Eyad Tahar was found dead on Monday the 3rd of April, drowned in a flood near the Apartheid Wall between Bilâin and Safa. A valley here has been flooded, with the Wall blamed for preventing recent rainfall from draining. Taharâs body was recovered from the razor wire of the Wall, while his brother Raad was […]
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Land Day: Palestinians Across West Bank Rise Up in Struggle For Land, Rights and Freedom
On the 30th memorial of Land Day â the day 6 Palestinians in the Galilee were massacred defending their land from confiscation – the popular committees against the Apartheid Wall, together with numerous other organizations, escalated their resistance against the continued colonization and land theft. From Jenin to Hebron, thousands of people confronted the Occupation […]
In the 30th memorial of Land Day: Strengthening our popular resistance to hold on to our Lands and destroy the Apartheid Wall
This yearâs memorial comes at a critical time. The racist Occupationâs attacks on our people are intensifying dramatically. Their policies – closures, assassinations, house demolitions, construction of the Apartheid Wall and its associated network of by-pass roads and tunnels, annexation of the Jordan Valley, and the judaization of Jerusalem – aim to bring us to […]
Standing Strong Against the Wall – Beit Sira Maintains Popular Resistance
***image2***Popular resistance in Beit Sira continued to challenge the attacks of the Occupation bulldozers which are razing the villageâs lands for the Apartheid Wall. This weeks protest sparked clashes with Occupation Forces as Palestinians refused to accept their ghettoization and the destruction of their communities. Around 400 villagers gathered in front of the village council […]
The Wall in the Jordan Valley: Trenches to isolate and expel Palestinians from Lands
Occupation Forces are deploying new tactics as they finalize the Apartheid Wall project within the Jordan Valley. Deep trenches across the western limits of the Valley have been constructed to shut Palestinians out from their farms and pastures. It comes as part of the Occupation attempt to cleanse the Valley of Palestinians and secure the […]
Between Walls – Villagers in Bethlehem squeezed by further land confiscation
Occupation Forces distributed confiscation orders on the 19th of March for land belonging to 6 villages west of Bethlehem – Walaja, Battir, Husan, al-Qabu, Wadi Fukin and Surif. Military orders proclaimed the confiscation of over 766 dunums of Palestinian land for the route of the Wall as it cuts in from the âGreen Lineâ to […]
Attack on Palestinian water resources forms part of the Zionist plan to isolate the Jordan Valley
On Monday, Occupation forces handed Muâayad Abed al Raâoof Hreash a military order announcing the demolition of the agricultural water reservoir that allows him to cultivate his land. Muâayad Hreashâs land is located in the North West part of Bardala in the northern Jordan Valley. The Occupation built the Apartheid Wall only 200 meters from […]
The Wall in a Week – Continued popular resistance confronts the escalation of the Occupation’s crimes
During the period from 28 February to 17 March 2006, the Occupationâs onslaught of the Palestinian people has escalated not only in city-wide assaults and killings, but also via an acceleration of Palestinian ghettoization. Land confiscation for new parts of the Wall which further restrict the Palestinian ghettoes, house demolitions and closing of farmer gates […]
Challenging Tramways of Apartheid – Swiss activists block Connex shuttle run
Swiss activists from Collectif Urgence Palestine stepped up their campaign against Connex, undertaking direct action against the company which supports the racist and Apartheid policies of the Occupation. Interrupting the operation of a Connex operated shuttle, protestors showed the way in boycotting Connex and challenging itâs profiteering from Israeli Apartheid. Connex successfully won a tender […]
Beit Ummar claims confiscated village lands to resist the Occupation
Yesterday, dozens of people from Beit Ummar in north Hebron faced the Occupationâs brutality while demonstrating on their own land which is being confiscated for the Apartheid Wallâs construction. The protesters marched from Beit Ummar Municipality to their land in the North-west of the village, where settlement bloc Gush Etzion is expanding to annex village […]