Stop the Wall strongly supports and promotes the call for a mandatory, comprehensive military embargo issued by the BNC (Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee). The urgency for an end to military relations with Israel and the defunding of its military and homeland security complex is evident to each of the activists struggling on […]
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Palestinians in Deir Qaddis succeed in stopping IOF bulldozers
People in the West Ramallah village of Deit Qaddis went out to the fields and successfully blocked the start of works for a settler road that is planned to run through their lands. Military repression has caused tens of villagers to suffer from heavy breathing problems due to tear gas inhalation. Up to late in […]
Non-violence activist addresses Israeli military court
Non-violence activist Bassem Tamimi’s address to Israel’s Ofer military court during his trial for organizing protests in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. A military judge refused to allow Tamimi to read his full statement in court. Your Honor, I hold this speech out of belief in peace, justice, freedom, the right to live […]
Youth movement continues to spearhead Palestinian protests
This yearâs anniversary of the Naksa – the occupation of the West Bank (including East Jerusalem), the Gaza Strip and the Syrian Golan Heights by Israel – has been marked by historic popular protests. On June 5 Palestinian refugees marched from Syria to the occupied Golan Heights while various protests were organized in the West […]
Illegal Israeli train project A1 faces heat from BDS movement
The second large scale Israeli public transport infrastructure project is now feeling the heat of BDS campaigners. The Israeli light rail project in Jerusalem has been since years targeted by BDS activists that support Palestinian calls for boycotts and divestments from companies that participate in this project, which links Israeli settlements to West Jerusalem and […]
Weekly Anti-Wall Protest Update
Niâlin: Several cases of fainting as a result of asphyxiation from tear gas during the weekly demonstration On Friday, the residents of Niâlin launched their weekly demonstration after praying under village olive trees, marking their continued refusal to abandon their land. Demonstrators set off towards the Wall accompanied by a number of solidarity activists raising […]
The Wall will fall in Ni’lin!
***image2***More than 200 protesters attended the weekly Friday demonstration against the apartheid wall in Niâlin today. Sheikh Salah Mohammad Tayeh lead the prayer which traditionally marks the start of the Friday demonstration. He spoke about the importance of popular struggle and resistance for the liberation of Palestine. Furthermore, in the light of the 82nd anniversary […]
Bili’n villagers burn Occupation products in support of boycott
Villagers in Bilâin (west Ramallah district) burnt Occupation products during their weekly demonstration on the 21st of April, declaring their support for the internal boycott movement. Vowing to use only locally manufactured products, the villagers showed how Palestinians can break dependency on the Occupationâs economy, and revive the strategies of the First Intifada in the […]
Flooding by Wall construction site claims Palestinian life
Eyad Tahar was found dead on Monday the 3rd of April, drowned in a flood near the Apartheid Wall between Bilâin and Safa. A valley here has been flooded, with the Wall blamed for preventing recent rainfall from draining. Taharâs body was recovered from the razor wire of the Wall, while his brother Raad was […]
Aboud Actions Against Apartheid Wall Gather Pace
***image2***Aboud village has been the site of increasingly large demonstrations since the local grassroots committee against the Wall declared every Friday a day of popular activities. On Friday the 25th of November, a demonstration of around 700 villagers revealed the unity and determination of Aboud to halt the Apartheid Wall project that will isolate 5830 […]