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 […]
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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 […]
Arab groups call for the isolation of the Occupation an end to Israeli UN membership
51 Arab NGOs have called for Apartheid Israelâs membership of the UN to be frozen due to âviolations and aggressionsâ. The coalition, which includes Palestinian NGOs such as the Gaza Community Mental Health Project and the Torture Rehabilitation Centre, condemned Apartheid Israel for its âlong heritage of violation of international lawâ. The group referred to […]
Protests in Norway continue
Saturday 22nd August saw the latest in the latest in a series of demos in Norway against Zionist aggression. Over 1,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Oslo again in solidarity with the Lebanese and Palestinians. This follows mass demos across Norway every Saturday between July 22nd – August 12th. The Oslo Confederation of Trade […]
Its official – Bethlehem is a ghetto
***image2***Many news sources report that Occupation Forces have officially annexed Al Qubbe area north of Bethlehem, an historical part of Bethlehem, into Greater Jerusalem. Occupation military sources stated that responsibility for this area has been transferred from the army to the border police and regular police. All Israelis can now access this area, which includes […]
‘OCCUPATION TO BLAME’ FOR FIRES DEVASTATING OLIVE GROVES IN THE WEST BANK
Hundreds of olive trees were destroyed yesterday by fires that broke out on Palestinian land cut off by the Apartheid Wall. The villages of Azun, Izbit Tabib and Nabi Ilyas lost several hundred dunums of land to the blaze, which local people suspect may have been started deliberately by Jewish settlers. Four hundred dunums were […]