This week, Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA) Carleton launched a divestment campaign targeting firms supporting the Israeli military and settlement operations. The Carleton University Pension Fund is invested in five companies that are complicit in human rights violations and crimes under international law in the West Bank and Gaza – Motorola, BAE Systems, Northrop Grumman, […]
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Burin residents mobilize against demolitions
Hundreds of Palestinians participated in a crowded demonstration in Burin yesterday. The march was organized in protest of the Occupation forcesâ decision to demolish the Suleiman al Farsi mosque in the village, along with a group of storage structures close by. This was done on the pretext that the structures fall in Area C, with […]
Further arrests in Bil’in and Ni’lin
Occupation forces raided the villages of Bilâin and Niâlin, arresting a resident from each village. In Bilâin Mohammed al-Khatib, a member of the Bil’in Popular Committee, was taken from him his home early Thursday morning. At 1:30 AM, soldiers entered his home where they confiscated materials as a crowd gathered outside. Occupation forces also invaded […]
Diplomats hear testimony of Ni’lin repression
Fifteen European diplomats carried out a fact-finding visit to the village of Nilâin yesterday to listen to the testimonies of residents targeted for arrest by Occupation forces. Many human rights defenders in the village have been subject to a campaign of arrests for their involvement in activities in protest of the Wall. As the visit […]
Two Danish funds exclude Wall building companies
Two Danish investment funds divested from Wall and settlement building companies, marking another victory in the BDS campaigns against Africa Israel and Elbit, two companies that have been targeted by BDS activists. In particular, this a critical step in the BDS campaign against companies building the Wall, opened by the Norwegian divestment last year. Danish […]
Army attacks Ni’lin overnight
Early this morning, Occupation forces attacked Niâlin and arrested Rateb Mustafa âAmeera. Fierce clashes broke out in the streets, with residents defending their homes and soldiers firing live ammunition. As has become routine, soldiers on foot along with jeeps entered the village sometime around two in the morning. They broke into the home of Mustafa […]
Two Ni’lin prisoners released, demonstrations continue
In spite of a week of arrests and raids, the people of Niâlin marched against the Wall this Friday. Prior to the demonstration, residents celebrated the release of several prisoners, on of whom had been held for some four months. Nearly 150 people marched toward the Wall this Friday, passing through the gate of the […]
Soldiers block tree planting, arrest one after al-Ma’sara protest
The village of al-Maâsara held their weekly anti-Wall demonstration, this Friday carrying young olive trees to plant on their isolated lands. They were blocked by Occupation forces, who made good on their threats against the popular committee and arrested one at the close of the demonstration. Nearly 150 Palestinians, accompanied by international supporters, participated in […]
Three more arrested in attempt to crush Ni’lin anti-Wall movement
Soldiers pulled three more residents of Niâlin from their homes early this morning in the latest attack on the local popular resistance. This is the fourth day this week in which villagers have been arrested, marking a serious escalation in the repression of the anti-Wall movement in the village. Last night, as they have been […]