Here you can find a selection of media material and links provided by activist groups around the world who took part in the 8th Week Against the Apartheid Wall. In addition to this, there is a wide range of media coverage of events and analysis of issues relating to occupation and the Wall provided by […]
***image1***Demonstrators suffered severe tear gas inhalation, shot from rubber-coated metal bullets, sound bombs and raids on their homes during weekly protests. At the weekly protest in the village of Al-Masara, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) stormed the protestors with tear gas bombs, suffocating dozens of people. The IOF then proceeded to chase the protestors into […]
Two weeks after the launch of Disconnect Now, thousands of people have emailed BT asking for an end to the companyâs complicity in illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. As BT ignores the human rights implications of their relationship with Bezeq International, activists are calling for people to phone BT and tell them […]
The ‘Wall Caravan’ for the International Action Week against the Apartheid Wall in the Netherlands collected 3,155 signatures in nine days, 9 â 17 november touring 29 cities all over the country! See for an impression this film: Film The response by the public was very positive. By touring about 2000 kilometers a large amount […]
As part of the Johannesburg South Africa events for the 8th global Week against the Apartheid Wall, a student orientated initiative set up a few events. At the University of the Witwatersrand, students writing their end of year exams were handed fact sheets about the apartheid Wall. This information campaign gave many students new insight […]
At its biennial conference last weekend, the Technical Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU) unanimously voted to âsupport for a boycott campaign of Israeli goods and services and a policy of disinvestment from Israeli companiesâ as a result of the Israeli stateâs continuing breaches of international law and human rights abuses against the people of Palestinian. […]
Weekly Stop the Wall Repression Update Period: Monday 15 November to Monday 22 November 2010 Summary: 1) Arrests of HRDs and Minors A number of human rights defenders, particularly in Hebron, were arrested by the Israeli Occupation Forces. Harassment and arrest of family members of the martyr Samer Sarhan continued in order […]
Approximately 250 people marched from the village of Al Walaja to the Apartheid wall to mark the Week Against the Apartheid Wall. Men, women and children from the village were joined by international protesters in opposition to the Israelâs apartheid system and theft of land. The village will lose 97.4% of its farmland when the […]
Period: Monday 8 November to Monday 15 November 2010 Summary: 1) Arrests of HRDs and Minors This week witnessed further scaling up of arrests, particularly of minors, with 7 under-18s detained by Occupation Forces in Silwan and Hebron 2) Violence against HRDs and Minors Minors were also the victim of serious injuries […]
With still 3 days to go, we are now witnessing a widespread mobilisation across the globe for the Week Against the Apartheid Wall. Diverse and creative actions demanding an end to apartheid and occupation in Palestine can be seen in Argentina, Brazil, England, Ireland, the Netherlands, South Africa and Australia to name but a few. […]
