The Occupation has confiscated 180 dunums of agricultural land from the villages of Deir Sharaf and Qusin, located northwest of Nablus, for use as a trash dump. This comes as the official sanctioning of a practice that has been ongoing since 2002 and has caused extensive damage to the agriculture and health of the villagers. […]
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Leviev boycott moves forward with action in the UK and NYC
Palestine solidarity organization Adalah-NY was recently involved in two actions against Lev Leviev, the Israeli diamond magnate and construction mogul. The first action called on the British government to reverse its plan to rent its new embassy in Tel Aviv from Levievâs company, Africa-Israel, as dealings with Leviev serve to condone the Occupationâs settlement construction […]
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Month of action as PSC UK re-launches boycott campaign
The British-based Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) used the month of September as their Boycott Israeli Goods (BIG) Month of Action, as PSC supporters from over twenty towns created eye-catching and impact-achieving demonstrations. In order to support the demonstrations, the PSC also held meetings and film-screenings as a means of spreading their message about the BDS […]
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Continued clashes mark the beginning of the olive harvest
In Niâlin and al-Maâsra the Friday prayers and protests against the Wall have marked the beginning of the olive harvest. Although there are a few days remaining until the official start of the harvest season, farmers have begun picking olives in a number of villages across the West Bank. They have already been met with […]
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November 9 – 16: Join the 6th Week against the Apartheid Wall!
***To download the call in PDF format, click here.*** ***To download the French version of the call in PDF format, click here.*** As part of the national and international mobilization to mark the 60th year of the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe), in which millions of Palestinians were either slaughtered or displaced by the Zionist militias and […]
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South Hebron communities hit with confiscations
On 19 September, the Occupation military issued a military order confiscating 22 dunums of land in southern Yatta with the aim of setting up concrete barriers along the settler road. The day prior, Occupation soldiers announced that tens of dunums in the southern part of the Yatta had been transformed into a closed military zone. […]
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Settlers burn 45 dunums of land in Far’ata
A group of settlers set fire to land belonging to residents of the village Farâata, located east of Nablus, with flames consuming 45 dunums of village agricultural land. ***image3***On 19 September, a fire was started in the northeast part of village land, meters from the Zohar Gilad settlement. Farmers had prepared crops of barely and […]
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Arrests and attacks continue in Ni’lin
Ahad al-Khawaja, coordinator of the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign in Niâlin, was injured when a sound grenade fired by Occupation troops struck him in the face. The Occupation military has also increased its campaign of arrests, with 6 youth arrested since last Thursday. On 23 September, Khawaja had been leading the EU delegation on […]
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6 dunums confiscated in Ramin for checkpoint expansion
On the morning of 21 September, Occupation forces issued a military order requiring the confiscation of 6 dunums of agricultural land from the village of Ramin, southeast of Tulkarm. The confiscated land will be used for the expansion of the Enav military checkpoint. The residents of the village were informed that the military order would […]
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Labour for Palestine contingent march in solidarity with Palestinian workers
Canada: Earlier this month, union activists from the Labour for Palestinian network marched in the Toronto Labour Day parade. The network brings together rank and file union activists who promote the BDS campaign within their respective unions. ***image1***Marching as part of the Canadian Union of Public Employees under the banner of âFree Palestine â Boycott […]