Over the past several weeks, the village of Bil’in has been targeted by near-nightly raids. Occupation forces have abducted children and threatened activists in the most systematic campaign of arrests against the village in some time. A total of eight people, most of them youth, have been kidnapped since these raids began. The most recent […]
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Settlers bulldoze 40 dunums in Nahalin
***image2***Last Monday settlers, under the protection of Occupation forces, bulldozed 40 dunums of land belonging to the village of Nahalin, west of Bethlehem. Villagers had planted olives, grapevines, fig and other fruit trees on the land, which is a source of livelihood for many families in this village of over 10,000 people. The move is […]
Produce boycott crosses the Atlantic
On Saturday, June 20, activists gathered at Trader Joeâs grocery stores in Oakland and San Francisco to demand that the company stop carrying Israeli goods. Protesters removed Israeli products from the shelves, distributed leaflets about Israeli apartheid, and handed out coupons for customers to give to cashiers asking the store to stop stocking Israeli herbs, […]
BDS Newsletter #15 – May 2009
BDS NEWSLETTER Edition: 15 – May, 2009 CORPORATE NEWS Protesting Leviev, remembering Bi’lin on Mother’s Day On the day before Motherâs Day, 40 New York human rights advocates gathered at the Leviev jewelry store on Madison Avenue and called on throngs of weekend Madison Avenue shoppers to boycott Israeli diamond mogul Lev Leviev over his […]
Connex “dumped” after 4 month boycott campaign
***image1***In another major victory for the global ‘Derail Veoloa and Alstom’ campaign and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement in Australia, the Victorian State Government has chosen not to renew Connex’ (a subsidiary of Veolia) contract as the train system operator in Melbourne Australia. This is no doubt partly due to the efforts of […]
Coordination and call for targeted BDS measures move ahead in Germany
From June 19 to 21, Pax Christi Germany held their annual conference on Palestine, this time entitled âReason of state and international lawâ at the academy of the German Protestant church in Bad Boll. The conference was noteworthy for a number of reasons, among them the focus on concrete BDS actions and the growing of […]
More demolition orders issued, settlements expanded around Jerusalem
***image2***Over the past month, the Israeli administration has continued to simultaneously expand the settlement ring around Jerusalem while targeting Palestinian homes for demolition. The construction of sewage, electrical and communications infrastructure is ongoing while new settler roads and housing units are planned. At the same time, Occupation forces have delivered more demolition orders to a […]
Protestors destroy Wall in Ni’lin
Youth cut razor wire and smashed motion sensors during the weekly protest against the Wall in Ni’lin. In Bil’in, protestors were accompanied by author and activist Namoi Klein, who held a news conference calling for boycott following the demonstration. Following prayers on the land, villagers in Ni’lin marched toward the Wall. The group was able […]
International Conference: “Experiences of unification and rejuvenation of the left in Palestine and worldwide”
***For updates about the conference proceedings, see: tayyar-internationalconference.blogspot.com*** On June 26 â 28, the Palestinian National Democratic Progressive Movement (PNDM – Tayyar) will hold a three-day-conference on `Experiences of uniting the left in Palestine and the world` at the meeting hall of the Palestinian Red Crescent in Al-Bireh (Ramallah) and in Gaza. The conference is […]
Beach day protestors grab headlines in NYC
As part of its on-going rebranding campaign, the Israeli Ministry of Tourism held a Tel Aviv Beach Party in Central Park, New York City, on 21 June, 2009. Members of CODEPINK protested at the event and drew both public and media attention away from the effort to celebrate Tel Avivâs 100th anniversary and to promote […]