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  • 9 Feb 2011
    Quakers in Britain consider Palestinian call for boycott

    Quakers in Britain are considering a challenging call from Palestinian Quakers in the West Bank to consider a boycott over the Occupied Territories.

  • 25 Dec 2010
    Netanyahu and the West Bank moratorium

    Will he, or won't he? Harry Hagopian explores the politics and posturing behind Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu's decision regarding a further three-month extension to the moratorium on the construction of Jewish-only Israeli settlements on Palestinian occupied land.

  • 21 Nov 2010
    Palestinians face olive harvest threat and blockage again

    In the northern West Bank Palestinian farmers face the threat of attacks and damage to their trees from Israeli settlers, in the Bethlehem they are denied access to their land.

  • 2 Nov 2010
    Catholic bishops in Middle East call for an end to Israeli occupation

    Catholic bishops in the Middle East have urged the UN to take steps to end Israel's occupation of Arab territories to enable a "two-State" solution for the region.

  • 26 Oct 2010
    Peace Now claims about Israeli settlements confirmed

    Settlers' leaders confirm construction has begun on some 600 new housing units in the occupied West Bank since the Israeli settlement freeze ended.

  • 18 Oct 2010
    Rebuilding demolished Palestinian homes

    In April 2011, as an act of solidarity, the Amos Trust will take 25 people to work with local Palestinians to rebuild a demolished home in al-Walaja

  • 17 Oct 2010
    Israel called to abandon building plans in occupied East Jerusalem

    Amnesty International has urged the Israeli authorities to abandon plans to construct 238 new housing units in occupied East Jerusalem.

  • 29 Aug 2010
    Israeli settlement trade in the spotlight

    The recent acquittal of four London-based activists for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) raises profound issues for traders in products which originate from illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, says Simon Natas, a lawyer involved in the case.

  • 21 Jul 2010
    Taking water to occupied Jordan Valley

    Lack of access to water has been a problem for Palestinians in the Jordan Valley since the Israeli occupation of the West Bank in 1967, says Doris Rachel. As she and other volunteers delivered bottles of water in the searing heat, they could understand better the point of view of those being occupied.

  • 20 Jul 2010
    EU urged to press for end to Gaza blockade

    Eighteen leading NGOs have called on the European Union to press for Israel's blockade on Gaza to be lifted. The call comes ahead of a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council.