Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Cuban counterpart Miguel Díaz-Canel during their meeting in Havanna, May 2018

Latin American Leaders Reject any Israeli Annexation in West Bank

More than 320 public figures from Latin America, including former national presidents, signed a statement on Friday, July 3, calling for the imposition of sanctions on Israel in response to its plan to annex portions of the occupied Palestinian territory and for its apartheid practices. Among the most prominent signatories to the statement were former presidents…

Peace activists turned the water in the fountain at Trump Square red in the Israeli city of Petah Tikva on Monday, June 29, to protest the Netanyahu government's intention to annex parts of the West Bank. Graffiti scrawled at the base of the fountain read "Annexation will cost us blood."

Joint List Urges Major British Parties to Oppose Annexation

The Joint List called on Britain’s biggest political parties to vigorously oppose Israel’s plans to annex parts of the Palestinian occupied West Bank. The two letters, dated June 26 were penned by Hadash MK Yousef Jabareen, the head of the Joint List’s international relations committee, and were sent to the UK Conservative party leader, Prime…