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On Thursday morning Occupation forces stormed the town in an attempt to suppress protests and intimidate the people of Ni’lin. The military gathered close to the girls’ secondary school and fired tear gas and sound bombs, terrifying the the children. They fired on various homes and directly into the home of Said Salim Khawaje, whose […]

Border police escalated the violence in Ni’lin, beating one resident nearly to death on Thursday. Occupation forces went on to seal the village on Friday in an attempt to isolate the local struggle against the Wall. On Thursday, the people of Ni’lin gathered in the middle of the village for a demonstration against the Apartheid […]

On 14 August, Occupation forces issued military order putting a 1,500 m2 area from the Tal Ramida neighbourhood, located in the middle of the old city of Hebron, under military control. This land, which is owned by Palestinians, was ostensibly confiscated for “military purposes” and will serve to further increase settler control over the old […]

On Tuesday, 12 August, at least 25 market stalls owned by Palestinian farmers have been demolished by the Israeli Occupation Forces in the Jordan Valley. ***image2***Occupation soldiers went on rampage along Road 90 in the Jordan Valley. At 6:30 a.m., troops began to raid Palestinian vegetable shops established close to the villages of Bardala, ‘Ein […]

***image2***Occupation forces informed Palestinian villagers almost exactly a month ago about the imminent confiscation of 356 dunums in the northern Jordan Valley. Since then, people in the area have been faced with the likelihood of losing their land and property. Two settlements in the same region will be expanded. On 10 July 2008, soldiers issued […]

Although the Occupation forces tried to close the entrance of Ni’lin, locals from surrounding villages and international solidarity activists were still able to attend an anti-Apartheid Wall demonstration in the village. This time the Occupation experimented with new techniques in an attempt to break the demonstration, throwing balloons filled with sewage water and unleashing police […]

A large Occupation force raided the village of Imreiha, north of Ya’bad and northwest of Jenin. Soldiers prevented the farmers from completing their work on two water reservoirs under the pretext that they were located in area C. Under Oslo, area C is under complete Occupation control and as such Palestinians wishing to build in […]

BDS NEWSLETTER Edition: 05 – July, 2008 CORPORATE NEWS Feature: Derail Alstom – Saudi Arabia deal The state owned Saudi Electric Company (SEC) has signed a letter of intent to award Alstom a 1.9 billion Euro contract to build a power plant in Shoaiba. French multinational Alstom is a 20% shareholder in Citypass consortium that […]