On Friday the 24th, a map of the Wallâs so-called final path as approved by the Israeli Cabinet was publicly released while Israeli Prime Minister Sharon announced that plans for building the Wall through the Jordan Valley were underway and would soon be âpresentedâ to the government. To date, the Israeli government has only produced […]
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Wadi Rasha’s School Children Return from School to Find Village Closed by Wall
Yesterday, some 20 school children were locked out of their village Wadi Rasha by the Apartheid Wallâs gate for nearly four hours after attending school in the adjacent village of Habla. The students arrived at the gate, the only passage between the two villages, at 12:30 to find it locked. When Israeli soldiers, who have […]
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The Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign Statement Against Israeli “Permits”
To Palestinians in Jenin, Tulkarem, and Qalqiliya To all Palestinians After the military order that was issued by the Occupation Forces on the status of lands isolated behind the Wall in the completed âfirst phaseâ, and regarding the requirement for âpermitsâ from the Occupation Forces for the villages isolated behind the Wall and for people […]
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The Apartheid Wall furthers Israeli Colonization of Azzun Atma’s Land
Today secondary students in Azzun Atman were forced to remain inside their classrooms and banned from playing football outside by Israeli soldiers–who then tore down the schoolâs Palestinian flag. Adjacent to the villageâs co-educational school in the south is an Israeli military checkpoint; just a few hundred meters thereafter lies the Israeli settlement Shaâare Tiqva. […]
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“This is our land!”: Jubara’s Residents Reject Israeli Permit System
In late August 2003, the Israeli occupation forces informed the Red Crescent that there would be âreal changesâ taking place in Jubara, a small hamlet of 300 residents south of Tulkarem. Such declared changes, then not specified yet predictable, had already begun with the building of the Apartheid Wall and are now escalating as Israelâs […]
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Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign Call for November 9th! International Day Against the Wall
In June 2002, the Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign put out a call for International Day Against the Wall on November 9th, which was decided upon by communities affected by the Wall as it coincides with the fall of the Berlin Wall. On this day, events and actions will take place worldwide against the Wall in solidarity […]
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Grave and Blatant Next Step: Israeli Military Order Calls Wall “Demarcation Line”!
Throughout this week, villagers whose lands have been isolated by the Wall in the northern West Bank found an Israeli military order declaring that the lands isolated behind the Wall formed a âdemarcation borderâ and prohibiting passage to these areas almost entirely. The orders, which constitute a grave and blatant next step in Israelâs illegal […]
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Six Thousand of Falamya’s Trees Perish behind the Wall
The people in the village of Falamya are appealing for international organizations to intervene immediately so farmers can access their isolated land behind the Apartheid Wall, where nearly 6,000 citrus and fruit trees are perishing. The Wall has brought massive devastation to the some 600 residents in Falamya, which is northeast of Qalqiliya. The Wall […]
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“Access Gates”: Jayyus Municipality Appeal Highlights Wall’s Institutionalization and Relentless Humiliation
On Tuesday October 6th, the Municipality of Jayyus, a village in the Qalqiliya district which is separated from 72% of its land by the Wall, sent out an appeal for support for residentsâ to reach their land. There are two âaccess gatesâ in Jayyus which are claimed by the Israeli military to be for farmers […]
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Demonstrations in Norway against the Wall mark Three Years of the Intifada
To mark the third year of the Intifada and amplify the call from Palestine to âSTOP THE WALL!â the Norwegian Peopleâs Aid & Association of Norwegian NGOâs for Palestine organized a series of lectures, film screenings, and demonstrations from the 26th to the 30th of September in major cities across Norway. ***image5***The series of events […]