Early on Sunday,26th of November 2006, Palestine solidarity activists blockaded the Israeli Company Carmel Agrexcoâs UK headquarters. This was part of a protest against recurrent breaches of human rights and international law in Palestine. ***image1*** Carmel is complicit in war crimes under the International Criminal Court Act 2001 (ICC Act). They import fresh produce originating […]
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Four people injured in Bil’in while dozens in al-Khas and Nu’man stand against settler attack
***image2***Four people were injured yesterday by Occupation bullets in Bil’in during the weekly demonstrations organized by the people of the village in coordination with the popular committee against the Wall. Around 300 people joined the demonstration, accompanied by representatives of national parties and institutions. This protest came on the anniversary of the UN Partition Resolution […]
Ar-Rabuna: The Occupation destroys two houses and injures three youth
This morning the Occupation forces destroyed two new houses in Ar-Rabuna, east of Jenin. The owners of the houses are Ahmed Asâad Abu Hassan and Majid Arif Abu Hassan. These houses were destroyed under the pretext of lacking proper permits. However, the home destructions are clearly part of the systematic dispossession and expulsion of the […]
Irish store deshelves products made in Apartheid Israel
Atlantic Homecare in Limerick on Monday took all its Israeli stock off their shelves and put Out of Stock stickers on produce too big to move in response to a picket outside their store by the Limerick branch of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign. ***image1***Atlantic Homecare in Limerick today took all its Israeli stock off their […]
Students’ “Freedom Exhibition” amplifies the voice of Jenin
The Youth Toward Freedom Initiative in coordination with the Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign have launched a three day âFreedom Exhibitionâ at the American University in Jenin. ***image2***The students group has built an impressive exhibit on a mock wall on the university campus. Visitors must pass through reconstructions of the gates of the Apartheid Wall while students […]
First Bank decides to Divest! Dutch Civil Society challenges investments in the Occupation
Solidarity activists and the Palestinian community in the Netherlands have achieved a major success for the divestment movement as the first Bank decides to divest from Veolia, a company that actively supports Israeli colonization, and âall companies that benefit from Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territoryâ. Veolia is a major stakeholder in the tramway built in […]
Palestinian Students and Faculty Call for Academic Boycott
***image4***The Right to Education Student Committee at Birzeit University has recently published a press release to present their latest initiative. In response to the Irish call for academic boycott, the students group gathered signatures from over 1000 students and 113 staff of Birzeit University endorsing a letter in support of the academic boycott initiative started […]
Chile celebrates November as a Month of Action for Palestine!
Every week several initiatives are taking place highlighting the events of the month: the week against the Apartheid Wall, the anniversary of the declaration of Independence, the death of Yasser Arafat and the UN day for Palestine. The activities range from conferences, video screenings and exhibits to a mass held in the cathedral of Santiago, […]
Claiming our land! – The 4th Week against the Apartheid Wall
Introduction The olive harvest has for the first time coincided with the National and International Week against the Apartheid Wall. The coincidence has given this yearâs week a particular focus: The olive harvest activities serve to highlight the Palestinian farmersâ steadfast refusal to relinquish their land, as well as to remind the world about the […]
Resisting colonialism in Palestine and Oaxaca
Across the world, grassroots opposition has continued to support the people of Oaxaca and Palestine. In the US and Europe, people have expressed solidarity with Oaxaca and demonstrated in front of Mexican embassies. In San Jose, a small group of activists distribute literature about the apartheid nature of the Wall and lead weekly protests against […]