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The Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign and its popular committees are coordinating collective efforts to safeguard the annual olive harvest and are calling on volunteers to stand in solidarity with Palestinian communities and join in the harvest, which will begin 15 October 2009. The harvesting of the olives is becoming more difficult every year as farmers face […]

Activists in Ireland held a demonstration in front of CRH, formerly known as Cement Roadstone Holdings, protesting the firm’s involvement in the construction of the Apartheid Wall, checkpoints and settlements. Protestors affiliated with the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Irish Anti-War Movement, éirígí and the Galway based Free Palestine Campaign in front of CRH’s offices in Dublin […]

From the 13 – 15 of August, university students from across the West Bank gathered in al-Ma’sara to discuss popular resistance in the West Bank. Youth heard lectures on the history and means of grassroots resistance to the Wall and discussed ways in which work against the Wall in their respective districts. Participants also marched […]

***image3***The regular march to the confiscated land in the village of Ni’lin was different this week, as Occupation forces have begun building a concrete wall in front of the fences and military road. The march started after the farmers finished praying in an area near the stolen lands. More than 150 people protested on Friday, […]

Residents of Bil’in and foreign activists held their weekly protest against the Wall this Friday, showered as always with tear gas and sounds bombs. The day prior, another member of the popular committee was arrested by Occupation forces, making him the 28th kidnapped from the village. At 2:00 AM on Thursday morning, a group of […]

Many residents of al-Ma’sara village gathered again today after the Friday prayer in a protest that was joined by many international and Israeli activists and groups. The protesters carried Palestinian flags and banners calling for halting crimes against civilians, breaking the siege on Jerusalem and stopping the construction of the Wall and settlement on Palestinian […]

***image3***Occupation forces have nearly completed a fortified checkpoint to the northwest of Beit Iksa. This will ensure the loss of more land, which will be used to expand nearby settlements, as well as the severing of the village from the greater community. Residents, who rely on heath and educational services outside the village, will find […]

***image2***This month, Occupation forces have issued new demolition orders to communities across the West Bank. A total of 49 residential structures are under threat, affecting families in the areas surrounding Hebron, Qalqilya, Salfit and Nablus. In a number of villages the structures, all found in Area C, are as of yet uninhabited. In al Hijra, […]