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In the US and the UK, artists have worked to create a number of posters and billboards to both commemorate the Nakba and raise awareness about the occupation of Palestine. The work was displayed to coincided with a time when leaders of both countries unanimously praised the Occupation in total disregard of the ongoing struggle […]

Beginning on 12 May, a number of solidarity activities were held in Egypt to commemorate the Palestinian Nakba. These took place both despite the Mubarak regime’s attempt to clamp down on Nakba activities this year and in defiance of the regime’s collaboration with the Occupation government. In the days leading up to the 15th, the […]

The following is a statement from South Africa, supported by a wide range of voices and institutions, condemning the celebration of Occupation apartheid: We fought apartheid; we see no reason to celebrate it in Israel now! We, South Africans who faced the might of an unjust and brutal apartheid machinery in South Africa and fought […]

Across Venezuela, numerous activities in Caracas, Valencia, Barcelona, Barquisimeto, San Felipe de Yaracuy and other Venezuelan cities and towns marked the 60th anniversary of the Nakba. Events included photo exhibitions, public speeches, film screenings, poetry, street theater and a public Arab food fair. On May 14, at the National Assembly, there was a speech of […]

With the Palestine Investment Conference (PIC) beginning tomorrow in Bethlehem and the celebrated reforms and development projects proposed last year by the Fayyad government, understanding development in Palestine is more important than ever. Both the PIC and the Fayyad development programs have already elicited severe criticism from Palestinian civil society, political opposition and local communities. […]

On May 14 and 15, the Greek Intifada Association organized demonstrations in front of the Israeli embassy in Athens. Organizers issued a statement denouncing the premeditated ethnic cleansing and massacres that occurred in 1948 as well as the expansionist aggression of the Occupation state. The policies of apartheid and ghettoization were also decried, with the […]

Thousands marched through London, sixty years after the Palestinian Nakba, to demand an end to the siege on Gaza, an end to Israeli occupation, and for the right of return of refugees. The demonstration, organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, British Muslim Initiative and the Palestinian Forum in Britain, was supported by trade unions UNISON, […]

On 9 May, Occupation forces issued 5 demolition orders in the village of al-Khadr, west of Bethlehem. The orders threaten four homes as well as a large water tank that accounts for much of the village supply. If the homes are demolished, a total of 52 people will be affected. ***image2***The people of al-Khadr have […]

On 14 May, The American University in Cairo (AUC) decried Occupation policies targeting Palestinian students and called for the university to adopt certain aspects of the BDS. According to the AUC senate: “[…} Given the role of the Senate as a collective conscience of AUC, expressed in the many resolutions adopted over the years denouncing […]