11 December 2009 More than 150 residents of Ni’lin, international and Israeli activists attended today’s weekly Friday protest against the Wall. After the Friday prayer, which was held on the village’s land, demonstrators marched towards one of the gates, chanting ...
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All I want for Christmas is an end to apartheid – Top ten brands to boycott
Bay Area Campaign to End Israeli Apartheid While there are many Israeli and multinational companies that benefit from apartheid, we put together this list to highlight ten specific companies to target. Many of these produce goods in such a way ...
Read More »Israel’s occupation, linked by rail
Seth Freedman | The Guardian 26 November 2009 The architects of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank are highly skilled at the art of needlework, deftly stitching up land inside Israel proper and disputed territory over the Green Line as ...
Read More »Demonstrators call for the end of settlement expansion and arrest campaign on Bil’in residents
20 November 2009 Residents of Bil’in gathered in a demonstration today, commemorating the 21st anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and condemning the ongoing expansion of illegal Israeli settlements. After the Friday midday prayers, about 150 Palestinian, Israeli and international ...
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 »British activists blockade Carmel Agrexco
Indymedia UK 6 November 2009 At about 6 o’clock this morning a group of London students and international activists, including members of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), blocked the two gates leading to the depot. The activists seek to raise ...
Read More »Ni’lin demonstrators topple 8 meter tall concrete wall
6 November 2009 20 years to the fall of the Berlin wall: Demonstrators toppled 8 meters tall concrete wall in Ni’ilin Three protest marches were held today in the West Bank to mark the 20th anniversary to the fall of ...
Read More »Eleven organizations demand that Mets cancel Citi Field fundraiser for Israeli settlers
Adalah NY 4 November 2009 Eleven organizations from the US, Palestine and Israel have called on baseball’s New York Mets to cancel a November 21st dinner at the Caesars Club at Citi Field for the Brooklyn-based Hebron Fund. The dinner ...
Read More »Madama shepherd beaten and detained by the Israeli army
2 November 2009 On Monday 2 November, Ma’mon Amen Fayis Nassar, a 35 year old man from Madama, near Nablus, was beaten and subsequently detained for 5 hours by Israeli soldiers with no reasoning given. In the morning, he had ...
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3 November 2009 | de l’autre côté du mur When talking about Palestine and Palestinian’s rights it is difficult to decide where to start. So I will just tell you day about my day of today. 9:39am: I am drinking ...
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