Between 15 and 25 people have been arrested and scores more injured after Palestinian Authority forces attacked a demonstration against the US President Bush in Ramallah with batons and pepper spray. Other demonstrators were attacked in Bethlehem. In defiance of a crackdown on demonstrations by the Palestinian Authority, at noon around 700 demonstrators attempted to […]
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Farmers forced at gunpoint from olive groves near the Apartheid Wall
***image1***Occupation forces today forced farmers from Zububa village to abandon their work in olive groves near the Apartheid Wall. As the farmers tended their olive trees at a distance of around fifty meters from the Wall, a unit of Occupation forces surrounded them and ordered them to stop work, claiming that they posed a security […]
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In Memoriam: Dr. Ahmad Maslamani, 20 December 1958 – 7 January 2008
People are protesting and fighting back â this is what we want.â ***image1***âThis morning Dr. Ahmad Maslamani, a leading national figure in the Palestinian grassroots struggle against the Occupation, passed away as a result of a heart attack. In 1985 he was a founder member of the Union of Health Work Committees, where he was […]
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Family home demolished as Occupation intensifies settlement of East Jerusalem
***image2***Occupation forces yesterday continued the destruction of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem, against the backdrop of new multimillion dollar plans for illegal Israeli settlement in the city. A wrecking crew accompanied by Occupation forces arrived at the house of Akram al-Waâywiy in East Jerusalem, claiming that the house had been built without permission. Mr al-Waâywiy and […]
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Canadian postmen deliver a message to the Occupation
Postal workers in Canada have voted to boycott the Israeli Occupation and to launch campaign to raise awareness of Israeli apartheid. The Ontario regional constitutional conference approved a boycott motion which also calls for sanctions on the apartheid state and for research to explore Canada’s links to the Occupation. One issue likely to attract the […]
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Occupation leader forced to cancel UK visit
A senior leader in the Occupation, Avi Dichter, has had to cancel a planned visit to the UK for fear of being prosecuted for war-crimes. Dichter ordered the killing of fourteen Palestinian civilians in Gaza in 2002. He had apparently been requesting that the UK government ensure his immunity from prosecution for war-crimes if he […]
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Bethlehem under attack while Har Homa settlement expands
Nine families from around Bethlehem are to be made homeless after Occupation forces this week issued them with notice that their homes are to be demolished. The Occupation also announced the construction of 307 units in the nearby Har Homa settlement, which pushes up against the edge of Bethlehem. The demolition orders hit areas across […]
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Protesting the JNF: Community Groups Oppose Fundraising for Illegal “Canada Park”
On December 2nd, two hundred people from a host of community organizations braved the first snowstorm of the winter to protest the Jewish National Fund (JNF) annual Negev Dinner held at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Toronto. This yearâs JNF dinner aimed to raise 7 million dollars for the refurbishment of the illegal âCanada Parkâ. […]
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The Week against the Apartheid Wall from Palestine spans around the globe!
The Week Against the Apartheid Wall has once again sent up a rallying cry for Palestinian resistance and world solidarity. Running from the ninth to sixteenth of November 2007, the week of action featured film screenings, conferences, lobbying, demonstrations and pickets in countries around the world. Now in its fifth year, the week saw the […]
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PA represses popular protest demanding Palestinian rights and against Annapolis
***All demonstrators arrested in the protests in Ramallah have been released.*** ***image2***200 demonstrators were arrested and 30 injured today in Ramallah when PA forces attempted to prevent demonstrations demanding that the PA fully uphold Palestinian national rights and against the Annapolis conference. The Palestinian Grassroots Anti Apartheid Wall Campaign has released a statement demanding the […]