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In concluding its successful Fourth Annual International Convention, Al Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, takes this opportunity to condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the Israeli aggression being waged against the Palestinian and Lebanese people. At this moment, while the Israeli war machine unleashes itself upon the civilian infrastructure and national institutions of […]

***image2***In Bil’in and al-Khader, hundreds of villagers united in mass protests to confront large deployments of Occupation forces and to continue their resistance against the Apartheid Wall and the continued Zionist aggression. In Bil’in the Occupation forces had to face powerful determination from villagers who undertook to defend their land and village. Bil’in village has […]

In the past few weeks, news has spread around Argentina that the country will be part of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Israel signed by the governments of the Mercosur. The Mercosur is a customs union that today includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela, and five other South American countries with associate member […]

On Saturday July 8th, 2006 around 1,000 people demonstrated on the streets of Bilbao in support of Palestine. The march started at 5:30 pm in front of the Arriaga theatre and then proceeded in a powerful demonstration throughout the capital of the Basque country. During the march, Palestinian music was played and slogans such as […]

On the 10th of July, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (South Africa) convened an urgent media conference in response to the escalating massacres of the Palestinian people in Gaza. Various other political and social forces joined the PSC, as the groups united to announce a series of demands to the South African government, the international community […]

***image2***In Jenin district, systematic land burning – a technique already practiced by the Occupation – has destroyed invaluable land and trees. Hebron farmers are beginning to be subjected to the same expulsion mechanism of the permit system which is already in place in the northern West Bank. Slowly, more and more lands are eaten up […]

On the 9th of July, 2006 – the second anniversary of the ICJ decision that deemed the apartheid wall illegal – War on Want presented its new report about corporate responsibility in the occupation of Palestine at a one-day conference in London entitled “Profiting from the Occupation: A people’s tribunal to expose the corporations behind […]