12 5 2014 "The United Nations' Coordination office of Humanitarian Affairs" (OCHA) stated in a report that the occupation authorities demolished 237 Palestinian buildings since the beginning of this year, 27 in occupied East Jerusalem, and the rest in (c) region in the West Bank under complete control of the occupation, as well as 663 […]
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Settlement plan to create a cemetery to bury settlers in north of Salfit
A number of workers in the "Ariel" settlement, that is built by force on the territory of the city of Salfit in the northern West Bank, said that settlers there are working on a scheme to create a cemetery in the northern area of ââthe city to bury the dead settlers. They added that […]
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Joint Call to Action: July 2014 – Month against the Apartheid Wall!
(See the French version of the Call here.) #StopImpunity On July 9, 2014 it will be a decade since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory opinion entitled Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which declared the Apartheid Wall in the West Bank illegal under international […]
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Akka is not for sale ( Um Ahmad against ethnic cleansing)
3042014 Salwa Zeidan, or as she is known by those around her: Umm Ahmad, is an old woman who lives in an amazing house by the old wall in the city of Akka. She has been living there for over 50 years together with her husband and her 10 children, 3 sons and 7 daughters. […]
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Israeli forces demolished a mosque and houses in Khirbet El Taweel.
2942014Israeli occupation forces demolished three houses, three barracks, a mosque and a water tower in Khirbet El Taweel east of Nablus. Occupation forces had declared Khirbet El Taweel a closed military zone; prevented students from going to school, and prevented journalists from reaching the area to cover the demolition crime. Khirbet El Taweel […]
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Israel Seizes 28 Thousand Dunums for Settlement Expansion
TEL AVIV, April 29, 2014 (WAFA) – The Israeli Civil Administration in the West Bank recently seized 28 thousand dunums of land in the West Bank for expansion of Israeli settlements, reported the Israeli daily Haaretz. The newspaper pointed out, that the occupation's leader of the civil administration Yoav Mordechai, participated, in a session of the […]
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Israeli state water company loses Portugal deal and faces global protests
– Announcement follows similar decisions by authorities in Argentina and Netherlands – Actions against Mekorot held across 12 countries Lisbon’s water company EPAL has announced that it terminated a technology exchange deal with Israeli state water company Mekorot following protests over Mekorot’s role in Israel’s ‘water apartheid’ over Palestinians. Portuguese MPs and campaign groups had […]
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Fighting for workers’ rights in Tulkarm
2242014 The area of Tulkarm has become synonymous for the number of recycling plants established within the occupied West Bank. The Nitzanei Shalom settlement industrial zone, which Israeli’s refer to as ‘Buds of Peace’, built upon the town of Tulkarm in the early eighties had previously been confiscated by military order, taking thousands of acres […]
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Earth Day Network Cuts Ties with SodaStream After Palestinian Rights Groups Decry Greenwashing Campaign
April 21, Washington, DC- On the eve of Earth Day, groups working for Palestinian rights globally are celebrating Earth Day Network’s decision to end its partnership with SodaStream, whose main production factory is located in an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank. Earlier this month, SodaStream, which markets its home carbonating devices […]
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Pressure mounts against G4S
Bill Gates slammed over links to Israel prison Palestinian human rights organisations have criticised Bill Gates after it emerged that his charitable foundation is heavily invested in G4S, a private security company that helps Israel run prisons at which Palestinian political prisoners are held without trial and subjected to torture and provides equipment […]