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Live bullets, sound grenades and tear gas were used by occupation forces to disperse a popular march that started from the centre of al Ma’sra, south of Bethlehem, and moved towards the Apartheid Wall. ***image2***Organizers vowed continued resistance and announced more protests to mark the 4th anniversary of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision, […]

At 5 am on Friday morning, occupation forces invaded the village of Ni’lin, ordering a complete curfew and closing all access roads to the village in an effort to pre-empt further demonstrations. While Israeli repression grows, it has failed to prevent a further two demonstrations which succeeded in paralyzing settler traffic in the area for […]

BDS NEWSLETTER Edition: 04 – June, 2008 CORPORATE NEWS Pressure on Veolia continues This month has seen a number of developments in the campaign against Veolia. Following the decision by SNS Bank’s subsidiary ANS to divest from Veolia, activists approached SNS bank itself. This month, SNS has agreed “the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory is […]

This morning the people in Ni’lin organized another mass demonstration to protect their lands and lives from destruction by the Apartheid Wall. As the construction workers did not agree to stop their work on demand of the people, the protestors have disabled their equipment. ***image2***After hundreds of protestors had gathered in the village center, the […]

A list of European NGOs working on human rights, housing and health rights and development have petitioned the EU to ensure that Israel meets certain conditions as part of the EU-Israel Association Agreement. The term “conditionalities” has been coined by the World Bank and other international finance institutions (IFI) to put pressure on countries in […]

On 24 June 2008, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) filed a lawsuit at the National Court of Spain, the highest Spanish judicial council, against seven former senior Israeli military officials. These include former Defence Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, his former military advisor, Michael Herzog, former Israeli Army Chief of Staff Moshe Ya’alon and Dan […]

The Green Party of Seattle has endorsed Initiative 97, which calls for the city of Seattle Employees’ Retirement Fund to restrict investment on companies profiting from war and occupation in Iraq and Palestine. The initiative, which was developed by the Seattle Divest from War and Occupation campaign, aims to limit Seattle’s involvement with companies involved […]

UNICEF has cut ties with diamond magnate Lev Leviev on account of his involvement in settlement construction in Palestine, particularly on land belonging to the villages of Jayyous and Bil’in. The UNICEF decision comes after pressure on the agency from within Palestine as well as internationally. The international campaign has been led by Adalah-NY, who […]