âWhy are all the things done to apartheid South Africa not being done to Israel?â demanded top South African trade unionist Willy Madisha as he addressed the national gathering of trade unions in London last week. Speaking at the Palestine Solidarity Campaignâs trade union conference, held on March 11 in London, Madisha â the president […]
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Another brick in the Wall – Pink Floyd Star targeted for playing show in Apartheid Israel
Pink Floyd member Roger Waters reiterated this week his intent to take part in a concert in Apartheid Israel. Signalling a business as usual approach with the Occupation, Watersâ decision has sparked anger and outrage amongst Palestinians and their international supporters. News of the upcoming concert in Tel Aviv catalyzed a protest campaign that has […]
A Series of Protests Organized in South Tulkarem District Against Checkpoints and Apartheid Wall Gates
***image2***District popular committees against the Apartheid Wall, in cooperation with Palestinian national political parties, organized a demonstration at Jubara military checkpoint and gate situated at the entrance of the village, south Tulkarem District. The demonstration emerged as a community protest against prolific land siege and daily gate and checkpoint closures that are strangulating villages throughout […]
Budrus: a fortress of Palestinian resistance
***image2***The Occupation forces have stepped up their threats and retaliations against Budrus, western Ramallah, in a vain attempt to force the villagers to accept the ghettos of the Wall and to renounce the struggle for their land. On Sunday, the Occupation forces stormed the village before daylight to hang statements on the doors of houses […]
The Wall in a Week – The Ghettos tighten around the Walled-in Palestinian villages
The last week in the West Bank was marked by further steps to complete the ghettoization of the Palestinian people. Life for the people and the farmers in the North is more and more confined to the limits of the ghetto walls with cultivation of their lands almost completely jeopardized. In Bethlehem, efforts to destroy […]
Campaign against Arms trade with Occupation Launches in Spain
The Spanish Solidarity Network against the Occupation of Palestine has launched a campaign against the arms trade with Apartheid Israel. It comes in response to the Spanish Ministry of Defence openly backing the Occupation, and flouting all regulations on the arms trade, by purchasing 2600 missile heads and 200 missile launchers from the Israeli consortium […]
Palestinians stand up against expulsion from Jordan Valley
***image2***The popular committee of the Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign – in coordination with Palestinian NGOs – mobilized this week holding a protest at Bardala terminal in the north of the Jordan Valley. The northern Jordan Valley is closed to all Palestinian ânon-residentsâ. Bardala terminal which the farmers use to sell their crops to the 1948 […]
Divestment Conference in US promises surge of campus Activism
A major divestment conference in the US has attracted 376 activists. Representing 90 different campuses and solidarity organizations, the campaigners gathered together on the weekend of February the 17th to strategize around divestment initiatives against Israeli Apartheid. The diverse group spent two days discussing ways to project the story of Palestinian dispossession, life under military […]
The Trail of Violence and Destruction: Large scale demolition in East Qalqiliya
***image2***A children’s playground and a number of Palestinian homes were demolished on Wednesday the 22nd of February as Occupation Forces went on the rampage throughout East Qalqiliya. At 9 am Occupation bulldozers and soldiers entered the village and imposed a curfew as they razed, flattened and destroyed. Many other homes and buildings are to be […]
Palestine takes centre stage at World Social Forum
At the sixth meeting of the World Social Forum (WSF) in Caracas (24th -29th of January 2006), Palestinians struggling in their homeland joined with Palestinians from the Diaspora to ensure their message and calls played a central role in the gathering. The WSF is the biggest gathering of global social movements, anti-war and anti-globalization groups. […]