Above Photo: Guy Smallman. Marking the launch of Palestine Action Scotland, six activists have stormed and occupied the roof of arms company Thales’ Glasgow factory. Activists scaled the roof in the early hours of the morning, halting site operations as workers were forced to evacuate. Factory equipment has also been destroyed by the activists. This morning, Palestine Action Scotland made its debut – as activists took to the roof of weapons company Thales’ Glasgow factory. A team of six activists scaled the site in the early hours of the morning and are currently occupying the building, rendering it unusable and forcing workers […]
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This morning, three activists have shut down the London headquarters of Israeli weapons company Elbit Systems. Activists have locked on at the site entrance, preventing access to the site – 77 Kingsway. The trio have left the site dripping in red paint, representing Palestinian blood spilt by Elbit’s trade – the company produces drones and ammunitions. Elbit supply the Israeli occupation military with 85% of its drone fleet. Elbit’s British sites are directly involved in the manufacturing of Hermes 450/900 and Watchkeeper drones. Another action has taken 77 Kingsway, the London headquarters of Elbit Systems – Israel’s largest weapons company. Three activists […]
Above Photo: A march in support of Palestinians in Berlin on 23 April. Following this protest, authorities in the German capital imposed sweeping bans on any demonstrations in support of Palestinian rights including on 15 May, Nakba Day. Michael Kuenne / Zuma Press. On Sunday, police in Berlin arrested and repressed anyone they saw demonstrating support for Palestine. Among those who were detained was Ramsy Kilani, a Palestinian whose family was massacred in an Israeli bombing attack in Gaza in 2014. 170 arrests made today in Berlin, of individuals carrying flags or wearing anything referencing Palestine. Any two people or more […]
Above Photo: Palestine Action activists carry out a body ‘lock-on’ at Elbit Systems’ HQ in London. (Palestine Action). Palestine Action has led several direct actions against the British plants of Elbit Systems. In 2012, the company had been identified by a UN Special Rapporteur as a profiteer from Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine. On Tuesday, April 12, activists of Palestine Action in UK defaced the London headquarters of Israel’s largest military and arms company, Elbit Systems, whose weapons and surveillance technology has been systematically used against Palestinians in occupied territories. Four activists have been arrested after they halted the operations at […]
Above Photo: President of Senegal Macky Sall (Right at the rostrum) makes a speech during the 35th African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Feb. 6, 2022. Minasse Wondimu Hailu / Anadolu Agency. The current split in the African Union (AU) over Israel’s Observer membership status is emblematic of a larger conflict that could potentially split the African continent’s largest political institutions. Africa is currently facing one of its most crucial decisions regarding Palestine and Israel. The repercussions of this decision could be as significant as the 1975 Resolution 77 (XII) by the Organization of African Unity – the precursor to […]
Above Photo: Bedouin protesters clash with Israeli forces following a protest against an afforestation project by the Jewish National Fund in the Negev Desert, Jan. 13, 2022. Tsafrir Abayov / AP. “Israel’s Actions Over The Last Almost 75 Years Demonstrate That There Is Very Little Regard For The Indigenous Landscape, The Indigenous Flora And Fauna, The Wildlife Population, And The Indigenous People.” – Zena Agha, Middle East Institute. Al-Naqab — On Sunday, roughly 200 activists demonstrated outside Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s office in Jerusalem against the Jewish National Fund’s (JNF) tree-planting project in al-Naqab, maintaining the forestation is an attempt to displace the […]
Above photo: Guy Smallman. Palestine Action Strikes Again. Activists take aim at Elbit Systems once more, raiding and occupying their weapons factory in Shenstone. Palestine Action have raided Elbit System’s subsidiary, UAV Engines Ltd, in Shenstone, Staffordshire at 7.15 this morning. The activists have sprayed blood-red paint and begun dismantling the weapons factory, whilst occupying the roof to prevent site operations. With windows smashed and equipment dismantled, the action draws parallels with Israel’s forced demolitions of Palestinian homes, sounding the alarm on the ethnic cleansing Israel is currently enacting in Sheikh Jarrah, Palestine. Elbit Systems are Israel’s largest arms manufacturer and hold a significant […]
Above Photo: A Palestinian girl stands outside her family home during a cold weather spell in a slum on the outskirts of the Khan Younis refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Jan. 19, 2022. Khalil Hamra / AP. Dialogue, Displacement And Despair. The Dialogue Phenomenon Tries To Cover Up The Fact That Millions Of Palestinians Are Displaced And That Despair Is All That Life Has To Offer Them. But It Provides No Hope, No Solution, Only A Guarantee That Things Will Continue To Get Worse For Palestinians. Occupied Palestine – When no one is steering the ship, the wind, the currents and the […]
Above Photo: Ben & Jerry’s ice cream for sale in Israel in 2014 (Uziel302/Wikimedia). This year was marked by a number of a political setbacks, but it also produced inspiring victories. As it comes to an end, we thought we’d take a look back on 2021. In addition to looking at Washington’s support for Israel’s violence, we wanted to take stock of what Palestine activists accomplished through their tireless work and unwavering commitment to human rights. 2021 kicked off with Joe Biden assuming the presidency. The former Senator has a long pro-Israel track record and his administration upheld that reputation right […]
Above photo: Palestine Action’s first trial has ended in acquittal. Palestine Action. United Kingdom – Three activists who defaced an Israeli drone engines factory in the UK were found not guilty of criminal damage on Monday. The two-day trial took place at Newcastle-under-Lyme Magistrates Court, near Stoke-on-Trent in central England. Palestine Action co-founder Huda Ammori told The Electronic Intifada that the victory showed they were on the right track. “We’re going to continue to take direct action in order to shut down and undermine Israel’s arms trade,” she said. It was reassuring to have court backing for taking action against Israeli […]
“We’re Not Breaking The Law; What We’re Doing Is Actually Rooted In Law; It Is A Lawful Act To Do Something To Prevent The Greater Crime — To Act To Save Lives.” — Huda Ammori, Palestine Action Earlier this week, rapper Lowkey joined campaigners on the streets of Oldham as they protested at the Elbit Ferranti weapons factory located in the northern English town. While the post-industrial town of 96,000 people might not seem like a likely flashpoint for the Israel-Palestine conflict, many of the weapons used against the civilian Palestinian population are actually manufactured there by the Israeli arms […]
On Wednesday, 6 October, activists marched through downtown Vancouver, Canada, as part of the Boycott Tour, drawing attention to the complicity of corporations, universities and government institutions in Canada in the ongoing colonization, occupation and apartheid throughout occupied Palestine. The march took place as part of Palestine Action Week, five days of collective action in solidarity with Palestinians and their fight for liberation, and against settler-colonialism, apartheid, and imperialist violence. Palestine Action Week was organized by a coalition of Vancouver-area groups, including Palestinian Youth Movement, National Students for Justice in Palestine, Canada Palestine Association, UBC Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights, SFU […]
In London, York And Manchester Palestine Action’s campaign of direct action against Elbit Systems and its partner organisations has continued, with the offices of JLL – Elbit’s landlord – targeted overnight Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), through its subsidiary LaSalle Investment Management, provides the office space for Elbit’s London headquarters at 77 Kingsway, from which the Israeli drone manufacturer oversees its production of arms in Britain LaSalle’s London office was targeted this morning, with activists and protestors shutting down the office at 1 Curzon Street, Mayfair Two JLL sites in York and Manchester were targeted by activists on Sunday night, who used […]
National Day Of Action For Palestine By Palestine Solidarity Campaign. November 28, 2020 National Day Of Action For Palestine2020-11-282020-11-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/palestine-e1606585273401.jpg200px200px Above photo: From Twitter. The Israeli government continues to press ahead with its gross violations of international law and Palestinian human rights, accelerating the ongoing colonisation of yet more Palestinian land. These include plans to proceed with formal annexation. Despite the rhetoric from some of our political leaders that the US- UAE has taken annexation off the table, Israel has made clear that its plans are merely on temporary hold . Netanyahu has stated clearly, speaking after the UAE deal, that “there […]
‘Let The World Remember How We Lost Palestine’ November 2, 2020 ‘Let The World Remember How We Lost Palestine’2020-11-022020-11-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/balfour.jpg200px200px Above photo: M. Torokman/Reuters. The 103rd anniversary of Balfour Declaration. Occupied Palestine – Today, Palestinians and human rights advocates around the world are marking 103 years since the Balfour Declaration was issued on November 2, 1917. Using the hashtag #Balfour103, Palestinian and pro-Palestine activists have called to participate in a campaign they launched to commemorate the 103rd anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, rejecting the ominous promise. The Balfour Declaration was issued by Britain when Arthur James Balfour, Former Prime Minister of the […]
Israel Lobby Spreads More Lies About Palestine Groups At NYU By Nora Barrows-Friedman, Electronic Intifada. October 24, 2020 Israel Lobby Spreads More Lies About Palestine Groups At NYU2020-10-242020-10-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/nyu-e1603558689593.jpg200px200px Above photo: Students have built a strong and resilient Palestinian rights activism community at NYU. NYU SJP. New York University has agreed to settle with the US Department of Education over allegations that the university had not appropriately responded to claims of anti-Semitism. Two attorneys filed the complaint last year on behalf of a student who alleged that she faced “two years of extreme anti-Semitism on the NYU campus which has created an intolerable and […]
ROME—A San Francisco State University-sponsored talk by convicted Palestinian hijacker Leila Khaled was canceled by Zoom and YouTube, according to the Lawfare Project, a pro bono U.S. group that supports Jewish causes around the world. Khaled—who is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine group, which the U.S. has labeled a terrorist organization—helped hijack an Israel-bound flight from Rome in 1969, and was scheduled to give a talk as part of an event hosted by the university’s Department of Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Studies on “Teaching Palestine.” When the talk was announced last month, Lawfare […]
The announcement followed the Abraham Accords signed by UAE and Bahrain with Israel at the White House, which were negatively met both by the Palestinian authorities and Iran. The deputy head of the Lebanon-based Shia militant group, Sheikh Naim Qassem, has spoken on the Palestinian cause, calling for military efforts along with “other forms of resistance” against Israel. “We should make efforts for the liberation of Palestine and Jerusalem al-Quds, and this will not be possible except through military resistance along with other forms of resistance, namely cultural, political, social resistance and etc, but the main focus of our work must […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008311080332239-uae-does-not-refuse-support-for-creation-of-independent-palestine-foreign-ministry-says/ DUBAI (Sputnik) – The United Arab Emirates is not against support for the creation of an independent Palestinian state with the capital in East Jerusalem, despite normalization of relations with Israel, UAE Foreign Minister, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed said. “The UAE stance is firm and settled in regard to support of the unchanging Arab stance on the creation of an independent Palestinian state with the capital in East Jerusalem”, bin Zayed said in a video address to Palestinians. The minister stressed that the UAE’s decision to normalize relations with Israel was a strategic and […]
Correction: A previous version of this story misidentified the title and employer of Aram Nerguizian. He is a senior associate with the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. BEIRUT — Analysts are looking forward to potential cooperation among the defense industries of Israel and the United Arab Emirates, following the Aug. 13 announcement that the two countries are establishing full diplomatic relations in a U.S.-brokered deal. “It is monumental for both Israel and the UAE that they are now on an unprecedented path to normalization. How this might or might not affect the […]
This is not the first time that Redbubble finds itself in hot water over items appearing on its website. Last year, the company came under fire for selling cell phone cases, cups, and shirts with a Zyklon B logo, the trade name of a pesticide used by the Nazis to kill millions of people in gas chambers. The Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC), an anti-hate organisation in Australia, has strongly condemned the Australian online retailer Redbubble and Aussie division of the Etsy e-commerce website for selling a t-shirt that says “Make Israel Palestine Again”. The ADC said Etsy also sells a t-shirt showing a […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106686/47/1066864770_0:161:3069:1887_1200x675_80_0_0_15bdc0370f0139771f690cfb88df7b76.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202008211080232982-qatar-expresses-support-for-palestine-amid-israeli-uae-peace-agreement/ DOHA (Sputnik) – Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Ministry Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani has held a phone conversation with Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization Dr. Saeb Erakat, during which the minister expressed support for Palestine amid the Israeli-UAE peace agreement. “In the context of the Palestinian cause, HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs stressed the State of Qatar’s firm position in supporting the rights of the brotherly Palestinian people and adhering to international legitimacy and relevant Security Council resolutions and the Arab Peace […]
Before 9/11, I was white—meaning, among other things, that I had the privilege of sitting out a presidential election to wait for the “perfect” candidate who fulfilled my demands for progressive purity. But being Muslim and of Arab heritage, my world changed in the years after 9/11 as I was transformed by society from white to a minority. Consequently, I learned firsthand the pain of being defined by the worst in my community and having politicians then openly use that grotesque caricature to demonize us. And no one has been more vile on this front than Donald Trump, who made ginning […]
…by PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: This comes as a surprise to see over a hundred French lawmakers do this as France is under Israeli Lobby pressure on the scale of the US. The “Lobby” which some claim works closely with Israeli intelligence, has pushed for anti-BDS laws to use foreign courts to punish their political opponents. I cannot image and anti-BDS law the the US Congress would not pass in a hear beat, and nor can I imagine a Congressional staff whistle blower coming forward to spotlight how American values of free speech get trampled when the Lobby turns the […]
A Jewish Case For Equality In Palestine By Peter Beinart, Jewish Currents. July 11, 2020 A Jewish Case For Equality In Palestine2020-07-112020-07-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/shutterstock_1376191130-e1594486986331.jpg200px200px Above photo: Separation wall between Israel and the West Bank near Jerusalem. Mazur Travel via Shutterstock. Why I No Longer Believe In A Jewish State. What makes someone a Jew—not just a Jew in name, but a Jew in good standing—today? In Haredi circles, being a real Jew means adhering to religious law. In leftist Jewish spaces, it means championing progressive causes. But these environments are the exceptions. In the broad center of Jewish life—where power and respectability lie—being a […]
Massive March Demands Justice And Liberation For Palestine July 6, 2020 Massive March Demands Justice And Liberation For Palestine2020-07-062020-07-06https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/palestine-rights-protest-in-brooklyn-ny.-photo-by-joe-catron-from-flickr-e1594067410383.jpg200px200px Above: photo Palestine rights protest in Brooklyn, NY. Photo by Joe Catron from Flickr. NOTE: For more pictures go to the original at Samidoun. Thousands of people joined a massive rally and march for Palestine in Brooklyn, New York, as part of the “Day of Rage” against Israeli annexation, colonization and Zionism in Palestine on Wednesday, 1 July. The rally was led by Within our Lifetime • United for Palestine and organized by the NY4Palestine coalition, of which Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is a member […]
What Price Will Israel Pay For Annexing The Last Of Palestine? By David Hearst, Middle East Eye. July 2, 2020 What Price Will Israel Pay For Annexing The Last Of Palestine?2020-07-022020-07-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/palfree-e1593704489880.jpg200px200px Above photo: A demonstration in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square to denounce Israel’s plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank on 23 June. AFP. Only when Israel starts paying a real price, will it have second thoughts about its project to establish itself as the only state between the river and the sea. The systematic and collective appropriation of Palestinian land by the State of Israel is not an accident […]
How Palestine Advocates Can Support Black Struggle By Kristian Davis Bailey, The Electronic Intifada. June 29, 2020 How Palestine Advocates Can Support Black Struggle2020-06-292020-06-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/main_image-e1593396586377.jpg200px200px Above photo: One of the best ways for Americans to display solidarity with Palestinians is to support the Black revolution in their own country. Tess Scheflan/ActiveStills. The recent Black Lives Matter protests have sparked conversations about how to act in better solidarity with the Black struggle. There are two especially prominent questions: how to move beyond rhetorical statements and how to address anti-Blackness among non-Black Arab communities. The following are a few suggestions for addressing these issues: 1. Understand that the Black […]
July 1: Call To Action To Confront Israeli Annexation, Free Palestine June 16, 2020 July 1: Call To Action To Confront Israeli Annexation, Free Palestine2020-06-162020-06-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/freepal-e1592328683398.jpeg200px200px Samidoun Network in occupied Palestine and in the diaspora has issued the following call, originally in Arabic. As an international network, we fully join in this call and urge all supporters and friends of Palestine to take action on 1 July in support of the mobilization taking place in Ramallah, occupied Palestine, to confront Israel’s declared plans for the annexation of much of the occupied West Bank of Palestine. We know that many Palestinians in exile and […]
Court of Human Rights Deals Major Blow To Israel’s War On Palestine Solidarity By Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), BDS. June 12, 2020 Court of Human Rights Deals Major Blow To Israel’s War On Palestine Solidarity2020-06-122020-06-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/bds-from-french-bds-movement-e1591988349918.jpg200px200px Above photo: Demonstrators holding a banner reading “Against colonization and apartheid in Palestine, Boycott of Israeli products,” march through the northern district of Marseille, southern France, during an international demonstration in support of the Palestinians Saturday, Sept. 28, 2002. Demonstrators, some coming from Spain and Italy, wished to express solidarity with the Palestinian people on the second anniversary of a renewed uprising against Israel. AP Photo/Claude […]
The Fuhrer addresses the Boogaloo Boiz [Editor’s note: It is not allowed to call for the assassination of a sitting US president. Therefore I will merely suggest that I am somewhat surprised that Herr Trump has not (yet) ridden in a limo past a book depository nor has he sat in any opera boxes. Furthermore, I might suggest that 400 million firearms in circulation does not one jot to keep you free if none of them are aimed in the right direction. </sarcasm> The whole point of the seemingly unfathomable unrest in the USA is disturbingly simple: It is to turn […]
Palestinians living under Israeli military occupation have long dealt with the kind of brutality being enacted by some US police officers against African-Americans. Israeli police officers detain a Palestinian protestor during scuffles outside the compound housing al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City March 12, 2019. (Reuters) A now infamous image of a white police officer kneeling on the neck of an African-American man, who would later die, has caused global outrage and violent unrest across the US. Caught on video, George Floyd’s death was seemingly the straw that broke the camel’s back in that it came after several other high […]
Special Introduction. Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the PLO, Fatah, and PA, announced the suspension of all contacts with Israel, an empty statement since it was not accompanied by the formal diplomatic protocol as required by international laws. The PLO leadership failed miserably in the armed revolution and failed in the never-ending “ peace process”. If I know how the PLO operate for sure, they did not think of all the consequences that have to do with transport, electricity, the water supply of materials and consumer good. Formally revoking all agreements with Israel also means the disbanding of the Palestinian Authority, […]
TEL AVIV—In the pre-dawn hours of May 13, Nissim Alperon, one of Israel’s most notorious alleged gangsters, and a small army of men found themselves at the entrance to the Palestinian city of Qalqilya in the West Bank waiting for the return of a stolen horse. With each passing hour Alperon grew restless, until he decided to send in a few of his associates to get the animal back. A week earlier, Alperon had woken up to find that his prized Arabian mount had been stolen from his ranch in the central Israeli city of Petach Tikva. The horse, valued at […]