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Launch of new BDSmovement.net website as part of Global BDS Day of Action

31 March 2011 | Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) In celebration of the Global BDS Day of Action, the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) has launched a new www.BDSmovement.net website. Designed specifically with the grassroots, bottom-up nature of our rapidly growing movement in mind, the website will showcase user-submitted articles and videos from BDS groups around the globe. We’re also excited about our new Download section, which has launched with over 100 fantastic resources that can…

March 31, 2011

Palestinians commemorate Land Day

30 March 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Today Palestinians in Israel, West Bank and Gaza commemorated Land Day with demonstrations and strikes. The 30th March marks the date when in 1976 the Israeli government announced plans to expropriate thousands of dunums of land for ‘security and settlement purposes’, sparking strikes and marches in Arab towns from the Galilee to the Naqab desert. The ensuing confrontations with the Israeli army resulted in the deaths of six Arab…

March 30, 2011

Ban Ki-moon: “The occupation that started in 1967 is morally and politically unsustainable”

30 March 2011 | Palestine News Network UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for a halt to Israel’s settlement building in the Palestinian territories, an end to all expressions of violence and the punishment of those perpetrating it, adding that Israel’s occupation is morally and politically unsustainable. “Time is of the essence in realizing the two-state solution,” Ki-moon told Latin American and Caribbean delegates at a meeting in support of Israeli-Palestinian peace. “The occupation that started in…

March 30, 2011