***image1***More land has been confiscated from the village of Ya’bad in the northern West Bank. Ya’bad and the surrounding communities have already lost thousands of dunums with the construction of the Wall around the Rehan, Shaqed and Hinnanit settlements, and the most recent confiscation will sever more residents from their livelihoods. On 22 May, soldiers […]
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Nakba commemoration in Palestine and around the world
Over the past several weeks in Palestine and around the world, Palestinians and solidarity activists have gathered to hold events commemorating the 61st anniversary of the Nakba. Demonstrations, lectures, workshops and performances were organized in memory of the atrocities committed during the establishment of the state of Israel, when Zionist militias destroyed over 300 Palestinian […]
Protestors in the UK remove Israeli produce from shelves
On May 17 a group of Londoners joined in protest against the sale by British supermarkets of Israeli goods and produce from settlements. The action took place in a West London Tesco. The group assembled around a trolley full of goods labelled ‘produce of Israel’, explaining the issues around the sale of Israeli goods to […]
Firefighters, PCS lend more union backing for boycott
Following the recent policy passed by the Fire Brigadesâ Union and the Scottish TUC, the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union passed policy on 20 May supporting boycott, divestment and sanctions. In mid-May, delegates to the UK Fire Brigadesâ Union conference supported a boycott of Israeli goods. Delegates also called for solidarity with the Palestinian […]
Adverts wiping Palestine off the map removed after protest
***image1***Advertisements featuring a map advertising all of historic Palestine as an Israeli tourist attraction are being removed from the London tube, following massive pressure and complaints. These maps mirror Occupation practices on the ground, which include the annexation of touristic sites across the West Bank and their incorporation into settlement industry. The campaign against the […]
Homes destroyed while settlements expand in Nablus, Jordan Valley
***image1***In the past month, the expansion of settlements and related infrastructure has continued. Lands were confiscated in Nablus for the expansion of settler roads as well as for settlement expansion. Also in Nablus, five Palestinian homes were destroyed in the village of ‘Aqraba. Most recently, Occupation authorities authorized the construction of a new settlement in […]
Third critical injury from tear gas canister in Ni’lin
***image1***Occupation forces have shown no change in their increasingly violent response to the weekly demonstrations in Ni’lin and Bilâin against the Apartheid Wall. 15 people were injured, among them Mustafa âAmira, who was critically wounded after being shot in the head with a tear gas canister. Soldiers also arrested another young man, who was beaten […]
Imprisonment of activists fails to stop al-Ma’sara protests
Some 100 people protested in al-Maâsara on Friday against the construction of the Wall on their lands and demanded the release of the activists from the village popular committee still held in Occupation jails. The Maâsara demonstrations have inspired similar actions in the nearby village of Artas, where villagers planted trees this week in defiance […]
Protesting Leviev, remembering Abu Rahma 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 companiesâ construction settlements on Palestinian land in West Bank villages including Bilâin and Jayyus. Motherâs Day […]
Two brothers from Ma’sara still imprisoned
***image1***Hasan and Muhammed Brajiya remain imprisoned following their arrest at a May Day demonstration in al-Maâsara. The Ma’sara arrests, along with the killing of Basem Abu Rahma in Bilâin and the recent injury of dozens of other Palestinians at demonstrations, are part of a wider crackdown against Palestinian villages protesting against the Wall. Mahmoud Zwahre, […]