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 ...
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B’Tselem Report: Israel increased area of dozens of settlements east of the Separation Barrier by tens of thousands of dunams
To view original press release published by B’Tselem click here Today (11 September), Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem is publishing a report on Israel’s blocking of Palestinian access to land around settlements lying east of the Separation Barrier. The report ...
Read More »The Guardian: Israel ‘almost doubles number of homes being built in settlements’
By Rory McCarthy To view original article, published by The Guardian on the 26th August, click here Israel has nearly doubled the number of homes under construction in Jewish settlements in the West Bank this year, according to a report ...
Read More »Canadian Press: Activists say Montreal firms used as fronts for building Israeli settlements
Activists say Montreal firms used as fronts for building Israeli settlements JONATHAN MONTPETIT http://www.metronews.ca/toronto/canada/article/86457 July 20, 2008 12:21 MONTREAL – Murky ownership of two Montreal companies is feeding allegations by U.S. activists that the firms are being used as fronts ...
Read More »Adalah-NY: New Yorkers protest Leviev’s Israeli settlements, commemorating Palestinian “Land Day”
New York, NY, March 29 – Forty New Yorkers commemorated the Palestinian national holiday Land Day Saturday with the eighth protest at the Madison Avenue jewelry store of Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev. The protest included songs, theater and testimonials from ...
Read More »Adalah-NY: Film screened in front of Leviev New York about Palestinian village protesting Leviev’s settlements
Adalah-NY contact: justiceme@gmail.com New York, NY, Jan 21, 2008 – Twenty-five New York protesters and dozens of Madison Avenue passers-by braved sub-freezing temperatures Monday evening to watch the award winning documentary “Bil’in My Love” on the sidewalk 20 feet from ...
Read More »Action Alert! Non-Violent Demonstration at Al Mazra al Qiblya to Protest Illegal Confiscation of Palestinian Land
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 26 October, 2007 Palestinian villagers from al Mazra al Qiblya will again protest the illegal confiscation and cultivation of their agricultural land by Israeli settlers from the illegal settlement of Talmon, who over 2 months ago leveled ...
Read More »Znet: Bil’in will continue to struggle against the wall and settlements
by Mohammed Khatib On September 4, after nearly three years of nonviolent protests by our village of Bil’in, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that Israel’s wall here must be moved further west, returning 250 acres of our farmland. In Bil’in ...
Read More »Tulkarm Struggles Against the Wall, Settlements and Israeli Chemical Factories
The Tulkarm area covers the city of Tulkarm and 31 villages in its surrounding areas. In this area live approximately 180,000 inhabitants. About 45,000 live in the city itself, 18,000 live the larger refugee camp and 8,000 in the smaller ...
Read More »JTA: “Settlements a Risky Investment”
Legally questionable land purchases have played a role in bringing one of Israel’s largest contractors and one of the chief builders of West Bank settlements to the brink of bankruptcy, says the spokesman for Americans for Peace Now. by Ori ...
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