The ‘Wall Caravan’ for the International Action Week against the Apartheid Wall in the Netherlands collected 3,155 signatures in nine days, 9 â 17 november touring 29 cities all over the country! See for an impression this film: Film The response by the public was very positive. By touring about 2000 kilometers a large amount […]
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South African students action for the Week Against the Apartheid Wall
As part of the Johannesburg South Africa events for the 8th global Week against the Apartheid Wall, a student orientated initiative set up a few events. At the University of the Witwatersrand, students writing their end of year exams were handed fact sheets about the apartheid Wall. This information campaign gave many students new insight […]
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Palestine campaigners welcome TEEU vote to Boycott Israel
At its biennial conference last weekend, the Technical Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU) unanimously voted to âsupport for a boycott campaign of Israeli goods and services and a policy of disinvestment from Israeli companiesâ as a result of the Israeli stateâs continuing breaches of international law and human rights abuses against the people of Palestinian. […]
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Weekly Repression Update 15-22 November 2010
Weekly Stop the Wall Repression Update Period: Monday 15 November to Monday 22 November 2010 Summary: 1) Arrests of HRDs and Minors A number of human rights defenders, particularly in Hebron, were arrested by the Israeli Occupation Forces. Harassment and arrest of family members of the martyr Samer Sarhan continued in order […]
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Protest at Al Walaja for the Week Against the Apartheid Wall
Approximately 250 people marched from the village of Al Walaja to the Apartheid wall to mark the Week Against the Apartheid Wall. Men, women and children from the village were joined by international protesters in opposition to the Israelâs apartheid system and theft of land. The village will lose 97.4% of its farmland when the […]
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Weekly Repression Update 8-15 November 2010
Period: Monday 8 November to Monday 15 November 2010 Summary: 1) Arrests of HRDs and Minors This week witnessed further scaling up of arrests, particularly of minors, with 7 under-18s detained by Occupation Forces in Silwan and Hebron 2) Violence against HRDs and Minors Minors were also the victim of serious injuries […]
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Week Against the Apartheid Wall: Global Action Update
With still 3 days to go, we are now witnessing a widespread mobilisation across the globe for the Week Against the Apartheid Wall. Diverse and creative actions demanding an end to apartheid and occupation in Palestine can be seen in Argentina, Brazil, England, Ireland, the Netherlands, South Africa and Australia to name but a few. […]
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Protests in Palestine for the Week Against the Apartheid Wall kick off in Ni’lin
***image4***Two hundred local residents walked to the Wall to mark the Week Against the Apartheid Wall. Villagers chanted slogans against the occupation and against the apartheid Wall and calling for the destruction of all Walls, from Berlin to Palestine. When they arrived at the iron gate, soldiers started firing tear gas at the demonstrators. Two […]
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Campaigners tell BT to ‘disconnect now’ from Israel’s Occupation
BTâS Human Rights Commitments Undermined by Link with Bezeq International âA Just Peace For Palestineâ Launches New Initiative in Partnership with War on Want, Jews for Justice for Palestinians, and Palestine Solidarity Campaign Human rights campaigners are today calling on BT to end its complicity in serious breaches of international law and human rights abuses, […]