The Paris initiative aims to restart negotiations for a two-state solution. But so far peace plans have only helped Israel take more Palestinian land. The Israeli Bantustanization project is an attempt to reduce the areas accessible to Palestinians to fragmented cantons – or Bantustans – and annex the remaining land and natural resources, using the […]
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New destruction of property in Ni’lin. Israel keeps violating IHL
Newly built factory destroyed in Ni'lin. The road from Ramallah to Ni’ilin brings us deep into Area C, the 60% of the West Bank declared under the Oslo Accords as under full Israeli control and prime target for Israeli annexation policies, in disregard of IHL and its obligations under the Geneva Convention. The villages is […]
Solidarity continues to target EU funding for Israeli military and security sector
The EU continues to fund Israeli companies and institutions that are directly involved in the maintenance of the Israeli regime of apartheid, colonialism and occupation. ECCP has worked on new research, Stop the Wall prepared new resources, a new campaign targets a shocking EU funded project aimed at unifying methodology of interrogation between Israeli police […]
354 European human rights organisations, church groups, trade unions and political parties call on the EU to support their right to boycott
Press Release: May 18th More than 300 human rights and aid organisations, church groups, trade unions and political parties from across Europe have called on the EU to uphold its legal responsibilities and hold Israel accountable for its violations of international law and to defend the right of individuals and institutions to take part in […]
Ramallah mobilises again against the social security law
Ramallah, people fighting for social justice Ramallah 10 May 2016 – In Ramallah, nearly two thousand people gathered to protest against the social security law. The demonstration started in the city centre to march past the Legislative Council building up to the ministry of public housing The protest has been called in opposition to a […]
May 1 message by the New Unions (PFNTU)
To workers every were in this world, To all trade unions representing the workers and leading the workers struggle for their rights, In this day, the day of labour struggle and internationalism of the working class against class oppression and exploitation and all forms of racism and racial discrimination, the Palestinian New Federation of Trade […]
Statement of Condemnation and Solidarity: João Bigode presente!
It is with sadness and indignation that we have learned about the murder of João Pereira de Oliveira, known as João Bigode. He was murdered on April 15 at around 7pm by a death squad that shot him in his home in Santana, municipality of Antônio Gonçalves (Bahia/Brazil). João Bigode was one of the leaders […]
Ten thousand mobilize in Ramallah to fight for social rights
Today, a first mass demonstration against the social security law that has been issued by president Abu Mazen and is supposed to come into force on April 21 has shown an overwhelming opposition among the Palestinian population to the policies of the Palestinian National Authority. After the mobilization of the teachers union at the beginning […]
After BDS pressure, Brazilian province cancels cooperation agreement with Israel’s Mekorot
The Brazilian state of Bahia decided on April 2 to end its cooperation agreement with Israeli water company Mekorot. The decision comes after pressure from campaigners from the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which works to end Brazilian complicity with Israel’s violations of international law. Civil society campaigners and social movements denounced in various […]
World Water Day: Palestine calls to end complicity with Israeli water apartheid
As part of the calls for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions on Israel, Palestinian organizations and municipalities urge governments and public institutions to end cooperation with the Israeli state-owned water company Mekorot. This year, movements in Bahia, in the northeast of Brazil, have joined in the struggle against these dirty deals demanding their state water companies […]