14/05/13 A group of settlers set fire to agricultural land in the village of Beit Furik, east of Nablus, on Tuesday. There is a checkpoint at the entrance to the town and this, along with the efforts of the occupation army and settlers, prevented the villagers from putting out the fires At the same time […]
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Demolition notices in al-Auja and continuous attacks by settlers
13/05/2013 On Tuesday Israeli occupation forces handed over notices to demolish 14 houses in al-Auja, in the Jericho and the Jordan Valley area. This follows the demolition of three houses last weekend In Hebron (where violations by the occupation army and settlers occur on a daily basis) the occupation forces announced that a water well […]
Israeli forces suppress Nakba march and arrest Mazen al-Azzeh
Israeli forces suppress Nakba march and arrest coordinator of the Popular Campaign in Bethlehem 15-5-2013 Yesterday Israeli forces arrested Mazen al-Azzeh, coordinator of the Popular Campaign against the Wall and settlements in Bethlehem. This took place while he participated in a march in Bethlehem to mark 65 years of the Nakba (catastrophe). The presence of […]
Demolition Without Warning in the Occupied Territories
On Wednesday morning (24/4/13) Israeli occupation forces, accompanied by bulldozers and the so-called Civil Administration, demolished 3 houses under construction in the Ganieh region, northwest of al-Arrub refugee camp, north of Hebron. When Hazem Abdel Fattah Al Jabri returned to his home the occupation forces had demolished a room 35m square and a concrete wall […]
The Occupied Territories commemorate the 39th Palestinian Prisoners’ Day
On the 17th April Palestinians gathered in the occupied territories to commemorate the 39th Palestinian Prisoners’ Day. This day was first commemorated by the Palestinian National Council, under the authority of the PLO, in 1974. On this date the Palestinian prisoner, Mahmoud Bakr Hijazi, was released in the first exchange between Palestinians and the […]
Palestine activists call on Netherlands prince to disassociate from JNF water project
Palestinian boycott activists are calling on the Netherlands’ Prince Willem to reconsider his decision to lend his name to a water project undertaken by the Jewish National Fund Netherlands in the Naqab/Negev desert in the south of present-day Israel. The project is in honor of the prince’s inauguration as king later this month. Omar Barghouti, […]
Weekly Demonstrations: 15/4/13
Al-Ma’sara: Israeli occupation forces suppressed the weekly march against the separation wall in Ma’sara. The IOF intercepted the march and attacked demonstrators, beating them, preventing them from reaching the wall and injuring a number of them. Beit Ummar: Three demonstrators were hit by rubber-coated metal bullets fired by the IOF at the entrance to the […]
Violent settler attack in Silwad
On Thursday (11/4/13) Israeli settlers attacked a 60 year old man as he worked on his land near Ramallah. The settlers beat Ahmad al-Zir, who used to be a Palestinian judge, round the head with an iron rod until he lost consciousness and was taken to Ramallah Government Hospital. This assault sparked clashes between Palestinians […]
Brazilians show their solidarity with Palestine at the LAAD fair in Rio
Demonstrators from the BDS campaign in Brazil (boycotts, divestments and sanctions) showed their solidarity with Palestine last week when they staged protests at the LAAD Fair. The LAAD fair (The Latin American Aerospace and Defence Exhibition) took place at the RioCentro in Rio de Janeiro from the 9 – 12 April and had been dubbed […]
Settlers destroy dozens of trees in Beit Ummar
Settlers from the settlement of Beit Ayin, northwest of Beit Ummar in Hebron, cut and destroyed dozens of trees on the land of farmer Hamad Abdul Hamid Jaber, on Thursday morning. This sabotage left 55 grape vines, 1 quince tree and 45 olive trees destroyed. Two olive trees were more than 30 years old. The […]