***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 […]
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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. […]
Land Confiscations Hit Village of Tura
Occupation Forces have delivered fresh confiscation orders in the village of Tura (West Jenin) for the construction of a new military base. Aiming to control the lives of Palestinians, launch attacks on their communities and steal their lands, the military base will be built on Palestinian land already isolated by the Apartheid Wall, sealing their […]
“Israeli Apartheid Week” held in several universities across UK and Canada
Coinciding with the 30th Anniversary of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, the âIsraeli Apartheid Week 2006â was held simultaneously in Oxford and several Canadian cities â Toronto, Montreal, and Kitchener-Waterloo. The initiatives ran from the 13th â17th February and featured speeches, film screenings, lectures, cultural events and […]
“In Defense of our lands” – People of Ramallah District Rise Up Against Occupation Forces
On Friday 17th of February, popular committees against the Apartheid Wall in Ramallah district held demonstrations reaffirming their determination to protect Palestinian lands. Hundreds of people gathered in Aboud, Bilâin and Beit Seera to stand against the bulldozers which uproot their land for the Wall. Different forms of resistance to the Wall and the Zionist […]
Boycott against the architects and construction companies of the Israeli Apartheid!
Some of Britainâs most prominent architects are considering an economic boycott of Apartheid Israelâs construction industry, in protest against the continued expansion of settlements, the ongoing construction of the Apartheid Wall and what it described as the Occupationâs use of architecture to promote an âapartheid systemâ. Architects and Planners for Justice in Palestine (APJP) met […]
The People of ‘Aboud Re-Claim Their Lands, Setting Fire to the Apartheid Wall Foundation
***image2***Several hundred villagers in `Aboud, west Ramallah waged a large-scale demonstration against construction of the Apartheid Wall on their lands. Demonstrators, from the young to the village elders from âAboud and surrounding villages, accompanied by members of the Palestinian Legislative Council, congregated together in the center of the village and marched in a long processional […]
Houses Demolished in Only Available Space for Palestinian Expansion in Shuqba, West Ramallah
***image2***Abed El Aziz Fakhry Qdaah from Shuqba, west Ramallah woke up to bulldozers trampling his sonâs family dreams, reducing their future to the leveled ground. The various strategies of Occupationâthe Wall, the settlements, and demolishing housesâ strip Palestinians of their smiles and stability in their life, aiming to completely destroy hopes for a viable future. […]