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***image2***Yesterday Occupation bulldozers continued tearing up the lands of the village of Brukin in the north of the West Bank. The bulldozers have now been at work for two days, clearing the way for the expansion of the industrial zones (For more information on the industrial zone) of the nearby Israeli settlement of Brukhin. The […]

***image2***On the Thursday, the 17th of October the Israeli Occupation Forces issued a demolition order for Fasayil’s primary school and yet another Palestinian family’s home in the village. Construction work requires a permit from the Occupation authorities but since the occupation of the West Bank in 1967 not one has been granted. The systematic ban […]

***image2***On Friday 5 October 2007 two Palestinian men from ’48 land were injured when Occupation forces opened fire on their car at Deir Ballut checkpoint, West of Salfit. Witnesses said that the soldiers began shooting without warning and for no apparent reason as the car approached the checkpoint, which is used by Palestinian labourers passing […]

***image2***Nine Palestinians were beaten and injured in the village Bil’in and the village of Al-Walaja put under closure as the Occupation attacked the villages’ weekly demonstrations against the Apartheid Wall on Friday. In Al-Walaja, West Bethlehem villagers held a sit-in on village lands which are being destroyed for the building of the Apartheid Wall. The […]

***image2***On Thursday, a group of Zionist settlers announced in a press conference their intention to build five new colonies on stolen Palestinian land across the West Bank. One of the areas is next to Homesh settlement south-west of Jenin, in place of Silat adh Dhahr settlement which was evacuated in August 2005 during the implementation […]

***image2***On Thursday 20 September, a large unit of Occupation forces descended upon the Bedouin community of Arab Al-Jahalin on the eastern edge of Anata village, North East of Jerusalem, destroying seven animal shelters, two zinc houses, a storage unit and a fence. The raid destroyed property belonging to the Jahalin and Abu-Dahuk families. Khamis Suelem […]

This year’s UN civil society conference organised by the UN Committee on the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people was one of the most publicized. Normally held in relative silence at one of the UN headquarters, the hosting of the conference at the EU parliament in Brussels has provoked an unprecedented media campaign launched by […]

***image2***On Friday, occupation forces targeted hundreds of Palestinians around Bethlehem and Ramallah as they tried to mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan. The major checkpoints (terminals) leading to Jerusalem from Bethlehem and Ramallah were closed as Palestinians attempted the journey to the al-Aqsa Mosque in the old city of Jerusalem for Friday […]

The campaign to kick Apartheid Israel out of FIFA stepped up a gear recently to coincide with the country’s Euro 2008 qualifier against England in London. Thousands of people have now signed the petition on the Palestine Solidarity Campaign UK’s website, demanding FIFA, UEFA and the English FA cease all dealings with Israel until it […]