For Original call, Press Here For Original Press Release, Press Here For Background Paper, Press Here As pressure to end Israel's impunity mounts: Palestinian civil society calls for comprehensive military embargo on Israel Palestinian civil society calls for comprehensive military embargo on Israel Youth movement activists deliver call and proof of military collusion with Israel […]
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BNC Call: Impose an immediate, comprehensive military embargo on Israel!
Impose an immediate, comprehensive military embargo on Israel! A call for urgent international action ***image2*** Occupied Palestine, 9 July 2011 – While the Arab Spring for freedom, democracy and social justice has exposed and challenged the collusion of world governments with autocratic and oppressive Arab regimes, many states and corporations continue their business-as-usual arms trade […]
Hundreds of Internationals and Hundreds of Palestinians Gear-up for July 8-16 activities
Some 40 Palestinian civil society organizations, popular resistance committees, and political factions announce the launching of the “Welcome to Palestine” initiative July 8-16 where hundreds of Internationals will work with hundreds of Palestinians for Peace. The hundreds of men, women, and children will arrive July 8 at the Lod Airport. The international community must recognize […]
Political art at its worst
For anyone closely following the Palestinian-Israeli issue, nothing is more insulting than the world’s political players peddling another peace initiative, crusading as the ultimate formula to extract the conflict from its current abyss. The most recent episode of such political peddling happened in rapid fire from mid-May to early June 2011, when US President Barack […]
June 24/25/26/27: JOIN THE MEDIA MARATHON TO PROMOTE ‘FREEDOM FOR PALESTINE’ SINGLE
Stop the Wall calls on you join the global Media Marathon to promote the song âFreedom for Palestineâ by OneWorld: Our goals are to get the song into the UK charts and show that 1 million people have watched the music video. Solidarity for Palestine worldwide is growing. International activists from 50 countries prepare to […]
Palestinians in Deir Qaddis succeed in stopping IOF bulldozers
People in the West Ramallah village of Deit Qaddis went out to the fields and successfully blocked the start of works for a settler road that is planned to run through their lands. Military repression has caused tens of villagers to suffer from heavy breathing problems due to tear gas inhalation. Up to late in […]
Joint-Statement: Nakba at 63 – Confronting the Ongoing Nakba
Meanwhile, the international community, especially the USA and the dominant member states of the UN continue to shield Israel from accountability and maintain extensive economic and diplomatic ties which finance and subsidize the Israeli regime. This persistent support has taken place under the guise of a 'peace process' which has worked to embellish Israeli violations […]
Non-violence activist addresses Israeli military court
Non-violence activist Bassem Tamimi’s address to Israel’s Ofer military court during his trial for organizing protests in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. A military judge refused to allow Tamimi to read his full statement in court. Your Honor, I hold this speech out of belief in peace, justice, freedom, the right to live […]
Youth movement continues to spearhead Palestinian protests
This yearâs anniversary of the Naksa – the occupation of the West Bank (including East Jerusalem), the Gaza Strip and the Syrian Golan Heights by Israel – has been marked by historic popular protests. On June 5 Palestinian refugees marched from Syria to the occupied Golan Heights while various protests were organized in the West […]