3 injured from rubber-coated bullets, tens vomit from sewage water sprayed at them in Ni’lin

Although the Occupation forces tried to close the entrance of Ni’lin, locals from surrounding villages and international solidarity activists were still able to attend an anti-Apartheid Wall demonstration in the village. This time the Occupation experimented with new techniques in an attempt to break the demonstration, throwing balloons filled with sewage water and unleashing police […]

BDS Newsletter #05 – July 2008

BDS NEWSLETTER Edition: 05 – July, 2008 CORPORATE NEWS Feature: Derail Alstom – Saudi Arabia deal The state owned Saudi Electric Company (SEC) has signed a letter of intent to award Alstom a 1.9 billion Euro contract to build a power plant in Shoaiba. French multinational Alstom is a 20% shareholder in Citypass consortium that […]

Occupation bulldozers blocked once again in Ni’lin

A unity and solidarity demonstration in Ni’lin stopped the Occupation’s bulldozers and prevented them from for hours from carrying out their usual destruction. A central demonstration made up of hundreds of Palestinians and solidarity activists took off from the center of the town of Ni’lin and headed towards the towards the Occupations bulldozers last Thursday. […]