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South Bethlehem: mass protest galvanizes resistance to the Apartheid wall

The Popular Committee Against the Wall in south Bethlehem organized a protest attended by around 1000 people from Um Salmone, Beit Fajjar, Joret Shama’, Wadi al Nis and other nearby villages. The villagers organized the protest to galvanize resistance to the Apartheid Wall that the Occupation forces are starting to build on their land. ***image2***The […]

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March on Washington to protest war and occupation!

This past year has seen a massive escalation in the destruction unleashed by the United States and Israel on the Middle East. In Palestine, Occupation forces have killed more than 600 Palestinians and injured many others. The Occupation also continues to show its contempt for international law and human rights by continuing the construction of […]

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People of Izbet al Tabib are threatened with expulsion and house demolition

***image2***Izbet al Tabib, east of Qalqilia has had its application to build houses for its 217 inhabitants denied yet again. The Occupation forces all Palestinians within the West Bank area demarcated as “C zone” by the Oslo process to apply for building permits, which are regularly denied. The “C zone” overlaps in large parts with […]

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Apartheid Road grows and farmers lose more land

In Yatta in the south of Hebron, occupation bulldozers have begun expanding a 1km long settler only road that has been under construction since 2001. The expansion of this road will confiscate more Palestinian land and serve to further isolate farmers from their lands. Palestinian farmers are not permitted to use the road or any […]

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Pickets in Canada against Book Store Chain Support for the Occupation

In Toronto and Montreal the Coalition against Israeli Apartheid, supported by Not in Our Name, has held information pickets on Saturday 23rd of December to launch a boycott of Indigo & Chapters bookstores (officially operating under the corporate name Indigo Books & Music Inc.) and its subsidiaries, SmithBooks, Coles, The Book Company, Indigospirit and Worlds […]

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South Africans Urge the Recall of the Ambassador From Tel Aviv and Sanctions Against Israel

At a press conference held on the 18th of December in South Africa the Palestine Solidarity Committee, COSATU (the Congress of South African Trade Unions representing 1.2 million workers) and the South African Council of Churches called on the South African government to recall the ambassador to Israel and to implement sanctions against Israel. Speakers […]