The Israeli army burnt hundreds of square kilometers of land belonging to Palestinian farmers in order to expand the Tal Zeâev settlement, south of Hebron city. Over 2000 ancient olive trees, along with citrus and almonds trees were left to burn last week as the Israeli army refused to let the fire brigade attend the […]
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Pensioners and children are not spared as Apartheid Israel continues ethnically cleansing Jerusalem
An old man was hospitalized for two weeks after being attacked by setters in Beit Safafa as the occupation continues its attempts to ethnically cleanse the Jerusalem district. ***image2***In their almost daily attacks, the settlers also injured a 78 year old woman when they broke into her house, threw empty bottles at her and beat […]
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Twenty companies blacklisted by US Methodists for complicity with the Occupation
The New England Conference of the United Methodist Church has recommended its churches divest from twenty companies which support the illegal Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza and other Israeli breaches of Human Rights. The recommendations came in a report by the Conferenceâs Divestment Task Force, published in June, after two years of […]
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News from the South: Palestinian lands burned by the Occupation
Hundreds of dunums of Palestinian land have been burned in the last days to expand the Zionist colonization of our land. Ancient olive trees, harvests and grazing lands have been set ablaze to ruin the livelihoods of the population and prepare the further expansion of settlements. On June 23, Zionist settlers from the settlement of […]
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Zionist settlements in expansion all over the West Bank
Zionist settlers in Nablus district and the Jordan Valley have stolen Palestinian land and trees to strengthen their grip on our land. The continuous expansion of settlements aims to further fragment the Bantustans outlined by the Apartheid Wall. ***image2***On June 23, the settlers from the settlement of âAmi âAt, south of Nablus, uprooted 300 olive […]
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Occupation Forces attack people from Um Salamoneh planting olive trees
On Friday, the people from Um Salamoneh gathered once again for the demonstration they hold each week in defense of their land and rights. They went to the area where the bulldozers of the Occupation have been destroying the land and uprooting the trees to prepare the soil for the footprint of the Apartheid Wall. […]
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UNISON confirms UK Boycott Drive
UNISON has strengthened and reconfirmed its support for the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions at this yearâs National Delegate Conference. The union is one of the countryâs biggest labour organizations and represents 1.3 million National Health Service and other public service workers in the UK. It has been affiliated with the Palestine Solidarity […]
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Another significant step forwards for BDS as Northern Irish Union says no to Apartheid Israel.
The Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance (NIPSA) has unanimously passed five motions on Palestinian solidarity at its 2007 annual delegate conference. The biggest union in Northern Ireland, with over 44,000 members from across the Northern Irish civil and public services and voluntary sector, sent a strong message to Apartheid Israel by passing motions which included […]
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Discriminatory Jewish National Fund denied ECOSOC consultative status
Supporters of the Palestinian cause world-wide were pleased to hear that the United Nationsâ Committee on NGOs has rejected the application of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) USA for consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). The final decision that confirmed the inherently racist nature of the organization was taken on 21st […]
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Canadians protest at Occupation-funding books and siege of the Palestinian people
Canadians mobilized at the 40th anniversary of the occupation of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights in a mass demonstration and a nationwide boycott day on June 9th. Activists in Toronto, Halifax, Montreal, London, Winnepeg, Calgary, Vancouver, Victoria joined the Boycott Indigo&Chapters campaign initiated by the Coalition against Israeli Apartheid. Activists […]