***image1***Protests in Ni’lin and Bil’in were met with volleys of tear gas and sound bombs as they approached the Wall this past Friday. In Ni’lin, demonstrators marched to the Wall, where clashes occurred between youth and soldiers for several hours. Villagers marked the anniversary of the deaths of the first two martyrs, Ahmed Mousa and […]
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Youth to mobilise in the north
***image2***The conference, entitled âThe Role of Youth in the Palestinian Popular Resistance Movementâ saw lively and productive discussion from dozens of young activists from Tulkarm, Jenin, Nablus, Qalqilia, Jayyous, Tobas and Salfit. Among the themes that emerged from discussion was a deep frustration with the normalisation agenda currently being supported by traditional political forces â […]
Several released, more arrested in resisting villages
The past month has seen a renewed campaign of arrests by Occupation forces, in particular targeting the villages that resist the construction of the Apartheid Wall. While several imprisoned Palestinians have been released, more in Bilâin, Niâlin and Jayyus have all fallen victim to this latest round of kidnappings and arrests. Perhaps the most high […]
Eye-Witness to Murder Targeted in Reprisal Arrest
***image2***A member of the Niâlin popular committee was arrested yesterday on his way back from testifying to Israeli war crimes at the United Nations. Mohammed Srour was crossing the bridge across the Jordan river when he was stopped by the Israeli military and taken to Ofra, near Ramallah. Srour had just come back from the […]
Three arrested during Jayyus night raid
***image2***Occupation forces entered Jayyus in the early hours of Wednesday morning, where they broke into homes and arrested three university students. According to witnesses at least 10 military jeeps and 65 soldiers entered the village of Jayyus at 3am. Groups of soldiers surrounded a number of areas and broke into family homes without warning. After […]
Early months of summer bring more demolitions for Jerusalem residents
In June and May, Occupation forces destroyed more homes in Jerusalem and issued orders promising many more demolitions in the coming months. The old city and surrounding areas were especially hard hit. At least 60 people, 31 of them children, lost either part or their entire home, while hundreds more face a similar fate. June […]
Aux Supermarchés, Citoyens!: The BDS movement takes to the shops
On July 4th, dozens of activists took part in actions at an outlet of the retailing giant Carrefour in the Parisian suburb of Evry II. The demonstration aimed at promoting a boycott of Israeli goods. Demonstrators marched around the shopping centre, seizing Israeli products and chanting, before proceeding to hold a brief sit-in, discussing the […]
Goodbye, Moto!: New Yorkers picket Motorola and call for a boycott
***image1***Dozens of protestors took to the streets of New York yesterday in the second summer action of the New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israelâs (NYCBI) city-wide boycott of Motorola. Activists distributed flyers, waved Palestinian flags and carried signs calling on passers-by not to buy from the firm. They also held a small-scale concert […]
Forced out and knocked down: house demolitions to hit the West Bank
A wave of house demolition orders has been distributed across the West Bank. The houses threatened are being issued the orders on the pretext that they are in Area C, in which Palestinians are not allowed to build. Inhabited and under-construction homes, storage structures and other infrastructure face destruction in the districts of Salfit, Hebron […]
This Wall is still illegal
***image3***This weekend saw demonstrations in Palestine and across the globe to mark the fifth anniversary of the International Court of Justiceâs advisory verdict on the construction of the Apartheid Wall. At Bilâin the weekly protest began with a march, with two hundred demonstrators proceeding to the Wall and successfully opening the first set of gates. […]