Apartheid

A harsh reality for Palestinians

Posted on: April 7, 2009

6 April 2009

JERUSALEM — The right-wing coalition of the new Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, does not bode well for Palestinians in Israel. With the appointment of Avigdor Lieberman as foreign minister, the extremists are going after the indigenous population and threatening us with loyalty tests and the possibility of “transfer” into an area nominally controlled by the Palestinian Authority.

Netanyahu’s intransigence vis-à-vis Palestinians in the occupied territories is certainly cause for concern. No less concerning is what the Netanyahu-Lieberman combination may mean to Palestinian citizens of Israel.

This government, particularly with Lieberman as … Continue reading

Updated on April 7, 2009
Posted under: In the Media
Tags: 1948 Palestine, Apartheid, BDS, Ethnic Cleansing, International law, New York Times

900 dunums of Palestinian land confiscated in Qaryut village

Posted on: April 7, 2009

7 April 2009

Israeli forces have started the construction of three new roads around the village of Qaryut, located in the Nablus district of the northern West Bank. Qaryut is already surrounded on three sides by illegal Israeli settlements, and the new roads are being built to connect these settlements together and to nearby road 60. Road 60 has been closed to Palestinians since 2000, but has remained open to settlers and the army. The closure of this road has prevented access by farmers to a large amount of agricultural land which, according to Qaryut’s mayor, is now being used by … Continue reading

Updated on January 8, 2010
Posted under: Reports
Tags: Apartheid, Qaryut, Settlement

Thousands of dunums confiscated for Israeli settler road near Nablus

Posted on: April 4, 2009

Ma’an News Agency

2 April 2009

Israeli authorities issued orders to confiscate more than one thousand dunums of Palestinian lands of the village of Qaryut south of Nablus, head of the villages and municipal affairs office in Nablus Ghassan Daghlas said on Thursday.

On the land a road will be constructed linking the three illegal settlements, He noted that “this decision aims at to construct a three kilometer road to link the Israeli illegal settlement of Shilo, and the illegal settlement outposts of Hayovel and a second known locally as the “Qaryut” outpost.

Daghlas noted that Israeli bulldozers had been surveying the … Continue reading

Updated on January 8, 2010
Posted under: In the Media
Tags: Apartheid, Qaryut, Settlement

A call to endorse: U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel

Posted on: March 31, 2009

U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel

30 March 2009

In solidarity with the International Global Day of Action for Palestine, the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel announce the endorsement of over 300 US academics and cultural workers, and the affiliation of over 20 organizations.

As educators of conscience, we have been unable to stand by and watch in silence Israel’s indiscriminate assault on the Gaza Strip and its educational institutions and its ongoing illegal occupation of Palestine. In response to the call of Palestinian civil society organizations and in solidarity … Continue reading

Updated on May 18, 2009
Posted under: Press Releases
Tags: Action Alert, Apartheid, BDS, Global Actions, International law

The concept of civil resistance

Posted on: March 31, 2009

Natalie Abou Shakra | Moments of Gaza

31 March 2009

How can I affect what is happening and how can the world respond?

The concept of civil resistance is not new at all. This non-violent, unarmed, citizen oriented strategy of resistance in modern history played a role in the struggles against colonialism, and neo-colonialism especially in British colonies of Africa, in Apartheid South Africa, India, and the Middle East, particularly Palestine.

We live in a very imbalanced world, where language, dress, technology, education, food, media, and other aspects in post-modern life … Continue reading

Updated on March 31, 2009
Posted under: Journals
Tags: Apartheid, BDS, Cast Lead, Gaza, Natalie Abou Shakra

List of actions in Palestine for Land Day and Global BDS Day

Posted on: March 29, 2009

Stop the Wall | Global BDS Movement

30 March 2009

The people in Palestine are mobilizing for the 32nd annual commemoration of Land Day, happening March 30. Land Day marks the date of the Palestinian demonstration that occurred in the Galilee against a wide-scale land confiscation, when Israeli forces killed 6 Palestinians, injured 96 and arrested 300.

Today, the Land Day protests of the people in Palestine and around the world are focused on the Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions. The call for a global day of action on March 30 came out of the World Social Forum in … Continue reading

Updated on March 29, 2009
Posted under: In the Media
Tags: Apartheid, BDS, Land Day, Settlement, Wall

BDS global day of action

Posted on: March 29, 2009

Boycott National Committee | Global BDS Movement

30 March 2009

Boycott Israel! Make it account for its crimes in Gaza!

Today, the Palestinian people scattered across the globe mark Land Day, commemorating the events of 33 years ago, when Israeli security forces shot and killed six young Palestinian citizens of Israel and injured many.

These brave youth were among the thousands protesting Israel’s expropriation of Palestinian land to build new Jewish colonies and expand existing Jewish cities. Today, Land Day symbolizes Palestinian resistance to Israel’s ongoing land expropriation, apartheid, colonization and occupation. It marks as well the first Global Day of Action … Continue reading

Updated on May 18, 2009
Posted under: In the Media
Tags: Apartheid, BDS, Global Actions, Land Day

Solidarity demonstration in Ni’lin

Posted on: March 22, 2009

Residents of Ni'lin gather to protest construction of the Apartheid Wall

Tristan Anderson, a 38 year old American citizen, was critically injured during a demonstration in the village of Ni’lin after being shot in the head with a tear-gas canister from Israeli forces. Being unable to visit Tristan in the hospital in Tel Aviv, Ni’lin villagers decided to dedicate the demonstration on the 20th of March in solidarity with Tristan and in protest against the continued violence of the occupation.

After the Friday prayer the villagers marched in large numbers towards the town center chanting against the occupation and in support of Tristan. Several posters with pictures of Tristan was used in … Continue reading

Updated on March 23, 2009
Posted under: Reports
Tags: Apartheid, Ni'lin, Tristan Anderson, Wall

Blog against apartheid

Posted on: March 13, 2009

It Is Apartheid

The first week in March is International Apartheid Awareness Week. There are now activities in 40 cities around the world. In solidarity, itisapartheid.org is making March Blog Against Apartheid Month.

The main stream media does not print what is going on in Israel and Palestine. Blogging can be a very effective way to get around this blockade of the truth. If many people are blogging on many different sites on a similar subject and point of view, it can have a ripple effect. That is our intention: to get the … Continue reading

Updated on May 18, 2009
Posted under: In the Media
Tags: Action Alert, Apartheid, Global Actions

Israel boycott movement gains momentum

Posted on: March 4, 2009

Mel Frykberg | Inter Press Service

3 March 2009

“Standing United with the People of Gaza” is the theme of this week’s Israel Apartheid Week (IAW), which kicked off in Toronto and another 39 cities across the globe Sunday.

A movement to boycott Israeli goods, culture and academic institutions is gaining momentum as Geneva prepares to host the UN’s Anti-Racism Conference, Durban 2 next month amidst swirling controversy.

Both Canada and the U.S. are boycotting the Durban 2 conference in protest over what they perceive as a strongly anti-Israel agenda.

The first UN Anti-Racism conference, held in the South African city Durban in … Continue reading