Occupation forces suppressed the weekly protest in Nabi Saleh village, which came under the title of âLoyalty for Our Prisonersâ in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners strike currently being held in occupation prisons. Many of these prisoners were incarcerated arbitrarily for their political actions against the occupation. Protesters were shot by metal bullets covered with […]
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218 signed Call for a Swedish academic boycott of Israel
Background: As a result of the EU-Israel Association Agreement (IAI), Israel is one of the view non-EU countries allowed to see its companies and institutions applying for Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) funding. This is a key financing instrument for IAI's and Elbit's joint research with European institutions and therefore Stop the Wall is campaigning against […]
Bil’in Protesters: “We Will Not Forget Our Prisoners”
Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons are on hunger strike for the fifth consecutive day in protest of being forced into isolation cells and being deprived of family visits. Under the title"We Will Not Forget Our Prisoners" dozens of suffocation cases in Bilin weekly protest. Dozens were seriously suffocated during the weekly protest in Bil'in after […]
Palestinian civil society welcomes Agrexco liquidation, Celebrates BDS victory
For Immediate Release – September 12, 2011 Supporters of Palestinian rights claim victory as target Agrexco ordered into liquidation Court papers warn that company is Israeli symbol whose downfall will have "wider implications" Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions National Committee (BNC) calls on the movement internationally to celebrate this victory and to intensify BDS campaigns Campaigners […]
Letter to International Participants of the “Welcome to Palestine” Campaign
The “Welcome to Palestine” initiative took place July 8-16, 2011. In response to an invitation put forth by Stop the Wall along with 40 other Palestinian civil society organizations, popular resistance committees, and political factions, hundreds of international visitors reserved flights to Israel's Ben Gurion airport for July 8th, 2011. Hundreds of men, women, and […]
Egyptian Demand Cutting Ties, Expelling Israeli Ambassador
Thousands of Egyptians gathered Friday night in front of the Israeli embassy, continuing a sit-in that has was sparked when Occupation forces killed five Egyptian soldiers near the border last week. Waving Egyptian and Palestinian flags, chanting revolutionary slogans, and launching fireworks at the top stories of the building that houses the Israeli embassy, protesters […]
Nine-year-old Wounded in al-Ma’asara Village Weekly Protest
On Friday, a young man and a child were injured during the weekly protest against the Apartheid Wall in al-Ma'asara village in Bethlehem after the occupation forces attacked the participants. According to the spokesman of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, Mohammed Brijeyeh, the occupation soldiers suppressed the march through abuse involving severe […]
French giant Veolia cut down to size for abusing Palestinian rights
Originally Published by Maren Mantovani and Michael Deas at The Electronic Intifada. The French corporation Veolia once appeared unassailable; today it is ailing. It is faced not only with the global economic crisis but also the growing impact of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against its involvement with Israeli apartheid infrastructure and transport […]
UN statehood bid ‘threatens Palestinian rights’
Original publication: https://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=415804 BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) — The Palestinian team responsible for preparing the United Nations initiative in September has been given an independent legal opinion that warns of risks involved with its plan to join the UN. An initiative to transfer the Palestinians' representation from the PLO to a state will terminate the legal status […]
Campaign of the Month: Military Embargo on Israel Now!
Originally published at War Resisters’ International On July 9, 2011 the BNC (BDS National Committee), the largest Palestinian civil society coalition, launched a call for a mandatory, comprehensive military embargo on Israel. The BNC calls upon all people of conscience, movements and organisations worldwide to support the embargo and to pressure governments, multilateral bodies and […]