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Heavy-handed Occupation troops sprayed demonstrators with rubber bullets and tear gas in the weekly demonstration at Bil’in village, leaving a young child requiring oxygen and at least one demonstrator needing medical attention for shot wounds. Another protest was held in Irtas, south of Bethlehem. ***image2***On 15th June, over 150 people in Bil’in marched towards the […]

Over 5,000 people converged on Washington DC on June 11th to urge their government to stop US support of Israeli occupation. It was the largest ever national demonstration against the Israeli occupation and drew demonstrators from all across the United States. It began at the Capitol and then commenced to the White House, two symbols […]

Ten thousand people braved the rain on June 9th to march for Palestine in Cape Town under the banner ‘Free Palestine! End Israeli Occupation!’. The crowd was addressed by long standing Palestine and former anti-apartheid activists as well as Ministers Pallo Jordan and Ronnie Kasrils of the ANC, Moulana Hendricks, President of the Muslim Judicial […]

In Cuba, the Executive Secretariat of the Organization of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin America (OSPAAAL) called together a Tricontinental Platform in Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The meeting, held at OSPAAAL’s headquarters in Havanna on June 8th, commemorated 40 years of Israeli Occupation in Gaza, the West Bank and the […]

Almost a thousand people marched in Dublin on Saturday 9th June to protest at the 40 year of the Occupation of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the remaining parts of Jerusalem. On a day of brilliant sunshine, marchers from various human rights groups, trade unions, political parties and Palestinian solidarity campaigns made their […]

***image2***Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets of Ramallah this week to protest against 40 years of the Occupation in two national demonstrations. Over 400 people gathered today to demonstrate against the Occupation and the Wall. The lively demonstration drew people from all over the West bank – from the Salfit, Bethlehem, Hebron and Ramallah […]

An exhibition organized by the Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign has helped to strengthen the engagement of students at Birzeit University in the resistance against the Occupation. ***image2***The exhibition, showing pictures of Palestinian suffering and struggle, ran from June 2nd to June 7th. It was the first of its kind at the university based close to Ramallah. […]

A powerful group of prominent British architects have demanded that apartheid Israel’s architects and planners ‘end their indifference and blindness to the political implications of their professional work and ethics’. In a petition presented to the Israeli Association of Architects (IAUA) leading names in British architecture, including RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) president Jack […]