This yearâs anniversary of the Naksa – the occupation of the West Bank (including East Jerusalem), the Gaza Strip and the Syrian Golan Heights by Israel – has been marked by historic popular protests. On June 5 Palestinian refugees marched from Syria to the occupied Golan Heights while various protests were organized in the West […]
Tag: Jerusalem
Illegal Israeli train project A1 faces heat from BDS movement
The second large scale Israeli public transport infrastructure project is now feeling the heat of BDS campaigners. The Israeli light rail project in Jerusalem has been since years targeted by BDS activists that support Palestinian calls for boycotts and divestments from companies that participate in this project, which links Israeli settlements to West Jerusalem and […]
Call from occupied Jerusalem: Stop the Expulsion
A network of seventeen Palestinian human rights NGOs, including Stop the Wall, today launched a campaign to mobilize the international community to end the expulsion of Palestinians from Jerusalem by the Israeli occupation. The Civic Coalition for Jerusalem is calling for a ‘blacklist’ of corporations supporting the occupation of Jerusalem, and is asking activists all […]
Challenging Tramways of Apartheid – Swiss activists block Connex shuttle run
Swiss activists from Collectif Urgence Palestine stepped up their campaign against Connex, undertaking direct action against the company which supports the racist and Apartheid policies of the Occupation. Interrupting the operation of a Connex operated shuttle, protestors showed the way in boycotting Connex and challenging itâs profiteering from Israeli Apartheid. Connex successfully won a tender […]
The Destruction in Palestine continues:UN remains idle on international Day of Solidarity
***image2***Today, the 29th of November â the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people marked by the UN â the Occupation continued its trail of destruction in Palestine carrying out demolitions for the Apartheid Wall in Dahiet al-Barid (Jerusalem). 181 kilometers of the eight-meter high concrete structure are close to completion in Jerusalem. Snaking […]
House demolitions continue as Occupation targets Palestinian in Jerusalem
Two houses were flattened in Anata on Monday the 21st of November as Occupation Forces continued their policy of attacking Palestinians in Jerusalem. Families were beaten and left homeless as bulldozers tore down their homes and carried on the onslaught on Palestinians in Jerusalem who are being ghettoized and expelled from their city by the […]
Ghetto Gate Shut Down as Palestinians target Qalandiya
***image2***A huge crowd of people gathered in front of Qalandiya refugee camp and marched against the Qalandiya gate chanting angry slogans against the Occupation and waving Palestinian flags. Occupation forces rushed to the area to block the protest from reaching the checkpoint. Protesters confronted the soldiers and blocked the racist Qalandiya checkpoint for one and […]
Occupation Forces destroy Palestinian house in Anata: Campaign Condemns Judaization of Jerusalem
The Occupation continued its targeted expulsion of Palestinians in Jerusalem by carrying out a house demolition on Monday the 7th of November. Dozens of Occupation Forces expelled the Bishara family from their home in Anata, before destroying the property under the pretext of it not having the correct âpermitâ. The demolished house belonged to the […]
Fridays in Occupied Palestine
***image2***With increasing attention directed at the disingenuous âdisengagementâ from Occupied Gaza, the unrelenting construction of the Apartheid Wall is falling under the radar of international media. This intended political distraction calls attention away from the daily reality of land devastation and confiscation that Palestinian villages are facing as construction of the Apartheid Wall continues. Palestinian […]
July 9 Activities in Palestine – One Year After ICJ Tear Down The Wall!
“To apply the ICJ Decision and Halt the Ethnic Cleansing in Jerusalem and Palestine!” As Palestinians are ethnically cleansed from their capital of Jerusalem, expelled from their lands in the West Bank, imprisoned in Gaza and under subjugation in the 1948 areas, the Occupation ensures that the most devastating symbols of racism and colonialism have […]