A group of activists who interrupted an Israel-Switzerland World Cup qualifier with a protest against Israeli apartheid today used their court appearance in Basle to publicly denounce the occupation again. On September 3, 2005 the four activists ran onto the field with banners demanding âFree Palestine â Boycott Apartheidâ. The protest was witnessed by thousands […]
Occupation forces have destroyed the Palestinian Bedouin community of Khirbet Qasa, West Idna, to the west of Hebron city, driving 263 people from their homes. ***image2***At 8.00 on Monday 29 October Occupation forces arrived at the small village, isolated on the western side of the Apartheid Wall, in a convoy of jeeps and diggers. The […]
Solidarity activists in Paris, France, demonstrated on Saturday 27 October against a large public exhibit erected by the Mayor of Paris which proclaims Parisiansâ âsupportâ for the Israeli Occupation forces. The exhibit in Parc de Bercy in the 12th Arrondissement of Paris, shows three smiling Israeli members of the Occupation forces, dressed in civilian clothing, […]
“Toward the Establishment of a Palestinian Civil Society Defragmentation Strategy” was the title of a three days strategy meeting of Palestinian civil society from all over their homeland and the diaspora. The conference was held in Agros, Cyprus, between 16 and 18 October 2007 at the initiative of Ittijah – The Union of Arab Community […]
In early October the Association pour une Solidarité Syndicale Ãtudiante (ASSÃ) passed an important motion joining in the global movement for BDS. In their motion they commit to an education campaign on Israeli apartheid and support for BDS, joining efforts with other Canadian organizations to stop their countryâs cooperation and support to Israel. The ASSE […]
***image2***On Friday 26 October, Palestinian demonstrators from the West Bank village of Mazraâ were shot at with live ammunition by Israeli Occupation Forces and settlers while protesting against the theft of their land. By order of the Occupation forces, 1,000 dunums of the villageâs land are being confiscated and given to the two nearby settlements […]
***image2***Generation Palestine, a group of young European activists who took part in summer camps organized in Palestine with the General Union of Palestine Students, demonstrated their opposition Monday October 22 to the visit of Occupation Prime Minister and war criminal Ehud Olmert and his warm welcome by French president Nicolas Sarkozy. The activists released a […]
***image2***Yesterday Occupation bulldozers continued tearing up the lands of the village of Brukin in the north of the West Bank. The bulldozers have now been at work for two days, clearing the way for the expansion of the industrial zones (For more information on the industrial zone) of the nearby Israeli settlement of Brukhin. The […]
***image2***On the Thursday, the 17th of October the Israeli Occupation Forces issued a demolition order for Fasayilâs primary school and yet another Palestinian familyâs home in the village. Construction work requires a permit from the Occupation authorities but since the occupation of the West Bank in 1967 not one has been granted. The systematic ban […]
Occupation forces issued a military order for the confiscation of 1,200 dunums of Palestinian land for the construction of a new road to connect southern West Bank ghettos with Jericho. The land will be seized from the Palestinian neighbourhoods of Abu Dis and Sawahre and areas near Nabi Mussa, south Jerusalem. The new road will […]
