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Stop the Wall and www.itisapartheid.org want to announce the winners of the International Israeli Apartheid Short Film Contest. Expert Panel Prize: Road Map to Apartheid (from a panel of international, expert judges) Palestinian Popular Jury Prize: Confronting the Wall (votes came from both a West Bank and Gaza showing) Global Jury Prize: Ali Wall (from […]

Occupation forces raided the village of al Nabi Saleh late night, arresting a 13-year-old Islam Tamimi. According to residents, soldiers entered the village at 2:00 in the morning and burst into the family home. They proceeded to severely beat Islam, as well as his mother and father, with both their fists as well as the […]

For the second year in a row, the Bethlehem Agricultural Directorate, in cooperation with Stop the Wall and several other organizations, began voluntary land reclamation work on Thursday in the area of Wad Abu Bakir in al Khadr. International solidarity activists joined in the voluntary work, which is planned to continue throughout the year. The […]

Bil’in: In solidarity with the prisoners and martyrs of Bil’in The people of Bil’in marched on Friday against the Wall in solidarity with Abdullah Abu Rahmah, facing Occupation attacks as they tried to reach their lands on the other side of the Wall. Carrying Palestinian flags and pictures of the village’s martyrs, Jawaher Abu Rahmah […]

Today, the Israeli military court at Ofer sentenced Abdallah Abu Rahmah, the coordinator of the Popular Committee for Resisting the Wall and Settlements in Bil’in, to effectively 16 months in prison, in addition to a six month suspended sentence for a period of three years and a 5,000 NIS fine. Abu Rahmah was charged with […]

***image1***Bil’in: Women mobilize to honor Jawaher in Bil’in Hundreds of Palestinian and international activists, members of Palestinian women’s institutions and unions, and Palestinian political officials and leaders joined in the protest in Bil’in this week to honor Jawaher Abu Rahmah. Protestors raised Palestinian flags, as well as the flags of various factions, alongside pictures of […]

Catalan human rights worker Marcel Masferrer was detained and taken to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, but will not be expelled until Sunday to Barcelona. Marcel Masferrer, who has lived in Jerusalem since 2006 and has worked for the Stop the Wall partner ACSUR Las Segovias until 2009, was arrested yesterday evening by the […]