For seventeen years, we have been relentlessly supporting farmers in the frontline defending their lands from the aggression of settlers and Israeli soldiers through the ‘You Are not Alone’ Campaign. It is a campaign of collective voluntary work actions aimed at supporting Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest season. Starting from October 9th until October […]
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Jerusalem today: Palestinians resist the assault on al Aqsa
Today, Eid al Adhar, the most important holiday in the Muslim calendar, Israel attempted a take over of the Al Aqsa mosque in its ongoing policy to Judaize Jerusalem. Yet, tens of thousands of Palestinians gathered for prayers at the Mosque defended their holy places, rights and dignity. Almost one hundred thousand Palestinians had gathered […]
Ramallah in protest over Israel’s Gaza onslaught
People in Ramallah have taken to the streets in protest over Israel's brutal military escalation against the Gaza Strip that has killed already 15 Palestinians, injured scores and wrecked havock over the already besieged Strip. STEP UP CAMPAIGNING FOR A #MILITARYEMBARGO NOW! Hundreds gathered in Ramallah to protest Israel's renewed aggression on the Gaza Strip […]
Nabi Saleh: women center stage at popular struggle festival
On August 11, Nabi Saleh hosted some 700 people that gathered for a one day event, dominated by the power of a new generation of women in struggle. The festival honoured Palestinian prisoners and reinforcing resolve no Israeli repression will stop popular resistance. From all across the West Bank, Palestinian activists came together in the […]
#FreeWael – Israel continues to arrest Palestinian human rights defenders
On Thursday 28 June 2018, Israeli Occupation Forces arrested the popular Palestinian activist Wael Al-Faqeeh from his home. His violent arrest and illegal detention in Megiddo prison inside the Green Line is part and parcel of Israel's attempt to crush Palestinian popular struggle and silence the voices of protest as it intents to finalise the […]
Tulkarem calls for an End to PA Sanctions on Gaza
On Wednesday, June 27, youth movements and other popular forces have joined in a protest in Tulkarem to reiterate the call of the Palestinian people on the Palestinian Authority to lift the sanctions from Gaza. See the video here. Since weeks, Palestinians from all walks of life throughout the West Bank are staging protests to […]
Protests grow stronger and more determined: PA, lift the siege from Gaza!
On Saturday afternoon, for the third time in the last weeks, masses poured on the streets of Ramallah to demand from the Palestinian Authority (PA) to immediately end their own sanctions on Gaza that compound the horrific Israeli siege. The police brutality last week has not weakened the resolve of the people – more people […]
Palestinians vs PA support to Israel’s siege on Gaza: amidst brutal repression, protests continue
Since June 8, in Palestine popular anger about the Palestinian Authority’s policies against the people in Gaza has transformed into vocal protests. People of all walks of life joined the protests driven by Palestinian youth. As on June 13 a second protest was held, the Palestinian Authority tried to drown the protests in brutal repression. […]
Activists protest official US delegation
A group of activists has protested the presence of an official US Congress delegation, which had scheduled as part of their Israel trip a white-washing event Ramallah. A number of activists gathered outside the headquarters of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research to denounce the presence of an official US Congress delegation inside […]
Two more grassroots activists in Israeli jails
Today, February 21, during a protest for the release of Munther Amira, coordinator of the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee, two young activists have been arrested as Israeli military brutally attacked the demonstration. Some two hundred activists had gathered in front of Ofar prison to show their solidarity with Munther Amira, who is being kept in […]
‘Here we remain’ – Launch of massive campaign for steadfastness
Saturday, February 3, a Palestinian coalition started ‘Here we remain’ a new campaign against the Occupation in the West Bank. Activists from the Land Defense Coalition, in particular members of the Stop the Wall Campaign, Farmers Union, Jordan Valley Solidarity and the Palestine Youth Forum, gathered in the Village of Al Aqaba to start the […]
Tree planting against land confiscation
Last Sunday, members of the Palestinian Agriculture Society in Jericho gathered together with the local community to plant trees in An Nuweim, in the Jordan Valley. The objective of the action was to ensure the use of land and with this to prevent it from being taken over by the settlers and eventually confiscated by […]
Protest in Nabi Saleh: We will continue to resist!
Today, some 1000 people gathered in Nabi Saleh in support of the popular struggle of the village and to ask for the release of its prisoners, in particular 17 year old Ahed Tamimi, who has been taken to prison with her mother after a video that showed her a slapping a fully armed Israeli soldier […]
#dignitystrike: Palestinians mourn killing of Saba Abu Ubeid
On Friday, May 12, unarmed 23-year-old Saba Abu Ubeid was killed in cold blood with a bullet to the chest by an Israeli sniper during confrontations in Nabi Saleh. This morning the district of Salfit mourned the loss of the young man and he was laid to rest. Since the beginning of 2017 hundreds have […]
New wave of violence in the West Bank – 7 Palestinians killed by the IDF in 5 days
7 people have been killed in the past five days in the Hebron province and in East Jerusalem. With the ending of the Aid celebration, the climate in the West Bank seems to raise up to level it reached last year in the same period. Since October 2015, 227 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli […]
Israeli repression fuels Palestinian resistance
Twelve years ago the International Court of Justice in its verdict on the apartheid Wall, ruled the Wall and Israel’s settlement project illegal and reminded the international of its obligation to stop Israeli crimes. Today, in Palestine we are facing a full scale attack to try to subdue Palestinian rebellion flaring up over and over […]
Ramallah mobilises again against the social security law
Ramallah, people fighting for social justice Ramallah 10 May 2016 – In Ramallah, nearly two thousand people gathered to protest against the social security law. The demonstration started in the city centre to march past the Legislative Council building up to the ministry of public housing The protest has been called in opposition to a […]
Solidarity for hunger striking journalist Mohammed Al-Qiq
Since the announcement in the media that the health of Muhammad al Qiq, a Palestinian journalist held in administrative detention since December 13 is getting critical, political parties, prisoners organizations, the Journalists Union and popular committees of the Stop the Wall Campaign came together and have organized daily protests in city centers of the West […]
Ramallah today – October 9 2015
Today, in Ramallah tens of thousands filled the entire city centre to accompany the funeral of Muhannad Halabi, killed three days ago after an attack in the Old City of Jerusalem. The funeral started at 1pm when the masses gathered in front of the main mosque and marched from there to the city's cemetery in […]
Israel seeks full sovereignty over al-Aqsa
Press TV has conducted an interview with Jamal Joumah, head of the "Stop the Wall" Campaign in Ramallah, to discuss the recent clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians at al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East al-Quds (Jerusalem). Click on the link below to view the video and the transcription of the interview: https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/09/28/431127/Israel-Palestine–alAqsa-Netanyahu-Jerusalem-Muslims