The following is a statement released by youth organisation Palestinians for Dignity, 13.5.12 – Local and international news agencies informed us last night, 12 May, that the Palestinian political establishment met with the representative of the Israeli apartheid regime, Isaac Molkho, in Ramallah to deliver the latter's response to a previous letter that was sent by […]
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Land Day demonstrations towards Jerusalem!
– For live streaming from Qalandiya, please watch: https://qik.com/freepalestinelive – For updates on the various protests in the West Bank, please follow @stopthewall twitter – For indepth news and photos, check out www.stopthewall.org Program: In the West Bank a large coalition of Palestinian political forces and movements has organized the following events to break the siege […]
Land Day protests reaffirm Palestinian rights to Jerusalem
To see photos of the protest in Qalandiya: https://www.flickr.com/photos/stopthewall/sets/72157629701904981/ To see photos from the protest in Old City of Jerusalem: https://www.flickr.com/photos/stopthewall/sets/72157629337316924/ While the Palestinian Land Day protests are ongoing, the first critical injury by Israeli military occurred in Bethlehem: Ali Arafe, 20 years old, has been shot with a teargas canister in the face in front of […]
Weekly anti-Wall protests call for solidarity with Hana Shalaby
Ni’lin: Israeli soldiers repressed the weekly popular march in Ni’lin, west Ramallah, as they threw dozens of tear gas bombs. This Friday’s march in Ni’ilin was part of the mobilization efforts for the global mobilizing effort “Israeli Apartheid Week” and was entitled “Racism of Israel” as people of the village repeated slogans criticizing the Israeli […]
Occupation Forces Suppress Popular Weekly Protests, Dozens of Suffocation Cases from Poison Gas
al-Masara The occupation forces suppressed the weekly protest against the settlements and the apartheid wall. This protest sent as well strong condemnation of the frequent attacks on the al Aqsa Mosque and remembered the anniversary of the Hebron massacre. People were chanting slogans in solidarity with the people of Hebron that had gathered in a mass […]
Al Aqsa – “The banner of our struggle for justice, freedom and equality”
Yet another martyr, Talat Ramia, 23 years old, killed by the Israeli military with live rounds on his chest last Friday. The protest during which he was killed happened in ar Ram, a suburb of Jerusalem, in reaction to Israel’s threats against the al Aqsa mosque.The latest escalation came as a result of inflammatory statements […]
Second Phase of Prisoner Exchange
Ramallah, 19 December 2011 – On 18 December, 550 Palestinian prisoners were released in completion of the second phase of the prisoner exchange deal concluded by the Israeli government and Hamas authorities on 11 October. In contrast to the first phase of the prisoner releases, which saw 477 mutually agreed upon prisoners released on 18 […]
Palestinian Actions for the Week Against the Apartheid Wall
Stop the Wall is organizing three demonstrations to add to the weekly Friday activities against the Wall in the different villages: The demonstration takes place to commemorate the massacre of the people of al Sammou, south of Hebron. Exactly 45 years ago, on November 13 1966 Israeli forces raided this village, destroyed 125 houses, the […]
UN statehood bid ‘threatens Palestinian rights’
Original publication: https://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=415804 BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) — The Palestinian team responsible for preparing the United Nations initiative in September has been given an independent legal opinion that warns of risks involved with its plan to join the UN. An initiative to transfer the Palestinians' representation from the PLO to a state will terminate the legal status […]
The Enterprise of Declaring a State
A number of Palestinian civil society organizations and networks have released a document that is the result of long discussions regarding possible Palestinian statehood in September 2011. This group of civil society organizations has met with progressive political parties in Palestine and also with the Palestinian human rights council to discuss the Palestinian Authority's (PA) […]