On Tuesday 30th of May, Occupation bulldozers attacked the southwest of al-Walaja demolishing two sheds. The destruction comes at the same time as a demolition order for the local school, preparing the path for the Apartheid Wall. The Wall will ghettoize villagers, stealing their lands for the expansion of the settlements. Occupation Soldiers and bulldozers […]
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British teachers’ union overwhelmingly passes motion for academic boycott
One year after the AUTâs courageous vote for academic boycott, NATFHE, Britainâs second union for educational and academic staff, voted on Monday in favour of a motion recommending its members boycott Israeli academics and institutions that do not publicly declare their opposition to the Occupation and Israelâs racist policies. The 69,000-member National Association of Teachers […]
CUPE Ontario votes in Support of Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Against Israeli Apartheid
CUPE Ontario (Canadian Union of Public Employees) has passed a resolution in support of the global campaign to isolate Apartheid Israel committing itself to educate its members and branches about the Apartheid nature of Israel. It further asks the national body of the trade union to initiate research into Canadian involvement and complicity with the […]
Settlement expansion in Jordan Valley expels Palestinians from their land in Wadi al-Maleh
The Occupation has approved a decision to expand N. Maskiyot settlement in Jordan Valley. The further land grab for Zionist training space in the settlement will expel Palestinians from even more areas of Wadi al-Maleh. On 21st of May, the Occupation passed a decision to confiscate further 3000 dunums of Palestinian lands in Wadi al-Maleh […]
Settlement Expansion Bolsters Isolation of Jordan Valley
Settlements are expanding in the Jordan Valley at an amazing speed. All along the Jordan Valley, colonizers are grabbing land and cementing the dispossession of the Palestinian people on the ground. A week ago, colonizers from Rotem settlement, east of Wadi al-Maleh, began putting fences around and isolating 350 dunums of land they stole last […]
Scotland-wide Boycott Day Against Disney’s support for the Occupation
The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign has launched a Boycott Day on Saturday, 27th of May. From 12-4pm, in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee, activists protested against Disneyâs investments in Apartheid Israel. The Disney Corporation through its subsidiary group Shamrock plans to invest $100 million in the racist Apartheid state of Israel. This is over and above […]
Funduq hit by house demolitions for path of Apartheid Wall
***image2***Occupation bulldozers and jeeps attacked the village of Funduq on Wednesday 24th of May destroying several properties. The demolitions are preparation for construction of the Apartheid Wall which will cut into the western part of the village. Other houses in the area were left under threat of imminent destruction as the Wall project is finalized […]
West Bethlehem in Final Stages of Ghettoization
***image2***In West Bethlehem, between al-Khader and the villages to be isolated in a ghetto on the west side of the Wall, the Occupation has begun building a tunnel under the settler-only road. This construction and the associated land devastation will finalize the isolation of the villages in an unbearable ghetto. Previously, on November 21, 2005, […]
Apartheid roads through Palestinian lands dissect communities and threaten livelihoods
Last week, the Occupation confiscated more Palestinian land to add to the Apartheid road system in the West Bank. The theft of the land in the district of Nablus comes as preparation for strengthening the Jewish-only road in the area to cement racist domination over Palestinians in the northern ghettos. On Sunday, 21st of May, […]
Academic and Cultural Boycott of Apartheid Israel: a Common Practice in UK Institutions
The movement for academic and cultural boycott is growing, particularly in the UK. One indication of this is that The National Association of Teachers in Higher and Further Education (NATHFE) is proposing another boycott motion on Israeli academic institutions in its upcoming annual assembly from May 27-29. NATFHE is active in England, Wales and Northern […]