• Palestinian Unity Against Military Brutality

    This week’s demonstration a call for greater Palestinian unity against the occupation. It was also a recognition of the 39th anniversary of al-Naksa, “the great disappointment” which marked the beginning of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, Gaza strip and the Golan Heights in 1967. About 300 demonstrators carrying Palestinian flags marched to the wall…

  • Israeli Soldiers Surround and Attack Non-violent Demonstration; 6 Palestinians Badly Injured

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2pm, Bil’in, nr. Ramallah: Israeli soldiers at today’s anti-wall demonstration surrounded and attacked non-violent demonstrators with sound bombs and widespread beatings, badly injuring many Palestinians. At the time of this release, at least six Palestinians are known to have been evacuated in ambulances after serious injuries from beatings. Many others have been…

  • TOMORROW: Student’s Demonstration Against Checkpoint North of Ramallah

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tomorrow morning at 11 am Palestinian students will hold a demonstration against the Atara checkpoint (just north of Bier Zeit village, Ramallah). They will be joined by Israeli students and international activists from various Palestinian solidarity groups. The demonstration will be taking place on the same day that a coalition of Israeli…

  • Beit Ummar Farmers Struggle to Work Their Land

    by Zadie Susser We visited the land of Samer Shahdah Abu Asara, a Beit Ummar farmer who owns land directly next to the illegael Israeli settlement of Efrat. In part of his land he used to grow grapes. Another part, 25 dunums in size, has been annexed and enclosed by the settlement. This section of…

  • Ynet: “Israeli professor: UK boycott justified”

    Yedioth Ahronoth, 31st May 2006. Professor Rachel Giora of the University of Tel Aviv backs boycott on her colleagues with different views; ‘I support every form of open criticism against the current policies of the Israeli government,’ she says In a special interview with Yedioth Ahronoth, Professor Rachel Giora of Tel Aviv University gives her…