Palestinian activists have scored a major coup in the campaign to isolate Apartheid Israel and managed to publish an article calling on the world to boycott Israel in the Global Agenda, one of the major journals of the World Economic Forum (WEF). All of the participants in the latest meeting of the global capitalist elite […]
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Family Homes Demolished in Al-Walaja and Numan, Bethlehem
***image2***In Numan village, northeast of Bethlehem, and in Al-Walaja village, west of Bethlehem, people face a real danger of expulsions due to the occupation policy which has terrorized and strangled them while leaving them beneath the basic level of subsistence without access to water or electricity âuntil they be obliged to leave the area.â A […]
Activist Court Case Puts Apartheid Israel On Trial
Seven Palestine solidarity activists are in court in Britain this week facing prosecution but aiming to use the case to highlight the call for boycott and divestment from Apartheid Israel. The case will argue that trade with Israeli companies, which profit from the Occupation and the oppression of the Palestinian people, is illegal and must […]
The Wall in a Week – Occupation Bolsters Expansion on Destroyed Palestinian Lives
The Occupation intensified its violent and racist policies this week against Palestinians in their villages and cities, concentrating on the schemes to exterminate Palestinian existence. The Occupation has launched a huge campaign to demolish Palestinian houses under the claim of having âno permitsâ, a technical tool used to expel Palestinians from their lands to annex, […]
House demolitions in Jerusalem continue unabated
***image2***Occupation bulldozers arrived in Ein Lozeh in Silwan (Jerusalem) on the morning of January the 16th and attacked the house of Ahmed al Raziq. Al-Raziqâs modest property consisted of a single 75 square meter room. He had built a small structure above the entrance to the property in order to prevent the house from decaying. […]
Gaza Farmers Further Squeezed by the Occupation
***image2***Farmers in Gaza have started a grassroots call for a boycott on Israeli goods as the Occupation simultaneously floods Palestinian markets with their products and disallows Palestinian farmers to sell their products in the West Bank or the â48 lands or any kind of export. At the end of last week, farmers gathered in front […]
The Wall in a Week – A New Year calls for Resistance against Siege and Expulsion
Palestinians woke up to a new year of siege and expulsion as Occupation Forces continued to confiscate their lands, demolish their houses and destroy the sources of livelihoods. This experience is reinforcing on a dail basis how dignity, life and future are intimately linked to the end of the Occupation of Palestine. In many areas, […]
Continuing the Eastern Wall: Aqraba left isolated from lands after fresh land confiscation
Occupation Forces have announced the confiscation of over 16 dunums of land (16044 square maters) from Aqraba, a village to the east of Nablus. The confiscation was made to build a sniper watchtower in the east part of the village, to prevent Palestinian access to their lands that stretch through the Jordan Valley. In total, […]
Al-Walaja: Al-Nakba continues
In al-Walaja village, west Bethlehem, people live in conditions evoking the Nakba (catastrophe) of 1948 that saw the ethnic cleansing of most of Palestine. Their existence is denied by Occupation Forces who continuously demolish houses and use force to expel Palestinians from their land and property. The recent acts of destruction were carried out by […]
Anata students defend their school as Occupation Soldiers Attack
Students from Anata secondary school have resisted an attack by Occupation Forces on their school, its pupils and teachers. On January the 2nd, a large contingent of soldiers arrived at the school after classes had begun and began to physically attack students and teachers. One teacher was singled out for arrest, but students and teachers […]