Deir Istya is an old historic village with architecture and city walls from the Mamluk era, the Roman and Byzantine times and the Ottoman Empire. It is located in the West Bank C-area, meaning that Israel has full security and civil control over the area. It is one of the oldest villages in the West […]
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Beit Jala – Fact Sheet
The town of Beit Jala lies in Bethlehem district in the West Bank, governed by it’s own municipality and mayor. It is both A-area (approximately 25 per cent) and C-area (the remaining percentage of Beit Jala-land)[1]. Traditionally, the inhabitants of Beit Jala consisted of 80 per cent Christians, but today this figure is much less. […]
‘Azzun ‘Atma Village – Fact Sheet
‘Azzun ‘Atma is a small village in Qalqiliya district of the West Bank that has been occupied since 1967. It is governed as a C-area, meaning that Israeli authorities have full security and civil control. The village of ‘Azzun ‘Atma faces many difficulties due to the checkpoints and the Apartheid Wall, and the settlements that […]
Farmers’ Union and Stop the Wall campaign commemorate the eternal Land Day
2 4 2014 The Union of Palestinian Farmers and the grass-roots campaign Stop the Wall, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Association of Kafr al-Labad planted more than 100 olive seedlings on a land threatened with confiscation near "Avni Hefetz" settlement, which was built on the lands of Kafr al-Labad and Shufa […]
Israeli forces demolished houses and barracks in the Jordan Valley
1 4 2014 Israeli occupation forces demolished houses and barracks in "Humsa Bokayaa" area in the Jordan Valley, that belongs to Walid Suleiman Abu Kabash, Hakam Abu Kabash and Ali Abu Kabash, who said that the occupation forces came at 8am in the morning and demolished the houses and the barracks without even warning the citizens, although […]
Occupation forces suppress the activities of the 38th anniversary of eternal land day in occupied Palestine.
31 3 2014 Israeli occupation forces suppressed the demonstrations, which began in various Palestinian Occupied territories since 1948, and occupied west bank to commemorate the 38th anniversary of land Day. Thousands have participated in land day demonstration in the cities of Araba, and Sakhnin to commemorate the 38 anniversary of land day; and they […]
World Water Day sees launch of First International Week To Boycott Mekorot
Campaigners from around the world are taking part in a week of action against Israeli national water company Mekorot, the main agent of Israeli water apartheid against Palestinians. The week launches on 22 March, World Water Day, and lasts until 30 March, when Palestinians mark Land Day in protest of Israeli systematic land and resource […]
The agreement with MEKOROT in La Plata (Argentina) has been suspended!
Now we continue, in the rest of Argentina… MEKOROT – agent of Apartheid in Palestine – OUT OF ARGENTINA! CTA, ATE, Federación de Entidades Argentino-Palestinas (Federation of Argentinian-Palestinian Entities) and Stop the Wall announced the suspension of the shady business with Mekorot, a water treatment plant that would have fuelled Israeli apartheid in Palestine […]
Injures in protests remembering Al Ibrahimi Mosque massacre
2122014 today, Israeli forces arrested five citizens including Badie Dweik, an activist in Youth Against Settlements, and dozens were injured. A Sky agency journalist injured in the head by a tear gas, after the occupation army suppressed the demonstration that Hebron Defense Committee, Stop the Wall campaign, Youth Against Settlements, and several national bodies have called for on […]
Occupation forces suppressed an activity to plant olive seedlings in Susia area
15 2 2014, Israeli occupation forces suppressed an activity to plant olive seedlings in Susia area in Hebron, they also prevented activists from reaching Al Mkfarah and Atwana regions to plant olive seedlings. More than 150 Stop the Wall and Farmers Union activists planted 200 olive seedlings in Susia area and distributed 300 seedlings […]