On the 5th of August 2005, the Presbyterian Church entered the next phase of its divestment process from Israeli and multinational companies supporting Israeli policies. The Mission Responsibility through Investment (MRTI) Committee of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) published its divestment list that singles out Caterpillar, ITT Industries, Motorola and United Technologies as concrete measures towards […]
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Boycott Intel products for setting up a factory on Palestinian stolen lands!
Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition, has called for protests and a worldwide boycott of Intel, the largest chip maker in the world, reinforcing the call from within Palestine for the Isolation of Apartheid Israel. The reason for this is Intelâs decision to invest some $4 billion in an extra facility in Kiryat Gat, […]
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Kafr Thulth and Azzun Lands Stolen for Settlement Annexation via the Apartheid Wall
***image2***In order to annex the settlement blocs of what is called the âAriel Fingerâ in northwest West Bank, more Palestinian lands have been seized through the path of the Apartheid Wall. Since August 2nd, Occupation bulldozers have uprooted 240 dunums and 300 olive trees in the villages of Kafr Thulth and Azzun, aiming to isolate1250 […]
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9th of July: Awareness Raising on the Apartheid Wall in Palestine to pave the ground for effective solidarity
Because of permanent campaigns of disinformation and because of the control of Apartheid Israel over worldwide media, people often donât know much about the Occupation in Palestine. Thus, every chance should be seized by activists to inform the society they live in on the reality of life under Occupation and to explain the Zionist project […]
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House Demolitions and Tighter Occupation Control Bolster Palestinian Expulsion of the Southern Ghettos of Hebron and Bethlehem.
***image2***Old City, Hebron: Occupation Forces have intensified their efforts to control and, ultimately, expel the Palestinian population from Hebronâs old city. The entrances to Akabba, the Shibli mosque, Al-Eskafia shopping area, and the main market of Shaloody have recently been blocked off through gates and road obstructions that tighten the colonial grip on Palestinian life. […]
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Strong Mobilization of French activists against the invitation of the prime minister of Apartheid Israel by President Chirac
***image1***The coming of Ariel Sharon, the leader of Apartheid Israel, to Paris provoked opposition and anger among the French population. French support to Israel has never been lacking and behind the shallow discourse of verbal criticism of Israeli policies a deep rooted complicity is continuing. Palestinians know that it was the French government that armed […]
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Kenyan Anglican Church joins the Divestment campaign to isolate Apartheid Israel
The Anglican Church of Kenya has lately decided to divest from companies that are taking advantage of the continuous destruction and seizure of Palestinian land and lives. In doing so, the Anglican Church of Kenya is backing an appeal launched by the 75 million-member Anglican Communion in support of the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment […]
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Palestinian Refugees in Shu`fat Defend Their Presence in Jerusalem
***image2***Palestinians in Shu`fat Refugee Camp, northeast Jerusalem, have mobilized a long-term campaign against the Zionist plan to expel them from their city of Jerusalem through the Apartheid Wall. A protest tent was inaugurated today as a centralized site of local gathering, strategy, and the dissemination of information against the Wall. As hundreds of people gathered […]
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36,000 Trees Set Ablaze by Occupation Forces in Qaffin and Akkaba
Thousands of dunums of agricultural lands have been scorched in a series of devastating fires ignited by Occupation Forces and their settlers in the most fertile areas of Palestine. In the villages of Qaffin and Akkaba in Tulkarem District in the northwest region of the West Bank, over 36,000 trees in 4000 dunums have been […]
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Fridays in Occupied Palestine
***image2***With increasing attention directed at the disingenuous âdisengagementâ from Occupied Gaza, the unrelenting construction of the Apartheid Wall is falling under the radar of international media. This intended political distraction calls attention away from the daily reality of land devastation and confiscation that Palestinian villages are facing as construction of the Apartheid Wall continues. Palestinian […]