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The demonstration in al-Ma’sara was held this week as usual, and villagers and their supporters marched through the village in the direction of the Wall. Protestors chanted slogans calling for an end to the occupation and settlements as well as for unification of the factions. Occupation forces prevented marchers from completing the march to their […]

On September 22, Mohammad Othman was arrested by soldiers on the Allenby Bridge Crossing, the border from Jordan to Palestine. He is now being held in Huwara prison as a prisoner of conscience, arrested solely for his human rights work. ***image2***Mohammad, 33 years old, has dedicated the last ten years of his life to the […]

The “University Center of Ariel in Samaria” (AUCS) has been excluded from a prestigious university competition about sustainable architecture in Spain. With this move, Spain joins the growing number of European governments taking effective, even though preliminary, steps to uphold international law by boycotting or divesting from institutions and corporations involved in or profiting from […]

After the people had concluded their Friday prayer in the fields near the village, more than 100 farmers, youth, international and Israeli peace activists marched towards the Apartheid Wall and their confiscated lands. Participants brought car tires and a big home made ladder to climb the high wall. ***image2***Right at the beginning of the protest, […]

In a landmark decision, Britain’s trade unions have voted overwhelmingly to commit to build a mass boycott movement, disinvestment and sanctions on Israel for a negotiated settlement based on justice for Palestinians. The motion was passed at the 2009 TUC Annual Congress in Liverpool today (17 September), by unions representing 6.5 million workers across the […]

An open letter was published by 59 clients of TIAA-CREF (Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association, College Retirement Equities Fund) calling for divestment from Lev Leviev’s Africa-Israel due to the company’s involvement in settlement construction. Following its publication, TIAA announced that it had already divested from Africa-Israel. The letter to TIAA-CREF was signed by historian Howard […]

The struggle of the village of Ni’lin is still continuing, despite the hot weather, the month of the fasting and new concrete wall. The march began this week after the people finished praying under the olives trees, with about 100 of farmers, youth, and internationals joining in. The demo divided into two parts, one headed […]

The weekly demonstration went as normal this week in Bil’in, with Occupation forces firing on unarmed demonstrators as they approached their isolated lands. Two were injured and dozens more affected by tear gas during the action. Following Friday prayers, protestors marched through the streets, shouting slogans condemning the night raids and arrests, calling for the […]