On the one year anniversary of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling, Palestinians took to the streets united in their calls to âTear down this Wall NOW!â. Clashes ensued in Beit Liqya after the body of martyred youth Mahyoub Assi was laid to rest and villagers took to their lands in the area where […]
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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 […]
Apartheid Wall Foundations Dismantled in Bil’in: The Resistance Continues
***image2***Clashes ensued for several hours in Bili’n on Friday June 24th as Occupation Forces attacked Palestinians confronting the Apartheid Wall with an array of sound bombs, rubber bullets and tear gas. Later a section of the Wall path foundations – built by Occupation Forces over the last week – was destroyed as Palestinians continued their […]
38th Naksa Day Marked with Mass Demonstration in Bil’in
***image2***Large demonstrations against the Apartheid Wall in the village of Bilâin marked the 38th anniversary of Al Naksa – the Occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in 1967. Around a thousand protesters from villages throughout the district, and Bilâin itself, gathered on land that is being confiscated and destroyed for the construction […]
Protestors Descend on Muqata Calling for Destruction of Apartheid Wall
Around 300 demonstrators â most from the nearby village of Bil’in – gathered in downtown Ramallah during the evening of May 23rd to protest the ongoing colonization of their lands by the Apartheid Wall. Congregating at the cityâs Al Manara central square, demonstrators lit torches and marched to the Palestinian Authority (PA) Muqata Compound with […]
Thousands March on Al Nakba Day to Protest the Continuing Theft of Palestinian Land
***image2***Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets throughout Palestine on the 15th of May to commemorate Nakba Day â the Catastrophe of 1948 that heralded the beginning of the Occupation, the destruction of more than 450 Palestinian villages and the expulsion of around 800,000 Palestinians, beginning a process of expulsion which continues today. 57 years […]
Two children martyred in Beit Liqya
***image2***The Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign today mourns the deaths of two martyred children from Beit Liqya, murdered by the Occupation as they protested against the Apartheid Wall. The village has pledged it will continue their resistance until the Wall is brought down. Jamal Jaber, 15 years old, and Uday Mofeed, 14, were executed in cold blood […]
Nineteen wounded as Occupation unleashes brutal wave of attacks as Bil’in villagers continue resistance
***image2***Twelve Palestinians were wounded as Occupation Forces unleashed a torrent of bullets, tear gas canisters and sound bombs in the village of Bilâin on Thursday 28th of April. Over 600 protestors gathered by the village mosque and marched to the west of Bilâin where land is being razed for the construction of the Apartheid Wall, […]
Palestinian Grassroots Resistance Confronts Occupation Confiscation Head-On
***image2***On Friday 16th of April, Abboud villagers received fresh confiscation orders for 6000 dunums of their land by Occupation Forces. It will continue the project of the Apartheid Wall in the western areas of Ramallah, reaching Bilâin and Saffa to the south. More than half of the confiscated dunums are fertile lands planted with olive […]
TUNNEL SYSTEM FOR PALESTINIANS IN WEST RAMALLAH EMERGES
***image2***On the 9th of April a new confiscation order of 1,200 dunums was issued for a road that will stretch from Khirbet Al Misbah, through the village of Beit Ur Thata, to Deir Ibzi. The villagers, in the west of Ramallah district, are questioning the real motive for the construction of the new road. On […]