Over 5,000 people converged on Washington DC on June 11th to urge their government to stop US support of Israeli occupation. It was the largest ever national demonstration against the Israeli occupation and drew demonstrators from all across the United States. It began at the Capitol and then commenced to the White House, two symbols […]
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From the streets to parliament – South Africans raise their voices against Apartheid Israel
Ten thousand people braved the rain on June 9th to march for Palestine in Cape Town under the banner âFree Palestine! End Israeli Occupation!â. The crowd was addressed by long standing Palestine and former anti-apartheid activists as well as Ministers Pallo Jordan and Ronnie Kasrils of the ANC, Moulana Hendricks, President of the Muslim Judicial […]
Three continents come together in Cuba to show support for Palestine
In Cuba, the Executive Secretariat of the Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin America (OSPAAAL) called together a Tricontinental Platform in Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The meeting, held at OSPAAALâs headquarters in Havanna on June 8th, commemorated 40 years of Israeli Occupation in Gaza, the West Bank and the […]
Irish mass protest calls on people and government alike to join the BDS movement
Almost a thousand people marched in Dublin on Saturday 9th June to protest at the 40 year of the Occupation of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the remaining parts of Jerusalem. On a day of brilliant sunshine, marchers from various human rights groups, trade unions, political parties and Palestinian solidarity campaigns made their […]
Symbol of Apartheid under siege as Palestinians in the West Bank protest 40 years of Life under Occupation
***image2***Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets of Ramallah this week to protest against 40 years of the Occupation in two national demonstrations. Over 400 people gathered today to demonstrate against the Occupation and the Wall. The lively demonstration drew people from all over the West bank â from the Salfit, Bethlehem, Hebron and Ramallah […]
Arrests at Um Salamoneh as protests mark 40 years of their life under Occupation
In a series of villages torn apart and encircled by the Wall, on Friday 8th June, protests were staged to mark the 40th anniversary of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the remaining parts of Jerusalem. Um Salamoneh, which was designated the central protest for the southern area of the West Bank, saw severe […]
Week of Mobilization against the Wall and Occupation at Birzeit University, Ramallah
An exhibition organized by the Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign has helped to strengthen the engagement of students at Birzeit University in the resistance against the Occupation. ***image2***The exhibition, showing pictures of Palestinian suffering and struggle, ran from June 2nd to June 7th. It was the first of its kind at the university based close to Ramallah. […]
Leading British architects accuse the Occupation’s architects and planners of ‘blindness and indifference’
A powerful group of prominent British architects have demanded that apartheid Israelâs architects and planners âend their indifference and blindness to the political implications of their professional work and ethicsâ. In a petition presented to the Israeli Association of Architects (IAUA) leading names in British architecture, including RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) president Jack […]
British Academic Union reaffirms calls for BDS!
On May 30, the British Academic Union, UCU, passed two motions supporting the rights of the Palestinian people and the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions. The UCU is a merger of the AUT (Association of University Teachers) and NATFHE (National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education)and represents over 120 000 academic […]
Palestinians organize resistance against decades of occupation and apartheid!
All over Palestine people are gearing up to escalate their resistance against Israeli Apartheid in the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Occupation of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the remaining parts of Jerusalem. Since then the Zionist policies of theft of land and resources, expulsion, destruction of villages and brutal occupation […]