Yesterday morning Palestinians gathered in Gaza City’s As-Saha market to protest against the Prawer Plan. The event was part of a Global ‘Day of Rage’ against the Israeli government plan which plans to forcibly evict up to 70 000 Palestinian… Continue Reading
On 17th January 20134 Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out demolitions of 55 buildings in the communities of Al Maleh and Al Mayta in the Jordan Valley. The demolitions were part of the ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing by the… Continue Reading
This article is part of a series of Corporate Watch articles exposing corporate complicity in settlement expansion in the wider E1 area. They will be followed by an in-depth factsheet in the coming months. Kfar Adumim is an illegal Israeli… Continue Reading
We were asked today whether we’d seen any Volvo equipment being used in the West Bank. These machines, including a Volvo truck were seen at the construction site for the JICA joint Palestinian authority/Israeli government industrial zone in the Jordan… Continue Reading
Joint talk by Brighton Jordan Valley Solidarity and Corporate Watch view at http://www.inminds.com/article.php?id=10503
Volvo and Caterpillar machinery carried out the illegal demolition of a historic building in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday 9th January 2011[1] (see photo here http://www.presstv.ir/detail/159400.html and video at http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/topics/jerusalem/3165-video-shepherd-hotel-demolition-)[1] The Shepherd Hotel in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem, constructed in… Continue Reading
Volvo machinery was used to demolish houses of bedouin in the Palestinian village of Abu al Ajaj on Wednesday 24th November 2010. The same week a wave of demolitions occurred across the West Bank and Israel, including the demolition of… Continue Reading
by Adri Nieuwhof, Photos by Activestills: Keren Manor, Anne Paq and Oren Ziv Over the past few years the use of Volvo equipment in Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes and the construction of the wall has been documented. Mr. M.… Continue Reading