ahmad Maslamani, Naser Abukhdair and Rasem A’bedat have been jailed for several months by the Occupation Forces. This protest on the 27th of September marked the […]

The growing number of campaigns in the UK to bring charges of war crimes against Occupation forces military commanders have served to highlight not only the crimes of the Occupation, but also the complicity of European governments in sustaining these crimes and ensuring that perpetrators continue to evade justice. Despite such clear opportunities to bring […]

Land confiscation and Wall construction in Bethlehem district continues unabated. To the west of Bethlehem city, 21 dunums has been confiscated from the village of Al Khader. These lands are owned by 10 families from the village and planted with grapes, peaches, vegetables and wheat. The confiscation took place to enable the construction of the […]

In opposition to the Wall and the ever-tightening system of Occupation closures, a group of Palestinian youth tore down a section of the Apartheid Wall in the village of Zububa on September 16th. Villagers destroyed around 4 meters of the Wall on the eastern side of the village which is located to the northwest of […]