This past Friday, people in Niâlin, Maâsara, Jayyous and Biâlin held their weekly demonstrations. Hundreds turned out; some on the occasion of Motherâs Day and others in support of the American activist wounded the week prior in Niâlin. Demonstrations in Wadi Rasha have halted for the time being, as Occupation forces have temporarily halted uprooting […]
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Greek neighborhood committees take up BDS
Neighborhood committees created to oppose price rises in Greece joined the call for a boycott of Israeli products. The decision to support the boycott movement, taken in response to the attack on the Gaza Strip, illustrates the global linkages that can and should be made between struggles against oppression in different parts of the world. […]
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Occupation targets media and youth in Jayyous village
On Friday, the youth of Jayyous lead another demonstration against the Wall that is isolating their village from its land. The Israeli military attacked the village attempting to destroy one home and injuring three. ***image2***As the Friday demonstration of some 80 youth was approaching one of the gates of the Wall that blocks the people […]
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Israeli Apartheid Week 2009
Israeli Apartheid Week 2009 took place in more than 40 cities across the globe. First held in Toronto in 2005, it has spread rapidly around the world. This year, in addition to the regular participating locations, a number of new cities in Europe, North America and South Africa joined, along with every major city and […]
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Wadi Rasha protest halts uprooting for several hours
Villagers from Wadi Rasha, Ras Tira, and Dabaâa held a protest against the destruction of their olive droves and managed to block Occupation machinery for much of the morning. Every day, Occupation forces uproot as many as 40 mature olives trees in their efforts to clear a path for the Wall on village land. ***image1***This […]
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Dozens of injuries in West Bank anti-Wall protests
Dozens of people in various West Bank villages were injured this Friday, and one American activist has been seriously wounded in Niâlin and currently lies in a coma at a Tel Aviv hospital. In addition to Niâlin, there were actions in Jayyous, Biâlin, Maâsara and Burin, with a demonstration planned for tomorrow in Wadi Rasha. […]
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Australian activists launch campaign to derail Veolia/Connex
When the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) launched its campaign against the Veolia and Connex companies, all of Melbourne took notice. Australian visual artist (and PSC member) Van Thanh Rudd contributed a simple yet powerful work to the Melbourne exhibition, “Resisting Subversion of Subversion Resistance: Propositions towards urban (r)evolution exhibition.” Titled “Economy of Movement (a Piece […]
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Activists set up checkpoint at AIPAC fundraiser
Dozens of Los Angeles-area Jews, Palestinians and other allies erected a mock checkpoint at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s (AIPAC) annual Valley Fundraiser in protest of AIPAC’s attempt to steer US policy makers to ignore recent war crimes in Gaza and the occupation of Palestinian land. Cars were confronted by people dressed as Occupation […]
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7,000 protest Israeli apartheid in Sweden
In the latest in a string of sports protests, some 7,000 people protested in Sweden against Israeli participation in the Davis Cup. The action forced the match to proceed without spectators, while thousands of Palestine-supporters demonstrated outside the stadium. ***image2***On March 7, thousands of people marched to the Baltic Hall in Malmö, Sweden, where a […]