On Monday, September 12, Hafez, 52, and his 18-year-old son Mohammed were doing their daily routine work of toiling their land in at-Tuwani, Masafer Yatta, occupied West Bank, when five illegal Israeli settlers, some holding metal pipes while others armed with guns and an M16 rifle, invaded their land, brutally attacking him and his son. […]
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Ein Samiya: An agrarian land reserve under Israel’s onslaught
“On July 23, 2022 Israeli settlers brutally invaded my land, located in Ein Samiya and stole 22 beehives belonging to me through. These beehives were my only source of livelihood. Now, I only have four beehives,” narrated Amer Rustom, a farmer and beekeeper from the village of Kufr Malek, North-East Ramallah. Ein Samiya, classified […]
Call to Action: Join the Masafer Yatta World Tour
The ethnic cleansing of Masafer Yatta is well under way. Israeli military and settlers are demolishing homes at increasing speed – and they want the world ignore it! That’s why yesterday, June 13, 2022, the Israeli military delivered the final demolition order for the center run by Youth of Sumud, in the village of At-Tuwani, […]
Who is aiding Israel? Corporate complicity in Masafer Yatta ethnic cleansing
On June 1, 2022 tens of Israeli soldiers and JCB, Volvo and Caterpillar bulldozers raided the villages of Al-Fakheet and Al-Markez and demolished seven residential tents and animal shacks, leaving families along with their herds homeless. This is the second time these families lose their homes in less than a month. On May 11, 2022, the Israeli […]
New Resource Page: Defend Masafer Yatta
On May 4, the Israeli High Court ruled in favour of the ethnic cleansing of some 1,300 Palestinians living in eight villages in the area of Masafer Yatta. This would be the largest expulsions carried out by the Israeli apartheid regime since the 1970s. Yet, we know that grassroots resistance combined with international pressure is […]
Nakba @74 – Visions of Liberation
On this 74th anniversary of the start of the Nakba, the Palestinian people continue rising up against Israeli apartheid and ethnic cleansing. Hear from four Palestinian activists resisting until liberation, and then take action! The Nakba is happening now. Israel’s colonial regime violently forced 750,000 native Palestinians off their land in 1948. It has continued […]
Take Online Action on Land Day – March 30
Land Day, March 30, honors the Palestinian people’s relentless resistance of Israeli settler colonialism, military occupation, and apartheid. It commemorates the day in 1976 when Palestinian people resisted Israeli takeover of thousands of donums (about 1,500 acres) of their land in the Galilee – and the six Palestinian protesters who were shot dead by Israeli […]
March 30: Palestine Land Day Webinars!
On Land Day, March 30 Palestinians emphasize their relentless and ongoing struggle against Israeli settler colonialism, apartheid and military occupation. It commemorates the day in 1976 when Palestinian people resisted Israeli takeover of thousands of donums (about 1,500 acres) of their land in the Galilee—and the six Palestinian protesters who were shot dead by Israeli […]
#StopWaterApartheid Campaign
On February 10, 2022, 14 young activists from the Jordan Valley and the South Hebron Hills (SHH) launched the #StopWaterApartheid Campaign. Through this ongoing campaign the young activists seek to cast some light on the Israeli occupation’s restrictions on their communities’ access to water in the Jordan Valley and the SHH. They contend that Israeli […]
Stop the Wall highlights during 2021
2021 was yet another year, during which Palestinians had to endure more of Israel’s vicious apartheid and colonial practices to erase our existence on our land. As one of the deadliest years, more than 300 Palestinians were lost to Israeli violence during 2021. Only in the first half of 2021, over 5,426 Palestinians were arrested […]