On Tuesday 11th August 2015 Jordan Valley Solidarity activists witnessed Israeli house demolitions in two villages of the Jordan Valley: Al Jiftlik and Khirbet Humsa. Israeli soldiers with two bulldozers and around fifteen Jeeps arrived in Al Jiftlik at 7am and demolished two houses. The owners of the houses, Mahmoud Mitaheb and his brother Abdallah […]
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Boycott in a captive economy…
Koos Mohammed interviewed among others Mazen al Azzeh, an activist in the Stop the Wall Campaign from Bethlehem district, about the uphill task of building a boycott of Israeli goods in a condition of completely captive market, such as the West Bank and Gaza. Jerusalem – The global boycott movement has gained strong momentum since […]
73 Members of the European Parliament Call on the EU to Stop Supporting Israeli Military Companies
From the European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine: 73 members of the European Parliament issued a letter to European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini and Jan Robert Smits – Director-General of DG Research and Innovation concerning EU support to Israeli military companies trough Horizon2020. The unique cross-party initiative is the first time […]
The Battle for Beit Al-Baraka
The mystery surrounding the ownership of this hotly contested strategic building and its land has finally been uncovered, exposing not only the deception that was used to obtain the land but also the imminent plan in regards to being taken over by settlers. Situated on 38 dunums of private land, this abandoned church and […]
One year after the Gaza massacre: UK against Arms Trade with Israel
In an open letter to the Guardian leading intellectuals and artists have called for an arms embargo on Israel: "We call upon the UK government to stop arming Israel and extend all our support to the protesters who are using their voices and efforts towards ending the arms trade. All charges against the 19 people […]
Building the Boycott is More Important Than Ever
One year since Israel’s Gaza massacre and ten years since the launch of the BDS movement: building the boycott is more important than ever. Read here the statement from the Palestinian BDS National Committee – BNC. ——- A statement from the Palestinian BDS National Committee One year ago today, Israel launched a brutal military […]
Block the Factory Successfully Closes Four Elbit Factories
Today, July 6, activists in the UK shut down three of four Elbit-owned factories, including a drone engines plant. Four different factories owned by Elbit Systems were shut down by protesters on the one year anniversary of last summer's Israeli attack on Gaza. Despite police instruction to discontinue protesting, multiple activists have refused […]
Destroying Dunums: The War on Land in the Jordan Valley
We are like a tree, if you uproot us we will die – A local resident The concepts of military training alongside fertile agricultural land, to say the least, are worlds apart. Home to thousands of Palestinians, whose existence is sustained by the fruitfulness of their land, both the crops and people of the Jordan […]
Salute to the Greek people: Your ‘OXI’ (No) inspires all of us
The Stop the Wall Campaign sends a deep felt salute to the Greek people who this Sunday have stood up bravely against brutal austerity measures that the Eurogroup wants to continue to impose on Greece. Your steadfastness against the scaremongering and the dictates of some of the most powerful institutions in the world is today […]
Life under occupation and apartheid – June 11-17, 2015
This week’s report highlights in particular the growing use of life bullets and serious injuries in protests against Israel’s occupation policies across the West Bank. Again almost sixty invasions have occurred in the West Bank while fishermen are still the main target of Israeli attacks on the people in Gaza. The Israeli occupation forces […]