Palestinian boycott activists are calling on the Netherlands’ Prince Willem to reconsider his decision to lend his name to a water project undertaken by the Jewish National Fund Netherlands in the Naqab/Negev desert in the south of present-day Israel. The project is in honor of the prince’s inauguration as king later this month. Omar Barghouti, […]
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Weekly Demonstrations: 15/4/13
Al-Ma’sara: Israeli occupation forces suppressed the weekly march against the separation wall in Ma’sara. The IOF intercepted the march and attacked demonstrators, beating them, preventing them from reaching the wall and injuring a number of them. Beit Ummar: Three demonstrators were hit by rubber-coated metal bullets fired by the IOF at the entrance to the […]
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Violent settler attack in Silwad
On Thursday (11/4/13) Israeli settlers attacked a 60 year old man as he worked on his land near Ramallah. The settlers beat Ahmad al-Zir, who used to be a Palestinian judge, round the head with an iron rod until he lost consciousness and was taken to Ramallah Government Hospital. This assault sparked clashes between Palestinians […]
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Brazilians show their solidarity with Palestine at the LAAD fair in Rio
Demonstrators from the BDS campaign in Brazil (boycotts, divestments and sanctions) showed their solidarity with Palestine last week when they staged protests at the LAAD Fair. The LAAD fair (The Latin American Aerospace and Defence Exhibition) took place at the RioCentro in Rio de Janeiro from the 9 – 12 April and had been dubbed […]
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Settlers destroy dozens of trees in Beit Ummar
Settlers from the settlement of Beit Ayin, northwest of Beit Ummar in Hebron, cut and destroyed dozens of trees on the land of farmer Hamad Abdul Hamid Jaber, on Thursday morning. This sabotage left 55 grape vines, 1 quince tree and 45 olive trees destroyed. Two olive trees were more than 30 years old. The […]
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Fact sheet: The village of Beitillu and the Settlement Reality
Beitillu Village: Beitillu is a village located to the northwest of Ramallah, 19 km from the city. Beitillu is bordered to the east by Birzeit and the farm village, Almazra'a and to the west by the Green Line. To the north it’s bordered by Nabi Saleh and to the south by Ras Karkar and Al-Janbeh. […]
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Anonymous hackers unite to attack Israeli websites in solidarity with Palestine
Last week the hacking group Anonymous launched a cyber-attack campaign dubbed #OpIsrael replacing Israeli homepage messages with anti-Israel slogans and causing massive disruption to government, academic and private sites. The attach reached its peak on Sunday with high-profile government systems such as the Foreign Ministry, the Bank of Jerusalem, the Israeli Occupation Ministry, the IOF […]
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Stop Israeli illegal settlement highway in Jerusalem
Urgent Appeal for Action 6 April 2013 Stop Israeli construction of a new illegal settlement highway in occupied Palestinian territory Halt Israeli destruction and forcible displacement of the Palestinian community of Beit Safafa in occupied East Jerusalem A public appeal by the Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem submitted to […]
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Further suppression of demonstrations by the occupation
The Occupation suppresses the weekly demonstrations against the wall and settlements and demonstrations condemning the martyrdom of captive Maisara Abu Hamdiyeh Events on Friday 5th April Hebron: Occupation Forces used tear gas and water cannons to suppress the weekly demonstration demanding freedom of movement in Hebron and the re-opening of the street connecting the city […]
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Funeral of Abu Hamdiyeh attended by thousands while clashes throughout the Occupied West Bank continue
The funeral of prisoner Maisara Abu Hamdiyeh in Hebron today was attended by thousands of mourners who lined the streets as the funeral procession set off from al-Ahli hospital towards al-Shuhada cemetery where the body will be buried. Abu Hamdiyeh died of throat cancer on Tuesday, shackled to his bed in Israeli custody, after […]