***image1***This week, anti-Wall demonstrations held to commemorate the first of May were met with violence and organizers arrested. Occupation forces attacked a May Day festival and demonstration in al-Maâsara, injuring nine people and arresting the village popular committee. Soldiers also fired upon residents in Biâlin and tried to break the protest in Niâlin, where they […]
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Checkpoints along the Wall to be computerized
***image1***Earlier this week, Occupation authorities announced their intentions to computerize the permit system that controls West Bank Palestiniansâ access to â48 Palestine. This move increases the control exercised over the Palestinian population, adding to the hardships faced by workers and further sealing off Jerusalem. These high-tech additions also create space for the growth of particular […]
Major Canadian retailer to consider boycott motion
The global upswing in BDS activity has spread to Canada, where Mountain Equipment Co-op, major outdoor equipment retailer, is set to consider a motion to boycott Israeli products at its next annual general meeting. Although it is unclear who will introduce the motion, the idea of the boycott has generated a significant amount of public […]
37 injured in protests following the killing of Abu Rahma
***image1***Anti-Wall demonstrations this week commemorated the life of Basem Abu Rahma, who was killed last week in Bilâin. Several were detained and at least 37 were wounded in Niâlin, Bilâin, Jayyus and al-Maâsara. 25 of the wounded are residents of Bilâin, where a memorial was set up on Friday for Abu Rahma. Youth in Jayyus […]
South-south solidarity grows in Latin America
***image1***Throughout Latin America, activists, civil society groups, and community organizers came together on March 30th to commemorate Land Day and to participate in the first annual Global BDS Day of Action. From north to south, the entire continent was involved in launching boycott campaigns, lobbying governments and the UN, and engaging in wide-scale awareness raising […]
Scottish trade union federation backs BDS
The Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) voted to take up the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign, joining South Africa and Ireland as the third national trade union federation to become part of the global movement. The decision to support BDS happened in a large part due to a report given by a STUC Delegation that […]
Hundreds to be affected in Hebron demolitions
***image1***Hundreds of residents in the Beqaâ neighborhood in Hebron face the demolition of their homes and agricultural infrastructure in what they describe as an ongoing campaign to expand Occupation control in the area around the Kirya Arba settlement. Additionally, bulldozers are still clearing land for an electricity network that will power a number of settlements […]
Young man martyred in Bil’in
***image1***Basem Ibrahim Abu Rahma was martyred this afternoon in Bilâin when he was shot at close range by a high velocity tear gas canister at the weekly demonstration against the Wall. This is the second time soldiers have fired on unarmed demonstrators from a lethal range in the past two months. Abu Rahma, a 31-year-old […]
Italy rallies for BDS
The first annual Global BDS Day of Action, which coincided with Land Day on 30 March, was a major success in Italy, where several campaigns and initiatives were launched and awareness-raising activities took place throughout the country. This has been the largest mobilization in Italy to date, marking a milestone for BDS in the country. […]