***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 […]
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‘Study in Israel’ billboards modified by guerilla advertisers
10 bus shelter billboards advertising the University of Californiaâs âStudy in Israelâ campaign were remade into âBoycott Israelâ ads and placed around Berkeley and San Francisco in May. Under the headline, âBoycott Israel? We boycott Israel becauseâ¦â, one of the modified posters depicts students saying, âI believe in speaking out against racism. Israelâs entrenched system […]
Solidarity protests in Anaheim and San Francisco.
***image1***On June 6, which marked the 42nd anniversary of the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, as well as on June 10, hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets across California to rally against the ongoing colonization of Palestinian land and in support of the people of Gaza. The protests on the 6th […]
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 […]
Protesting the arms trade from Italy to India
***image1***In recent months, the Israeli arms trade has been the target of numerous BDS actions; notably, in India, Italy, and the UK. In India, the CPI (M) continued to pressure the government to end military dealings while in the UK, as a result both of work from arms trade activists and the Gaza massacres, government […]
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 […]
Al-Ma’sara demonstration continues to gain strength
Yesterday, like every Friday at al-Ma’sara, the weekly protest in this village near Bethlehem was met by armed soldiers who had blocked the village exit road with razor wire, denying the people their right to access their land. This week around 80 people marched to show their support for al-Ma’saraâs struggle against the Wall. Locals […]
New York and Ottawa protest Leonard Cohen’s Tel Aviv gig
Leonard Cohenâs plans to play a show in Tel Aviv have drawn the ire of BDS activists around the world, as the renowned musician has faced protests in several cities demanding that he cancel the concert. Cohen began a six-month long world tour beginning in North America in April, and ending in Tel Aviv on […]
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 […]