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Imprisonment of anti-Wall activists

***image2***The remaining two prisoners from al-Ma’sara are still held without charge following another delay in their trial. In Ni’lin, the young man beaten and arrested during last Friday’s demonstration was released. And in the village of Jayyus, a young man faces up to three years in prison for participating in protests against the Wall in […]

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300 dunums confiscated west of Jenin

***image1***More land has been confiscated from the village of Ya’bad in the northern West Bank. Ya’bad and the surrounding communities have already lost thousands of dunums with the construction of the Wall around the Rehan, Shaqed and Hinnanit settlements, and the most recent confiscation will sever more residents from their livelihoods. On 22 May, soldiers […]

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Nakba commemoration in Palestine and around the world

Over the past several weeks in Palestine and around the world, Palestinians and solidarity activists have gathered to hold events commemorating the 61st anniversary of the Nakba. Demonstrations, lectures, workshops and performances were organized in memory of the atrocities committed during the establishment of the state of Israel, when Zionist militias destroyed over 300 Palestinian […]

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Firefighters, PCS lend more union backing for boycott

Following the recent policy passed by the Fire Brigades’ Union and the Scottish TUC, the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) Union passed policy on 20 May supporting boycott, divestment and sanctions. In mid-May, delegates to the UK Fire Brigades’ Union conference supported a boycott of Israeli goods. Delegates also called for solidarity with the Palestinian […]

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Adverts wiping Palestine off the map removed after protest

***image1***Advertisements featuring a map advertising all of historic Palestine as an Israeli tourist attraction are being removed from the London tube, following massive pressure and complaints. These maps mirror Occupation practices on the ground, which include the annexation of touristic sites across the West Bank and their incorporation into settlement industry. The campaign against the […]

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Homes destroyed while settlements expand in Nablus, Jordan Valley

***image1***In the past month, the expansion of settlements and related infrastructure has continued. Lands were confiscated in Nablus for the expansion of settler roads as well as for settlement expansion. Also in Nablus, five Palestinian homes were destroyed in the village of ‘Aqraba. Most recently, Occupation authorities authorized the construction of a new settlement in […]

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Third critical injury from tear gas canister in Ni’lin

***image1***Occupation forces have shown no change in their increasingly violent response to the weekly demonstrations in Ni’lin and Bil’in against the Apartheid Wall. 15 people were injured, among them Mustafa ‘Amira, who was critically wounded after being shot in the head with a tear gas canister. Soldiers also arrested another young man, who was beaten […]

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Protesting Leviev, remembering Abu Rahma on Mother’s Day

On the day before Mother’s Day, 40 New York human rights advocates gathered at the Leviev jewelry store on Madison Avenue and called on throngs of weekend Madison Avenue shoppers to boycott Israeli diamond mogul Lev Leviev over his companies’ construction settlements on Palestinian land in West Bank villages including Bil’in and Jayyus. Mother’s Day […]