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Occupation forces recently sent a military order to the village council of Jayyous for the confiscation of 427 dunums and 100 meters of land belonging to the villages of Jayyous and Falamya. This land will be used to modify the route of the Wall along the western side of the villages and will permanently seal […]

On 9 September, demonstrators in Ni’lin held their Friday demonstration against the Apartheid Wall. Occupation soldiers fired on the central demonstration, but a group of youth succeeded in halting the bulldozers. On Friday afternoon, 150 residents of Ni’lin marched toward their threatened lands. They were met by Occupation forces, who fired sound and gas bombs […]

The Occupation administration has announced that it intends to confiscate the Cliff Hotel in Abu Dis. This is the latest in a series of attempts, beginning in 1996, by the Occupation military to occupy the building and land on which it is built. The Wall surrounds the hotel, isolating it from Abu Dis in the […]

Five protestors from the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign were arrested at Edinburgh’s Queen’s Hall on 29 August and charged with disrupting the performance of the Israeli Jerusalem Quartet. These musicians enjoy a double status as ‘Cultural Ambassadors of Israel’ as well as ‘Distinguished IDF Musicians.’ The protest against the performance aimed at countering Occupation efforts […]

On the first Friday of Ramadan, Palestinians continued to fight for their stolen lands while the Occupation sealed off Jerusalem. While demonstrations continued in Ni’lin, al-Ma’sra and Bi’lin, Occupation forces restricted Palestinian access to Jerusalem and prevented Palestinians from praying at the al-Aqsa mosque. In Ni’lin, villagers marched to their threatened lands to hold Friday […]

BDS NEWSLETTER Edition: 06 – August, 2008 CORPORATE NEWS Stop the IEC! The Israeli Electric Company (IEC) is the national provider of electricity in Israel. Like the Israeli Water Company the IEC, which is owned exclusively by the Israeli state, is used as a tool for expansionist and discriminatory policies. The IEC provides important infrastructure […]

Occupation forces prevented the creation of road that would link the village of Khirbet Yazra to Tubas. Soldiers confiscated the identification cards of Palestinians involved with the project. Kherbet Yazra is a village east of Tubas that is populated by 13 families. Residents of the village live in simple homes constructed of mud bricks. There […]

Palestinian youth from Aida Camp have subverted advertisements for Strauss in the West Bank. Strauss, an Israeli company that manufactures sweets, coffee and other food products has spread its advertising campaign into the West Bank. Strauss has been pushing its brand of ice cream this summer, using a particular billboard that has become ubiquitous along […]