After a lot of talk recently about the history of March 15 we, the youth groups participating in the organization and preparation March 15th activities, want to explain several points: While the basic title for the activities discusses ending the division, we emphasize that ending the division must be based on conditions determined by the […]
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Weekly Anti-Wall Protest Update – March 11
al Maâsara: Occupation forces suppress weekly anti-Wall march held in commemoration of the martyr Dalal Maghrebi The weekly demonstration was held this Friday on the 32nd anniversary of the death of the martyr Dalal Maghrebi. Demonstrators from al Maâsara were joined by international activists in front of the local school, from which they walked along […]
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G4S to partially cut ties with Israeli Apartheid
The worldâs largest security company G4S, has this morning announced that the company will end a number of its activities in the occupied West Bank. This happens after the independent Danish research center DanWatch has uncovered that G4S is supplying, among others, Israeli prisons and checkpoints, with security technology. G4S writes in a statement today […]
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Biweekly Repression Update
Stop the Wall repression update: Feb. 24 – Mar. 09 Part I: Testimony The following is testimony from a community leader in al Nabi Saleh. On 3 March 2011 he spoke about the repression of the Friday demonstrations and the targeting of youth in the village. They (the army) come to arrest the kids; they […]
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Defend Jerusalemite Residency Rights!
***image4***Palestinian civil society organizations in Jerusalem have launched a campaign in defense of Palestinian residency rights in the city, aiming to end the Occupationâs revocation of residency rights of Jerusalemites. With the occupation of Jerusalem in 1967, Israeli authorities have implemented policies to isolate the city from the rest of the West Bank, attempting to […]
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Popular committee leader arrested in al Nabi Saleh
Last night, Occupation forces arrested Naji Tamimi, the coordinator of the popular committee in al Nabi Saleh from his home. According to statements from local sources, Occupation forces entered the village on foot, followed by three military vehicles. At 3:00 AM, they raided the house of Naji Tamimi where they arrested him. Soldiers also raided […]
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Occupation forces destroy well in Burqa’, east of Hebron
On the morning of March 3rd, Occupation forces destroyed a well in the village of Burqaâ, east of Hebron. The well belonged to Hamed Jaber and was located 200 meters from the road that cuts through Palestinian land, connecting the settlements of Kirya Araba and Kharsina. Eyewitnesses testified that Occupation bulldozers arrived close to 11:00 […]
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Occupation authorities arrest Hebron popular resistance activist
From Youth Against Settlements, Hebron: On March 1st Israeli occupation authorities arrested the human rights and popular resistance activist Issa Ismail Amro, 30, after calling him in for interrogation at the Israeli police station near Kiryat Arba. Before his arrest, Amro said an Israeli police officer phoned him in the afternoon to come in for […]
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Polish Palm Tree Dons Palestinian Scarf Against Government Meeting in Occupied Jerusalem
On February 24th, Palestinian and Polish activists tied a giant traditional Palestinian scarf (Kuffeyah) around the iconic Palm sculpture in Jerusalem Avenue, central Warsaw. The palm, which dominates Warsawâs city-scape and appears on post-cards was created by Polish artist Joanna Rajkowska. Rajkowska is known for her advocacy for Palestinian human rights and work in the […]