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***image1***Demonstrations in Ni’lin and Bil’in were met with more violence this week. Five were injured in Ni’lin and three in Bil’in, and dozens more suffered from tear gas that Occupation forces showered on the protests. Protestors in Bil’in carried shields and posters of Basem Abu Rahma to mark the 40 days since his death. In […]

***image2***The remaining two prisoners from al-Ma’sara are still held without charge following another delay in their trial. In Ni’lin, the young man beaten and arrested during last Friday’s demonstration was released. And in the village of Jayyus, a young man faces up to three years in prison for participating in protests against the Wall in […]

***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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Following the recent policy passed by the Fire Brigades’ 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 Brigades’ Union conference supported a boycott of Israeli goods. Delegates also called for solidarity with the Palestinian […]

***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 […]

***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 […]

***image1***Occupation forces have shown no change in their increasingly violent response to the weekly demonstrations in Ni’lin and Bil’in against the Apartheid Wall. 15 people were injured, among them Mustafa ‘Amira, who was critically wounded after being shot in the head with a tear gas canister. Soldiers also arrested another young man, who was beaten […]