For Original Press-release, Click Here. Facing a bankruptcy hearing in a Tel Aviv court Tuesday, Israeli export company Agrexco has been beset by bad headlines in recent months. Now its problems look set to worsen, after Palestinian solidarity groups from across Europe joined forces to escalate a boycott campaign. A new coalition on Thursday promised […]
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Demonstration in al-Walaja Village Against Further Construction of the Wall
Later that evening, 150 demonstrators marched toward the apartheid wall on al-Walaja lands, in the west Bethlehem district. They tried to reach the isolated lands where Occupation bulldozers are currently working on constructing a new section of the Apartheid Wall. The demonstration, which was organized by Stop The Wall Campaign and the âWelcome to Palestineâ […]
Confrontations Occurred at al-Quba Checkpoint, North of Bethlehem Entrance
Occupation forces suppressed the demonstration organized today by Stop The Wall Campaign and âWelcome to Palestineâ initiative at al-Quba checkpoint at the northern entrance of Bethlehem city by firing tear gas and rubber bullets. Mazen al-Azah, coordinator of Stop the Wall campaign for Bethlehem district, said that the demo came as part of the local […]
Violence at the Bakkah mosque in Hebron
Five demonstrators suffered various injuries today and dozens suffered from gas asphyxiation as result of the suppression by occupation forces towards the mass demonstration. The demonstration started from outside Bakkah mosque in Hebron in Martyrs Street near the center of the old town to reject Judaizing the city, stealing land by the settlements, and to […]
Israeli Occupation Forces Invade Wadi Qana
Israeli occupation forces invaded on Monday Wadi Qana in the south of Nablus after being declared a âmilitary closed zoneâ and held a number of citizens from the nearby town of Deir Esta while bulldozing around 450 olive trees and destroying 3 donoms ready to be planted. Wadi Qana has been declared a closed military […]
TWO PROTESTS SEND STRONG MESSAGES ON INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BEING KEY TO BREAK THE ILLEGAL ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE
On the Seventh Anniversary of the Advisory Opinion of the Hague Hundreds Asked to Implement the Decision of the International Tribunal Almost 300 Palestinians demonstrated today at Qalandia military checkpoint, north of Jerusalem, in response to the invitation from Stop the Wall campaign, political parties, and the Independent Youth Movement. Demonstrators came out to commemorate […]
Media Alert: Palestinian civil society calls for comprehensive military embargo on Israel
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 […]
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 […]