More than 200 Palestinians are building the village “Bab Munatir” in the Nablus region: This morning, more than 200 Palestinian Popular Committees activists started construction of (02.02.2013) the village of “Bab Munatir” on the land of the Munatir area – land threatened with confiscation by the Israeli army of occupation and settlers in the Palestinian […]
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Standing defiant. Khalid Daragmah’s family protect their land in a sea of settlements
Khalid Daragmah's home dates back to the Ottoman times. Set on 22 dunams of green, arable land, it is sprinkled with trees, a spring and rolling hills to the back. It has been in his family for generations; his grandfather ran a business pressing olives from inside. Read the exclusive interview here.
Jamal Juma’ Speaks Out about the Attacks on Gaza
Israel turns once again its criminal military machine with all its might against the population in the Gaza Strip. Four years after the terrible crimes committed by Israel in the brutal attack on Gaza, which during only three weeks in 2008/9 has costs the lives of over 1400 Palestinians, the besieged Strip is again under […]
Invitation for the Encounter of Local Authorities, Ramallah
To all Ramallah partner cities Dear partners, The Municipality of Ramallah is pleased to announce the Encounter of Local Authorities, that will take place on 27th November 2012 in Porto Alegre within the framework of the World Social Forum “Free Palestine”. The meeting is a joint initiative of Brazilian and Palestinian Municipalities, and will be […]
WSF Free Palestine registration process starts now!
Registration of activities, organizations, individual participants and media for the WSF Free Palestine start from October and will be made online at the link that will be available on the site: wsfpalestine.net. Here are more details of the schedule: Registration for activities and organizations: The online registration for organizations and pre-registration of activities […]
Palestinians for Dignity shut down EUPOL COPPS – Statement from PfD
Occupied Ramallah, September 21 2012–On Friday, the youth group Palestinians for Dignity organized a sit-in in front of the headquarters of the European Union Coordinating Office for Palestinian Police Support (EUPOL COPPS) on Tokyo Street, Ramallah in protest of a series of decisions undertaken by the EU to develop trade and diplomatic relations with the […]
Voluntary Work in Wadi Qana
Stop the Wall in cooperation with the Right to Education Campaign and the Folk Art Center and Youth Parliament Salfit participated in voluntary work in Wadi Qana. They cleaned agricultural land and helped the farmers with irrigation of trees, maintenances work on the farm and cleaning the area of trash. The voluntary work in this […]
Al Masara weekly demonstration and the 30th anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacre
On Friday 14th September 2012 demonstrators from the village of al-Masara gathered for their weekly demonstration against the occupation, where they were confronted by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF). Situated approximately 13km southwest of Bethlehem, and close to the town of Beit Omar, Al-Masara is an agricultural village that faces great hardship due to the theft […]
Palestinian Authority police brutality against anti-Mofaz protests
For two consecutive days, EU and US-trained Palestinian Authority (PA) police and un-uniformed thugs attack Palestinians protesting against the invitation of Israeli war criminal Shaul Mofaz to Ramallah. Saturday 30th June started as a protest against the invitation of Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas extended to former Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Chief-of-Staff and former […]