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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 Conference’s 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 ‘Ami ‘At, south of Nablus, uprooted 300 olive […]

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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 year’s National Delegate Conference. The union is one of the country’s 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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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 […]

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Madrid demonstrators call for EU to stand against the Occupation of Palestine

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Madrid on June 10 to demonstrate against the Israeli Occupation of Palestine and called on their government, and the European Union, to act. ***image1***People from all over Spain came together to demand an end to the Occupation, the recognition of a legitimate and democratic Palestinian government and […]