The Israeli occupation forces have recently handed notices to citizens in Kufur Qaddoum village in Qalqilia district, stating its intention to demolish houses in the village and ordering the cessation of the construction of other houses that are currently being built. The village lies in Area B* of the West Bank, in the south west. […]
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Jayyous village in support of Palestinian prisoners
On Saturday, April 28th, the grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall campaign organized mass march in Jayyous Village (Qalqilya district) in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners, some 2500 of whom are on hunger strike since April 17. The prisoners entered this mass hunger strike in order to fight the Israeli policy of administrative detention [detention without trial] […]
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May 5: Mobilize in support of Palestinian political prisoners!
The Palestinian political prisoners have become a symbol of steadfastness and unbreakable determination to stand up for freedom and justice. Counting on nothing more than their own imprisoned bodies and their free spirits, their hunger strikes have already been able to raise awareness and mobilize people across Palestine and the world. At the moment some […]
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Qusra looses more land to ever expanding settlements
Sunday, April 29, a group of settlers bulldozed agricultural lands belonging to the village of Qusra, in Nablus district. In the morning hours, the settlers went to the piece of land, which is even located far from the settlements surrounding the village but had been targeted before by the settlers. Many times, the area […]
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Wadi Qana: 1000 trees closer to the total destruction of an idyllic valley
On Thursday April 27, the occupation forces handed notices to some farmers in Wadi Qana [Valley of Qana] that informed them the military would cut more than 1000 trees. Wadi Qana is located close to Deir Istiya in Salfit district and one of the spots of the West Bank that is first ethnically cleansed from […]
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Youth in Kafr Qaddoum critically injured with 3 skull fractures
An Israeli soldier shot 19 year old Wasim Barham with a tear gas canister in the head from some 30 meters distance, eye witnesses said. Wasim Barham was participating at the weekly protests in his village, Kafr Qaddoum. After being targeted by the tear gas canister, he was rushed to Rafadia Hospital in Nablus […]
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Transforming Qalandiya airport into a settlement industrial zone
April 22 2012 the Israeli army bulldozers started leveling lands and announced the confiscation of 400 dunums from Qalandiya village lands in order to build a new route of the Wall. The Palestinian village, located 11km north of Jerusalem and covering a total area of 3948 dunums, is already surrounded by a maze of […]
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Palestinians call for action against Israeli prison contractors G4S
Palestinian civil society and human rights organisations mark Palestinian Prisoners’ Day with call for action against Israeli prison contractor G4S April 17, 2012 – Today, on Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, we the undersigned Palestinian civil society and human rights organisations salute all Palestinian political prisoners, especially those engaging in brave civil disobedience through ongoing hunger strikes in […]