With the participation of dozens of villagers, the Stop the Wall Campaign have held a volunteer day for the cultivation of olive trees in lands near the apartheid Wall in the village of Faqu’a. Last Friday, March 2, a large number of activists, old and young, from the village as well as representatives of local […]
Tag: Land Reclamation
Call for Action! The case of punitive house demolitions in al-Hadadiya
Following the house demolitions occurred in the village of al-Hadadiya, situated in the Jordan Valley, on the 26th November, two letters have been issued. The letters are directed, respectively, to Federica Mogherini, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and to your local authorities in support of Palestine and […]
Israel transforma tierras palestinas en campos de minas
El 2 de enero, unos activistas palestinos descubrieron en Jirbet Twael varios tipos de explosivos. Este descubrimiento fue hecho cuando estaban plantando olivos en terrenos propiedad de muchas familias de los pueblos de Acraba y Jirbet Twael. De esta forma, esperan defender las tierras de la confiscación por parte del Fondo Nacional Judío en […]
Palestinian Land; Transformed To Minefields
On January 2, Palestinian activists discovered the fields of Khirbet Twael where covered with different types of explosive devices. The discovery was made as they were implementing a land reclamation activity in the lands owned by many families from the villages of Aqraba and Khirbet Twael. They were planting olive trees to defend the lands from […]
Joint Call to Action: July 2014 – Month against the Apartheid Wall!
(See the French version of the Call here.) #StopImpunity On July 9, 2014 it will be a decade since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory opinion entitled Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which declared the Apartheid Wall in the West Bank illegal under international […]
Land Defense Colaition releases Olive Harvest Program
The Land Defense Coalition, a coordinating body of grassroots movements and organizations, announces the program of collective efforts to safeguard the annual olive harvest and are calling on volunteers to stand in solidarity with Palestinian communities and join in the harvest on October 3 until October 20, 2013. The harvesting of the olives is becoming […]
Palestinian movements plant olives in defense of their land against JNF
Sunday, January 13, 2013, the Palestinian, grassroots anti-apartheid wall campaign (Stop the Wall), the Farmers’ Union and the Popular Coalition for the Right of Land organized an event to plant new olive trees. A delegation from the boycott committee against the Jewish National Fund (JNF), residents from Khirbet at-Twail and Aqraba village participated in support […]