Belgian campaign forces financial group to cancel settlement loans

***image2***The Belgian-French financial group Dexia has announced it will no longer finance settlements in the West Bank through its Israeli branch, Dexia Israel. This is the result of a months-long campaign in Belgium, supported by non-governmental organizations, political parties, local authorities, trade unions and other organizations. Dexia’s management has stated that financing settlements is indeed […]

‘Study in Israel’ billboards modified by guerilla advertisers

10 bus shelter billboards advertising the University of California’s “Study in Israel” campaign were remade into “Boycott Israel” ads and placed around Berkeley and San Francisco in May. Under the headline, “Boycott Israel? We boycott Israel because…”, one of the modified posters depicts students saying, “I believe in speaking out against racism. Israel’s entrenched system […]

Another killed in Ni’lin

Occupation forces shot and killed Yousef Sadiq Srour during a demonstration against the Wall this afternoon in Ni’lin. Yousef Srour was shot in the chest with a live bullet while he was trying to remove an injured person from the front lines of the demonstration. Soldiers attacked Ni’lin in the morning, shooting at villagers who […]

Boycotting in Qalqilya

On Wednesday, Palestinian students, activists, professors and politicians gathered in Qalqilya to discuss the boycott movement in the West Bank. Some 70 people attended, a majority of them students, to present ideas and assess the current successes as well as the obstacles to moving BDS forward in their schools and communities. The workshop was organized […]

April in Jerusalem

In the month of April, four homes were demolished in Jerusalem, displacing four families totaling 26 people. The residents of Jabl al-Mukabr, for instance, saw one house destroyed in the neighborhood as well as the issuing of several new demolition orders. Settlement work also continued in Jabl al-Mukabr, where Occupation forces are creating a new […]

Two new videos online!

Arab Jahalin: Return to Tal Arad A documentary made up of a collection of interviews with members of the Jahalin, who narrate the histories and experiences from 1948 until the present. Since the Nakba, Occupation forces have expelled the Jahalin from a number of places, confiscating their lands for settlements. Now, the Wall threatens to […]