***image2***Occupation bulldozers and jeeps attacked the village of Funduq on Wednesday 24th of May destroying several properties. The demolitions are preparation for construction of the Apartheid Wall which will cut into the western part of the village. Other houses in the area were left under threat of imminent destruction as the Wall project is finalized […]
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West Bethlehem in Final Stages of Ghettoization
***image2***In West Bethlehem, between al-Khader and the villages to be isolated in a ghetto on the west side of the Wall, the Occupation has begun building a tunnel under the settler-only road. This construction and the associated land devastation will finalize the isolation of the villages in an unbearable ghetto. Previously, on November 21, 2005, […]
Apartheid roads through Palestinian lands dissect communities and threaten livelihoods
Last week, the Occupation confiscated more Palestinian land to add to the Apartheid road system in the West Bank. The theft of the land in the district of Nablus comes as preparation for strengthening the Jewish-only road in the area to cement racist domination over Palestinians in the northern ghettos. On Sunday, 21st of May, […]
Academic and Cultural Boycott of Apartheid Israel: a Common Practice in UK Institutions
The movement for academic and cultural boycott is growing, particularly in the UK. One indication of this is that The National Association of Teachers in Higher and Further Education (NATHFE) is proposing another boycott motion on Israeli academic institutions in its upcoming annual assembly from May 27-29. NATFHE is active in England, Wales and Northern […]
London Protesters Rally for Free Palestine
Twenty-thousand people rallied in London’s Trafalgar Square on May the 22nd for a Free Palestine. Protestors converged in Trafalgar Square where speakers condemned the British government’s refusal to recognize Palestinian democracy and its complicity with the Occupationâs attempt to starve the Palestinian people via an economic blockade. Calls and cheers were made for the isolation […]
Gates of the Apartheid Wall – Securing Annexation and Imprisonment of the Palestinian people
The “gates” of the Apartheid Wall – promoted by the Occupation as a “humanitarian” initiative – are emerging as Zionismâs main tool to slowly expel farmers from their lands. One by one, Palestinians in the north of the West Bank are being denied access to their isolated lands under the Occupation permit system. Entire villages […]
The Occupation Systematically Deprives Jordan Valley Farmers of their Harvests
***image2***The Occupation forces have developed a series of repressive measures and isolation policies that ensure Palestinian farmers are not able to harvest their land in the area of Sahel Libqeye (Libqeye Valley), east of Tammoun. Sahel Libqeye comprises approximately 20,000 dunums whose crops are doomed to rotten in the sun. Since 1972, 60% of the […]
Jubara Villagers Challenge Occupation Order to Demolish their School
Wednesday, 10th of May, Occupation forces delivered a military order to the Jubara village council to halt construction of a primary school. The school is being built by the people of Jubara to be able to resist in their village despite the extreme isolation forced upon them by the Wall and Occupation. The school is […]
Shops Demolished Again in Northern Jordan Valley
***image2***The continual harassment of the Palestinian population in the Jordan Valley has escalated with the destruction of 13 sheds used as shops by Palestinian farmers to sell their products. Occupation Forces attacked the people, took away their goods and demolished the shops. On May 14th at 9 a.m., military bulldozers arrived to demolish the sheds […]
United Against Ghettozation of ar Ram – Occupation Forces challenged by Mass Protest
***image4***On Saturday, 13th of May, the people of ar Ram united in the streets to protest the Wall that tears the community in half for the Judaization of Jerusalem. A thousand people converged in the centre of the community and marched in unison for an end to Israeli Apartheid and the Wall. Clashes erupted as […]