Global Actions

Mass protest aims to focus attention on Jerusalem

Posted on: June 16, 2013

Global March to Jerusalem participants called for solidarity with political prisoners, an end to the occupation and for national unity. (Dylan Collins)

16th June 2013 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron and Patrick Strickland | Occupied Palestine

Activists demonstrated internationally on Friday as part of efforts to focus attention on Israel’s aggression against Palestinians in Jerusalem.

Global March to Jerusalem participants called for solidarity with political prisoners, an end to the occupation and for national unity. (Dylan Collins)

Known as the Global March to Jerusalem, the protests marked the 46th anniversary of theNaksa (setback) — … Continue reading

Updated on June 17, 2013
Posted under: In the Media
Tags: Beit Hanoun, Demonstration, Erez Crossing, Gaza, Global Actions, Global March to Jerusalem, Jerusalem

Commemorating Palestinian Land Day: Join the BDS Global Day of Action on 30 March 2012!

Posted on: February 13, 2012

10 February 2012 | Palestinian BDS National Committee

Commemorating Land Day, the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) invites people of conscience around the world to unite for a BDS Global Day of Action on 30 March 2012 in solidarity with the Palestinian people’s struggle for freedom, justice and equality and for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel until it fully complies with its obligations under international law.

Let’s showcase our BDS successes through creative actions and media efforts and mobilize for the World Social Forum Free Palestine in November 2012.

First launched at the World … Continue reading

Updated on April 13, 2012
Posted under: Press Releases
Tags: Action Alert, BDS, Global Actions, Land Day

International strategy for Palestinian prisoners needed

Posted on: February 4, 2012

Maali, daughter of jailed Islamic Jihad spokesman Khodr Adnan, stands next to a picture of her father as she takes part in a protest outside Israel's Ofer prison near the West Bank town of Betunia on 30 January 2012. (Photo: AFP - Abbas Momani)

by Joe Catron

2 February 2012 | Al Akhbar English

“Any movement that does not support its political internees is a sham movement.” – US political prisoner Ojore Lutalo

Maali, daughter of jailed Islamic Jihad spokesman Khodr Adnan, stands next to a picture of her father as she takes part in a protest outside Israel’s Ofer prison near the West Bank town of Betunia on 30 January 2012. (Photo: AFP – Abbas Momani)

Political prisoners, their families, and their concerns and causes enjoy massive support in Palestinian society. Palestinians who may have never … Continue reading

Updated on May 20, 2013
Posted under: In the Media
Tags: Global Actions, Prisoner, Prisoner Hunger Strike, Prisoner Rights

Solidarity with Khader Adnan!

Posted on: January 30, 2012

29 January 2012 | The Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa’adat

Khader Adnan, an imprisoned Palestinian activist and a spokesperson for the Islamic Jihad party, has been on an ongoing hunger strike since December 17. He is facing severe health consequences for his 43-day hunger strike and needs international support and solidarity to publicize his case and that of his nearly 5,000 fellow Palestinian political prisoners inside the jails of the Israeli occupation. He was transferred today to a hospital and is continuing to refuse food, awaiting the arrival of two Palestinian … Continue reading

Updated on May 20, 2013
Posted under: Reports
Tags: Global Actions, Hunger strike, Khader Adnan, Prisoner, Prisoner Rights

Stop the Jewish National Fund greenwashing ‘Green Sunday’ February 5, 2012

Posted on: January 29, 2012

27 January 2012 | Stop the JNF Campaign

The Jewish National Fund has designated Sunday 5th February as ‘Green Sunday’, when it encourages people to donate money to ‘plant trees in Israel’. The JNF claims to have environmental objectives. Don’t be taken in. The JNF’s tree planting is a cover for ethnic cleansing.
The JNF exists to acquire land in Israel/Palestine for the sole use of Jewish people. For more than 100 years, the JNF has been complicit in expulsions of Palestinians from their homes, the destruction of their villages … Continue reading

Updated on April 13, 2012
Posted under: Press Releases
Tags: Action Alert, Al Nakba, BDS, Boycott Campaign, Ethnic Cleansing, Global Actions, Jewish National Fund

Connect with the Palestinian Students’ Campaign for Academic Boycott of Israel (PSCABI)

Posted on: January 23, 2012

23 January 2012 | US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel

A collective of students in Gaza has formed the Palestinian Students’ Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel (PSCABI). These students are seeking to expand their collaboration and participation in events and activities with solidarity activists at international universities.

PSCABI members participate in many activities here in Gaza and are heavily involved in supporting the international student solidarity movements, especially with the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaigns. PSCABI members frequently write letters out of Gaza, some of which … Continue reading

Updated on April 13, 2012
Posted under: Press Releases
Tags: Action Alert, BDS, Boycott Campaign, Gaza, Global Actions, Israeli Apartheid Week, PACBI, Palestinian Students' Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel

Report: Third National BDS Conference, Hebron, December 17

Posted on: January 10, 2012

9 January 2012 | Palestinian BDS National Committee

On 17 December 2011, Palestinians gathered in the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank for the Third National Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Conference. The event took place against the backdrop of continuous Israeli violations of Palestinian rights, and a growing resistance against injustice worldwide as demonstrated by the Arab revolutions and the occupy movements. Just minutes away from the conference venue, 500 Jewish settlers live under escort of the Israeli military in a colonial enclave in the middle of old Hebron, … Continue reading

Updated on January 10, 2012
Posted under: Reports
Tags: BDS, Boycott Campaign, Global Actions, Hebron

The Occupy movement and Palestine

Posted on: January 9, 2012

by Yousef Aljamal

9 January 2012 | Center for Political and Development Studies

The Occupy movement is an international protest movement directed primarily against economic and social inequality. The first Occupy protest to receive wide coverage was Occupy Wall Street in New York City’s Zuccotti Park, which began on September 17, 2011. It was noticed that a majority among the participants in the movement were pro-Palestinians, who took to the streets holding banners that read “Occupy Wall Street Not Palestine.” The movement received support and solidarity from the BDS National … Continue reading

Updated on March 20, 2012
Posted under: Reports
Tags: Center for Political and Development Studies (CPDS), Gaza, Gaza City, Global Actions

Palestinian Freedom Riders to ride settler buses to Jerusalem

Posted on: November 13, 2011

13 November 2011 | Freedom Riders

Inspired by the Freedom Rides of the US Civil Rights Movement Palestinian activists will attempt to board segregated Israeli settler buses to occupied East Jerusalem

Groups of Palestinian Freedom Riders will attempt to board segregated settler buses heading to Jerusalem through the occupied West Bank this Tuesday November 15, in an act of civil disobedience that takes its inspiration from the US Civil Rights Movement Freedom Riders aim to challenge Israel’s apartheid policies, the ban on Palestinians’ access to Jerusalem, and the overall … Continue reading

Updated on November 16, 2011
Posted under: Press Releases
Tags: Apartheid, BDS, Global Actions, Settlement, Veolia

Solidarity with the Palestinian Freedom Riders

Posted on: November 11, 2011

10 November 2011 | Jewish Voice for Peace

On November 15th, Palestinian activists will attempt to board segregated Israeli settler public transport headed to occupied East Jerusalem in an act of civil disobedience inspired by the Freedom Riders of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. Fifty years after the U.S. Freedom Riders staged mixed-race bus rides through the roads of the segregated American South, Palestinian Freedom Riders will be asserting their right for liberty and dignity by disrupting the military regime of the Occupation through peaceful civil disobedience. Organizers say that this … Continue reading