At 6.30am on August 20th 2015, the Israeli army entered Khirbeit Samra in the north of the Jordan Valley with ten military jeeps and two bulldozers and destroyed Samra School. The school was built by Jordan Valley Solidarity and international volunteers, in co-operation with local Palestinians, in 2013/14 to provide Khirbeit Samra and the surrounding […]
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BNC: Join us – Olympics without Apartheid!
Like our Facebook page “Olympics without Apartheid” here! See the Stop the Wall Factsheet Ban ISDS! – Olympics without Apartheid here! Israeli military companies, all of which are deeply involved in Israel’s war crimes against the Palestinian people, among others, see the Olympic Games as an opportunity for profit and a means to export their “field-tested” expertise […]
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Join: People resist the Wall in Cremisan Valley
Early Monday morning, August 17, the Israeli military with its bulldozers stormed the area of Bir Uona archeological site, west of Beit Jala in Bethlehem governorate, and razed 25-30 dunums of land and uprooted about 45 olive trees, some of the hundreds of years old. Join the Solidarity Tent set up to challenge the land […]
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Israeli Army attacks Fasayal Village
At 6am on Tuesday 18th of August the Israeli Army invaded and attacked Fasayal village in the Jordan Valley. Twenty Israeli military jeeps accompanied by six bulldozers demolished seven houses as well as cutting electricity cables, destroying water tanks and animal shelters belonging to Palestinian residents. The first house demolished belonged to Mahmoud Ibrahim Abu […]
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House demolitions in Jiftlik and Khirbet Humsa
On Tuesday 11th August 2015 Jordan Valley Solidarity activists witnessed Israeli house demolitions in two villages of the Jordan Valley: Al Jiftlik and Khirbet Humsa. Israeli soldiers with two bulldozers and around fifteen Jeeps arrived in Al Jiftlik at 7am and demolished two houses. The owners of the houses, Mahmoud Mitaheb and his brother Abdallah […]
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Boycott in a captive economy…
Koos Mohammed interviewed among others Mazen al Azzeh, an activist in the Stop the Wall Campaign from Bethlehem district, about the uphill task of building a boycott of Israeli goods in a condition of completely captive market, such as the West Bank and Gaza. Jerusalem – The global boycott movement has gained strong momentum since […]
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73 Members of the European Parliament Call on the EU to Stop Supporting Israeli Military Companies
From the European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine: 73 members of the European Parliament issued a letter to European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini and Jan Robert Smits – Director-General of DG Research and Innovation concerning EU support to Israeli military companies trough Horizon2020. The unique cross-party initiative is the first time […]
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The Battle for Beit Al-Baraka
The mystery surrounding the ownership of this hotly contested strategic building and its land has finally been uncovered, exposing not only the deception that was used to obtain the land but also the imminent plan in regards to being taken over by settlers. Situated on 38 dunums of private land, this abandoned church and […]
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One year after the Gaza massacre: UK against Arms Trade with Israel
In an open letter to the Guardian leading intellectuals and artists have called for an arms embargo on Israel: "We call upon the UK government to stop arming Israel and extend all our support to the protesters who are using their voices and efforts towards ending the arms trade. All charges against the 19 people […]
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Building the Boycott is More Important Than Ever
One year since Israel’s Gaza massacre and ten years since the launch of the BDS movement: building the boycott is more important than ever. Read here the statement from the Palestinian BDS National Committee – BNC. ——- A statement from the Palestinian BDS National Committee One year ago today, Israel launched a brutal military […]