Amira Hass | Ha’aretz 17 November 2009 The chairman of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ office, Dr. Rafiq Husseini, on Monday urges all Arab countries to cancel their business ties with two French companies – Veolia and Alstom – involved in ...
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Plea to boycott firms with Israel link
Abbas Al Lawati | Gulf News 17 November 2009 Group urges GCC states to shun Alstom and Veolia involved in Occupied Jerusalem projects Dubai: A pressure campaign targeted at Gulf states was launched in Occupied Jerusalem on Monday by a ...
Read More »Resisting through education
Marryam Haleem | The Electronic Intifada 16 November 2009 Marryam Haleem writing from Beit Hanoun, occupied Gaza Strip, Live from Palestine “That was the happiest day of my life,” Ahmad explained, “I was freed that day.” “Come on,” I laughed ...
Read More »IDF uses ‘two-two bullets’ in Ni’ilin clash
The Jerusalem Post 15 November 2009 IDF troops used ammunition equivalent to live bullets against protesters at Ni’ilin on Friday, where a weekly protest by Palestinians and left-wing activists from Israel and abroad is held against the West Bank security ...
Read More »10-year-old Palestinian boy jailed for 11 hours
Ali Waked | YNet News 15 November 2009 Hussam Faisal Muhana, 10, heeded the calls made on Saturday over the loudspeakers throughout his village of Deir al-Ghusun near Tulkarem encouraging residents to participate in a demonstration against the separation fence. ...
Read More »From Gaza to Obama: An open letter
Haidar Eid | Ma’an News 16 November 2009 Dear Mr President, You will probably not read this letter due to your busy schedule and the huge number of messages you receive from presidents, kings, princes, sheiks, and prime ministers. Who ...
Read More »Eighteen demonstrators arrested after a gate in the Wall was breached in Deir alGhussoun
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 14 November 2009 The protesters were arrested as the demonstration was coming to an end, by soldiers who invaded the village and flanked them from the back. Eighteen demonstrators were arrested today in the West Bank ...
Read More »Settlers cut olive trees south of Nablus
12 November 2009 A group of 25 settlers from Yitzhar settlement, south of Nablus, cut down 97 olive trees in the village of Burin this morning. The attack comes on the heels of a similar attack made 5 weeks ago, ...
Read More »al-Ma’sara demonstrates against the Apartheid Wall
The al-Ma’sara Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements 13 November 2009 In memory of the fifth year since the death of Yaser Arafat, who was poisoned by the Israeli army, villagers of Al-Ma’sara gathered today along with Israeli and ...
Read More »Eighteen Palestinian protestors arrested in Deir alGussoun demonstration
14 November 2009 ISM activists joined residents of Deir alGussoun today in a demonstration against the Apartheid Wall. The Wall cuts deep through the village’s land, located to the north of Tulkarem. In an extreme number of arrests, 18 Palestinian ...
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