Norwegian solidarity continues to support the isolation of Apartheid Israel through various events. The latest important event was a meeting discussing the necessity for Academic and Cultural Boycott held in Oslo at the 29th of November. The need to hold intellectuals, academics and artists accountable is slowly growing within the solidarity movement globally. It still […]
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March on Washington to protest war and occupation!
This past year has seen a massive escalation in the destruction unleashed by the United States and Israel on the Middle East. In Palestine, Occupation forces have killed more than 600 Palestinians and injured many others. The Occupation also continues to show its contempt for international law and human rights by continuing the construction of […]
Gate no. 25 – gradual stranglehold and dispossession of farmers in Jayyous
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 […]
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 […]