The olive harvest in Palestine is an ageâold tradition that reaffirms Palestinian ties to the land and serves as a vital element of Palestinian economic, social and cultural life. Each year, however, the harvest becomes a bigger challenge for the farmers who face a tightening siege from the Wall, expanding settlements, settler attacks, and permit […]
Publications
Report: “The Arab Jahalin: from the Nakba to the Wall”
An in depth study on the history of the Jahalin Bedouin, from there expulsion from Tal ‘Arad until the present. Based on a number of oral histories, the Jahalin narrate their own struggle from the days of the Nakba in 1948, when they were driven from their homeland to the construction of the Apartheid Wall, […]
Derail Alstom – Saudi Arabia deal
The state owned Saudi Electric Company (SEC) has signed a letter of intent to award Alstom a 1.9 billion Euro contract to build a power plant in Shoaiba. French multinational Alstom is a 20% shareholder in Citypass consortium that has been contracted by Israel to build a light rail in Jerusalem. Alstom is the bigger […]
Ni’lin – A Struggle for Existence
This factsheet highlights the history and struggle of Ni’lin. The village is located in the West Bank, 26 KM to the west of Ramallah city. The village of Ni’lin has become a site of active struggle against the Apartheid Wall. Frequent protests and confrontations between villagers and Occupation soldiers are staged on the site where […]
Briefing: Development or Normalisation? A critique of West Bank development approaches and projects
Development or Normalisation? A critique of West Bank development approaches and projects is the first report that examines in detail the economic and political implications of the most recent development schemes and the role international institutions have in shaping the development programme of the Fayyad government. The current approach to development, which is entirely removed […]
The Wall – the Ongoing Nakba
NOVEMBER 9 – 16: SIXTH WEEK AGAINST THE APARTHEID WALL MOBILIZE AND RAISE YOUR VOICE Six years after the first mass protests started in the northern West Bank against the Apartheid Wall, Occupation bulldozers and military are targeting our land and people. We have continued to stand against the Wall, halting the construction works with […]
Threatened Villages – Palestinian population centres between isolation and expulsion
78 Palestinian villages, neighbourhoods, communities and cities are threatened in their very existence by the isolation imposed on them via the construction of the Wall, the settlements and their infrastructure. Throughout the West Bank some 266,442 Palestinians are facing living conditions that soon will force them to abandon their homes and communities and to turn […]
Palestinian Towns and Villages: Between Isolation and Expulsion
This report draws on testimonies from Palestinians living all over the West Bank about their experiences living the ghettos created by the Israeli Occupation. In the course of our research, we have identified seventy-nine villages that are in a particularly critical situation, having been completely isolated by the infrastructure of apartheid. The level of restriction […]
Briefing on the Japan International Cooperation Agency’s development proposals for the Jordan Valley
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is planning and implementing a range of development projects in the Palestinian Jordan Valley, whose stated aims are to facilitate the economic development of the area and to increase Palestinian cooperation with the Israeli state. There are fundamental weaknesses in the project, which are discussed in this briefing. The […]
Towards a Global Movement: A framework for today’s anti-apartheid activism
This report is a summary of an extensive study on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement compiled by the Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign and to be published in 2007. In the report we consider the scope for the development of a global BDS activism which can work in accordance with the goals set out by […]