Occupation Forces have slashed the daily time that agricultural gate number 25 â northwest of Jayyous village â is open, leaving farmers from the village unable to access their lands. It is now open only for a total of three hours â one each in morning, noon and evening. Previously it was open for 12 […]
Category: News
People of Izbet al Tabib are threatened with expulsion and house demolition
***image2***Izbet al Tabib, east of Qalqilia has had its application to build houses for its 217 inhabitants denied yet again. The Occupation forces all Palestinians within the West Bank area demarcated as âC zoneâ by the Oslo process to apply for building permits, which are regularly denied. The âC zoneâ overlaps in large parts with […]
Apartheid Road grows and farmers lose more land
In Yatta in the south of Hebron, occupation bulldozers have begun expanding a 1km long settler only road that has been under construction since 2001. The expansion of this road will confiscate more Palestinian land and serve to further isolate farmers from their lands. Palestinian farmers are not permitted to use the road or any […]
Pickets in Canada against Book Store Chain Support for the Occupation
In Toronto and Montreal the Coalition against Israeli Apartheid, supported by Not in Our Name, has held information pickets on Saturday 23rd of December to launch a boycott of Indigo & Chapters bookstores (officially operating under the corporate name Indigo Books & Music Inc.) and its subsidiaries, SmithBooks, Coles, The Book Company, Indigospirit and Worlds […]
Apartheid road steals farming land and a cemetery
***image2***Hundreds marched in a demonstration from Beit Omar to Al Arub College in Halhul to voice their anger at the building of a settler only road that will steal Palestinian agricultural and residential land. The Israeli governmentsâ plans for the road which will be 10km long and 165m wide will confiscate 1300 dunums of land […]
Remember Do’a, martyred by the Occupation on her way from school
Fara’on – Do’a Abdel Khader Naser, a 13 year old girl from Izbet Naser close to Fara’on village south of Tulkarem, was killed yesterday by bullets from the Israeli occupation. Do’a was shot in the chest and hand as she walked past the Apartheid Wall north of Fara’on. ***image2***The people of the village witnessed the […]
South Africans Urge the Recall of the Ambassador From Tel Aviv and Sanctions Against Israel
At a press conference held on the 18th of December in South Africa the Palestine Solidarity Committee, COSATU (the Congress of South African Trade Unions representing 1.2 million workers) and the South African Council of Churches called on the South African government to recall the ambassador to Israel and to implement sanctions against Israel. Speakers […]
Christmas against the Apartheid Wall
Each year before Christmas, believers and activists alike take the occasion to raise awareness about the occupation of Palestine, in particular its devastating effects on Bethlehem. ***image1***This year, the Sacred Heart Catholic church in St Ives, UK, has cancelled its famous Christmas âLive Cribâ event. Instead of actors reenacting Christmas night, a life-size replica of […]
94 authors, film-makers, musicians and performers call for a cultural boycott of Israel
The Guardian has published yesterday an open letter signed by 94 authors, film-makers, musicians and performers from all over the world endorsing cultural boycott as their means to protest the Occupation and Israeli apartheid. John Berger, British novelist, painter, and art historian, started the initiative and his appeal has been take up by some of […]
Two people from Bil’in injured in protest against the Apartheid Wall
This Friday, as every Friday, people from the village of Bil’in marched against the Apartheid Wall after prayers. ***image2***Around 200 protesters took part in the demonstration, marching to their land isolated by the Wall carrying the Palestinian flag, placards and banners for national unity. As the villagers approached the Wall, Occupation forces attacked them, preventing […]