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 […]
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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 […]
Expansion of infrastructure for Zionist settlers in the south
Occupation authorities issued a confiscation order on August 29th for 3 dunums 900m2 from Harmala village southeast of Bethlehem. Land is being confiscated in a built-up area to build a concrete wall. This Wall will be 1 ½ km long west of Harmala along a settler road and will be built 40m from the nearest […]
Protestors dismantle gates and parts of the Apartheid Wall
***image2***Dozens of farmers from Deir Istya village north of Salfit destroyed 2 iron gates belonging to the Israeli Nature Protection Society. They were put across a farm road last Tuesday north of the village annexing 1,500 dunums of agricultural land. Angered by this the farmers gathered on their land to destroy the gates. No soldiers […]
Agrexco blockaded in London
Early Wednesday morning on August 30 Palestine solidarity activists blockaded the Occupation company Carmel Agrexcoâs UK headquarters. This was part of an ongoing campaign against recurrent breaches of human rights and international law in Palestine. Carmel is complicit in war crimes under the International Criminal Court Act 2001 (ICC Act). They import fresh produce originating […]
Malaysians boycott US companies
Malaysians launched a boycott of 3 US companies on Friday in protest over Washingtonâs âsupport of Israelâs military actionsâ against Palestine and Lebanon. The Muslim Consumer Association of Malaysia is calling on people to stop boycott three high-profile US companies â Starbucks, Coca Cola and Colgate-Palmolive. Starbucks is notorious for its support of the Zionist […]
Occupation bulldozers escalate destruction for Wall
Occupation bulldozers have intensified the destruction of agricultural land for the Wall in Walaja village, northwest of Bethlehem, between Halhoul and Beit Omar, and in Aboud northwest of Ramallah. The fresh wave of demolition work in these areas comes after popular resistance had earlier managed to halt work. In Walaja (population 3,000) Occupation bulldozers started […]
Ken Loach backs boycott
Ken Loach, the acclaimed British director and winner of this year’s Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival has declared in a personal statement his support of âthe call by Palestinian film-makers, artists and others to boycott state sponsored Israeli cultural institutions and urge[s] others to join their campaignâ. He announced that he would not […]