We are like a tree, if you uproot us we will die – A local resident The concepts of military training alongside fertile agricultural land, to say the least, are worlds apart. Home to thousands of Palestinians, whose existence is sustained by the fruitfulness of their land, both the crops and people of the Jordan […]
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Salute to the Greek people: Your ‘OXI’ (No) inspires all of us
The Stop the Wall Campaign sends a deep felt salute to the Greek people who this Sunday have stood up bravely against brutal austerity measures that the Eurogroup wants to continue to impose on Greece. Your steadfastness against the scaremongering and the dictates of some of the most powerful institutions in the world is today […]
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Life under occupation and apartheid – June 11-17, 2015
This week’s report highlights in particular the growing use of life bullets and serious injuries in protests against Israel’s occupation policies across the West Bank. Again almost sixty invasions have occurred in the West Bank while fishermen are still the main target of Israeli attacks on the people in Gaza. The Israeli occupation forces […]
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UK Campaigners to Close Elbit Systems Factory on Gaza War Anniversary
London Palestine Action, a Palestinian solidarity network based in London that thrives on creative action against Israeli apartheid, particularly through the usage of BDS campaigns, has organized a peaceful protest to be held on the 6th of July, 2015 at the Elbit factory in Shenstone near Birmingham. The protest will transform the area surrounding […]
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BDS France protests Elbit at Paris Air Show 2015
Saturday 20 June 2015, thirty activists of the BDS French campaign (Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions) activists carried out a non-violent protest today at the Paris Air Show, surrounding the stand of the Israeli company Elbit. This company is the principal supplier of killer drones to the Israeli army, which used these weapons during the massacres in the Gaza […]
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Life under occupation and apartheid – June 1-10 2015
This report gives a summary of growing colonization and ethnic cleansing and ongoing repression of Palestinian resistance during the first ten days of June. A particular increase in the use of 'flying' temporary checkpoints in order to disrupt Palestinian life is highlighted, along with 121 Israeli raids and operations in the West Bank. Summary […]
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Swiss Elbit deal moves on as opposition grows
BDS Switzerland condemns the Swiss approval to the purchase of Israeli drones amidst significant opposition inside and outside parliament. On June 16, 2015, a majority in the National Council of the Swiss parliament voted in favour of purchasing six Hermes 900 drones from Israeli company ELBIT for the Swiss army. A sum of CHF […]
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May: A month of grassroots resistance to Israel’s ethnic cleansing
Throughout May, Stop the Wall and the Land Defense Coalition have been working together to build resistance, support steadfastness and create information and awareness about Israel's ongoing policies of ethnic cleansing and colonization in the West Bank. May has been a month of heavy onslaught on the Palestinian people in the West Bank, with Israel […]
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Life under occupation and apartheid – May 2015
This report gives a summary of growing colonization and ethnic cleansing during the month of May as well as the human rights violations enacted by the occupation authorities during this period in order to repress popular resistance and hinder journalists from reporting about the reality of Palestinian life under occupation and apartheid. The report […]
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India: Call to oppose increasing military and trade ties with Israel
Narendra Modi is all set to be the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Israel. This is what this “first” really means: closer military and trade ties with Israel. Closer military ties with Israel make India complicit in Israel’s war crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Israeli military industry, the largest industry in the […]