Britain’s largest trade union body, the TUC, has passed a motion calling on Israel to tear down its ‘apartheid wall’. The Trade Union Council, which represents 66 affiliated unions and nearly seven million workers, passed the motion at its annual conference in Brighton, UK, calling for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from all occupied territories, […]
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Cape Town Anti-War Coalition calls for sanctions on Israel
The Cape Town Anti-War Coalition is to hold two protests at the Africa Aerospace and Defence Weapons Fair (AADWF) from 20th – 24th September at the Air Force Base in Ysterplaat, Cape Town. The Coalition is demanding that the SA Department of Trade and Industry explain why its website says it is supplying helicopter and […]
Eight Palestinians injured as Occupation raids houses at the Bil’in weekly demonstration
***image2***Eight Palestinians were injured yesterday during clashes between demonstrators and Israeli occupation forces yesterday at the weekly demonstration in the West Bank town of Bil’in. After violently dispersing the demonstration with clubs, tear-gas, rubber bullets and experimental weapons, Israeli occupation fighters pursued demonstrators into the village and went from house to house searching for them. […]
Occupation confiscates more Land in West Bank and announces Apartheid Road
The Occupation is to isolate over 7000 dunums of Palestinian land in the Bethlehem and Hebron areas in preparation for the continuation of the Wall and the construction of an apartheid road which will carve through the south of West Bank. The new ‘Jews-only’ road will run virtually parallel to the existing road, linking the […]
Join the Free Palestine Contingent, Manchester, UK 23rd September
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign in the UK is organising a mass demonstration against the ongoing occupation of Palestine, to be held in Manchester. The demonstration will meet at 12:30 by the ‘Peace Garden’ in St Peter’s Square, about 200yds away from Albert Squareâ in front of Library/by the metro stop. A specially hired train will […]
SOCIAL FORUM OF THE AMERICAS CONDEMNS ‘GENOCIDE’ AND CALLS FOR SANCTIONS ON ISRAEL
The Hemispheric Council of the Social Forum of the Americas (SFA) has released a strongly-worded statement condemning Israel’s âgenocidal campaignâ in Palestine and Lebanon and calling for a boycott of Israel and sanctions. The statement, released on August 4th in the wake of Israel’s assault on Lebanon, is scathing in its denunciation of the United […]
Jordanian opposition groups join calls to boycott Apartheid Israel
A coalition of Jordanian opposition groups yesterday reiterated their calls for an international boycott of Israeli produce. In a statement, the the National Committee for Confronting Normalization (NCCN), which consists of opposition parties, trade unions and independent politicians, said: “We urge all Jordanian citizens to boycott fruit and all goods produced in the Zionist entity […]
UN CIVIL SOCIETY CONFERENCE SLAMS ‘ISRAELI APARTHEID’
Civil society organizations meeting at the UN have condemned Apartheid Israel and called for boycott, divestment and sanctions against the state and for the prosecution of Israeli war criminals. The International Conference of Civil Society in Support of the Palestinian People includes representatives from Palestine and all continents. In a strongly-worded statement, the conference condemned […]
Demonstrators attacked in Bil’in
***image2***Occupation forces yesterday attacked a popular demonstration in the town of West Bank town of Bil’in, breaking a man’s arm and firing tear gas at nearby homes. The attacks happened at the town’s weekly demonstration against the Occupation. Around a hundred demonstrators were walking towards the Apartheid Wall under the banner of a large Palestinian […]