• Prayer demonstration against illegal waste dump in Deir Sharaf

    On Friday 24 September, the last Friday of Ramadan, over 100 villagers from Qusin, Deir Sharaf and international activists gathered to take part in a symbolic prayer on occupied land north of Nablus city. In 2002 Israel confiscated the land from the Abu Shusha family, owner of the quarry in the area where the waste…

  • The ongoing terror inflicted on the residents of Asira al Qibliya, Nablus

    Following constant violence by the residents of the illegal Yitzhar settlement and the Israeli army, which culminated on Saturday 20 September with the murder of 14 year old Suhayb Salin, the terror inflicted on the village of Asira al Qibliya has not abated. For the last 4 nights villagers have reported that at least 2…

  • Three protesters injured at Bil’in weekly demonstration

    Friday, September 26, 2008 On the 26th September 2008 after the Friday prayer, the residents of Bil’in, joined by international and Israeli solidarity activists, held a demonstration against the apartheid wall and the confiscation of their land. The protesters carried banners for the 8th anniversary of the Al-Aqsa intifada. They called for a third Intifada…

  • Israeli army refuse to allow Susiya residents access to their water supply

    On Wednesday the 24th of September the Israeli Army refused to let families from Susiya bringing water from their wells to their land despite an agreement that the soldiers would escort families to their wells due to the escalation of settler violence in the area. This move by the soldiers has now left the residents…

  • Letter of Palestinian Refugee Organizations to President Mahmoud Abbas

    The following letter was presented to President Mahmoud Abbas’s office on behalf of 78 Palestinian organizations on Wednesday September 22, 2008 Dear Mr. President, Greetings of Return We, the undersigned Palestinian refugee organizations, civil society movements and institutions in the Palestinian homeland and in exile are national organizations working to defend the right of return.…