Norwegian retail chain VITA made public on Friday their decision to stop all sales of products originating from settlements in occupied Palestine. VITA will therefore stop selling products from the cosmetics brand Ahava. VITA has been the main retailer of Ahava products in Norway, and this decision will be a serious blow to the sales […]
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Land Day demonstrations towards Jerusalem!
– For live streaming from Qalandiya, please watch: https://qik.com/freepalestinelive – For updates on the various protests in the West Bank, please follow @stopthewall twitter – For indepth news and photos, check out www.stopthewall.org Program: In the West Bank a large coalition of Palestinian political forces and movements has organized the following events to break the siege […]
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Land Day protests reaffirm Palestinian rights to Jerusalem
To see photos of the protest in Qalandiya: https://www.flickr.com/photos/stopthewall/sets/72157629701904981/ To see photos from the protest in Old City of Jerusalem: https://www.flickr.com/photos/stopthewall/sets/72157629337316924/ While the Palestinian Land Day protests are ongoing, the first critical injury by Israeli military occurred in Bethlehem: Ali Arafe, 20 years old, has been shot with a teargas canister in the face in front of […]
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Roger Waters supports World Social Forum Free Palestine
Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) on tour with his "THe Wall Live" show in Brazil today issued his support for the World Social Forum Free Palestine: "Since visiting Israel and the occupied territories in 2006, I have been part of an international movement to support the Palestinian people in their struggle for freedom, justice […]
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Canada: Grad Students Vote to Divest from Israeli Occupation
On March 21st and 22nd, graduate students at Carleton University overwhelmingly voiced their support for the Palestinian people, by voting for the university’s pension fund to divest from four companies that are complicit in the occupation of Palestine. With the vote taking place through a referendum question, all graduate students had the power to make […]
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News from Al khader Village
The occupation bulldozers razed vast areas of agriculture land today March 22 in Al-Khader village, south of Bethlehem. According to the coordinator of the popular committee of Stop the Wall, Ahmed Salah, the land owner Khalil Abdbul-Rahman was surprised when he entered his farm near the settlement of ‘Daniel’, which the occupation built on the […]
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Expelling Palestinian communities through ongoing home demolitions
Already in 2011, Israeli occupation authorities had informed UN agencies that in 2012 they would start to “relocate” Palestinian communities in area C. In other words, the Israeli authorities have been blatant that they would ethnically cleanse the some 60% of the West Bank that fall under area C from Palestinian communities. The UN has […]
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Weekly anti-Wall protests call for solidarity with Hana Shalaby
Ni’lin: Israeli soldiers repressed the weekly popular march in Ni’lin, west Ramallah, as they threw dozens of tear gas bombs. This Friday’s march in Ni’ilin was part of the mobilization efforts for the global mobilizing effort “Israeli Apartheid Week” and was entitled “Racism of Israel” as people of the village repeated slogans criticizing the Israeli […]
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The Israeli apartheid week launched in Hebron and Bethlehem
The grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign and the BNC organized a documentary presentation about the Israeli apartheid regime in Hebron and Bethlehem cities. Mohammad Basheer, youth activist in Stop the Wall campaign and the independent youth movement (Herak Shababi), said that the activities started there and will continue in Ramallah, Salfit, Tulkarem, Tobas, Nablus added to […]
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A daily crime, settlers cut olive trees in the West Bank
Settlers attacks on the Palestinian people and their land and property have lately become daily violations of Palestinian rights. Settlers are protected by the occupation forces and the international community’s silence in their efforts to undercut Palestinian livelihoods and create conditions aimed to push the farmers to leave their homes and land. Only on […]