“Israeli soldiers held me captive for eight hours in the hot summer sun,” says Sami Huraini as he narrates how he was arrested and harassed by the Israeli occupation yesterday, June 28. After eight hours of detention, humiliation and dehumanization Sami was released. Sami, who is a grassroots organizer and co-founder of Youth of Sumud, […]
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Israeli live-fire military training in Masafer Yatta is ongoing
For a week, Israeli soldiers along with their guns, bulldozers, military jeeps, tanks and helicopters have been invading Palestinian villages in Masafer Yatta. This is part of the live-fire military training that has started on June 21, 2022 and will last for two more weeks. The Israeli army’s military training is being carried out in […]
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Call to Action: Join the Masafer Yatta World Tour
The ethnic cleansing of Masafer Yatta is well under way. Israeli military and settlers are demolishing homes at increasing speed – and they want the world ignore it! That’s why yesterday, June 13, 2022, the Israeli military delivered the final demolition order for the center run by Youth of Sumud, in the village of At-Tuwani, […]
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Who is aiding Israel? Corporate complicity in Masafer Yatta ethnic cleansing
On June 1, 2022 tens of Israeli soldiers and JCB, Volvo and Caterpillar bulldozers raided the villages of Al-Fakheet and Al-Markez and demolished seven residential tents and animal shacks, leaving families along with their herds homeless. This is the second time these families lose their homes in less than a month. On May 11, 2022, the Israeli […]
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New Resource Page: Defend Masafer Yatta
On May 4, the Israeli High Court ruled in favour of the ethnic cleansing of some 1,300 Palestinians living in eight villages in the area of Masafer Yatta. This would be the largest expulsions carried out by the Israeli apartheid regime since the 1970s. Yet, we know that grassroots resistance combined with international pressure is […]
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Nakba @74 – Visions of Liberation
On this 74th anniversary of the start of the Nakba, the Palestinian people continue rising up against Israeli apartheid and ethnic cleansing. Hear from four Palestinian activists resisting until liberation, and then take action! The Nakba is happening now. Israel’s colonial regime violently forced 750,000 native Palestinians off their land in 1948. It has continued […]
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Rising repression shows the cracks in Israel’s system of apartheid
Apartheid Israel is escalating the violence it has been inflicting on Palestinians for more than seven decades. Since the start of April, Israel has killed over 23 Palestinians, arrested and injured hundreds more. It has extended its attack on Jerusalem, invading almost daily even the holy sites of the city. While Israel is collectively punishing Palestinians in the […]
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Land Day: A Day to call for sanctions on apartheid Israel
In commemoration of Land Day – March 30, 2022 – Palestinians reiterate their call on the international community to investigate apartheid Israel and impose sanctions on it. As Israel has been unabashedly disregarding International Law for over seven decades, it must never be exempt from the sanctions set to maintain international legal order and human […]
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Take Online Action on Land Day – March 30
Land Day, March 30, honors the Palestinian people’s relentless resistance of Israeli settler colonialism, military occupation, and apartheid. It commemorates the day in 1976 when Palestinian people resisted Israeli takeover of thousands of donums (about 1,500 acres) of their land in the Galilee – and the six Palestinian protesters who were shot dead by Israeli […]
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March 30: Palestine Land Day Webinars!
On Land Day, March 30 Palestinians emphasize their relentless and ongoing struggle against Israeli settler colonialism, apartheid and military occupation. It commemorates the day in 1976 when Palestinian people resisted Israeli takeover of thousands of donums (about 1,500 acres) of their land in the Galilee—and the six Palestinian protesters who were shot dead by Israeli […]