On the 28th June, ten international and Israeli peace activist accompanied farmers in Shaab el Butum, south of Hebron. The Palestinian farmers are threatened by severe violence from settlers and are asking for international presence. The villagers of Shaab al ...
Read More »Dubka against apartheid
Demonstrators from Sarra village danced dubka on a roadblock in defiance of tear gas and sound bombs fired by the Israeli army as part of the Summer Against Apartheid. Approximately two hundred villagers, supported by international activists, marched to the ...
Read More »Weekly demonstrations in Umm Salamona, Bil’in and Al-Khader
Umm Salamona Photos and video footage courtesy of IWPS Demonstrations against the wall and occupation of land have been held frequently in Umm Salamona outside of Bethlehem since April this year. Today, approximately 50 protesters, half of those Israelis activists ...
Read More »21 injured as protest in Ni’lin again manages to halt construction of the apartheid wall
On the 26th June over 200 Palestinian protesters marched in the village of Nilin again, together with international and Israeli activists, against the construction of the apartheid wall that annexes thousands of dunams of land belonging to residents of the ...
Read More »Action in solidarity with Gaza postponed
Dear Friends, Due to hopeful developments for the people of Gaza, we have decided to wait another week before holding the previously planned demonstration. We hope that the current cease-fire will provide some immediate relief for the besieged people of ...
Read More »Settlers burn farmer’s wheat harvest in Iraq Burin
A Palestinian farming family in Iraq Burin, a village outside Nablus, had just made it halfway through this year’s wheat harvest when Israeli settlers burned it all down. The family is very upset by this action, since they now might ...
Read More »Indymedia UK: Carmel Agrexco’s depot shut down in commemoration of the Nakba
To view original report, published on Indymedia UK, click here In the early hours of Saturday morning, activists occupied and shut-down the HQ and only UK freight warehouse of Carmel Agrexco – Israel’s largest agricultural exporter from the Occupied Palestinian ...
Read More »Child injured in anti-apartheid demonstration near Tulkarem
A 9-year-old child was injured in a demonstration in Far’un near Tulkarem, on Tuesday 24th June. Approximately 100 activists from Tulkarem joined residents of Far’un in the demonstration against the apartheid wall and the house demolitions ordered as a result ...
Read More »Bulldozer forced to vacate Ni’lin during demonstration
In Nilin around 200 protestors marched with international and Israeli activists to the site of the construction of the apartheid wall which will take more land from the village further to that already occupied by the nearby illegal settlement. The ...
Read More »The Barrier in Bil’in: Legal Developments
On May 29th 2008, Bil’in’s attorney Michael Sfard asked the High Court of Justice to establish that the State has violated its ruling concerning the barrier in Bil’in. Sfard argued that the State should be held in contempt, since the ...
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