Combatants for Peace’s joint Palestinian-Israeli demonstration against the occupation of the West Bank, May 2014 (Photo: Combatants for Peace)

Tomorrow Israelis Will Say “Yes” to a Palestinian State

According to the organization, Combatants for Peace, tomorrow, Saturday, November 15, Israelis will say “Yes” to a Palestinian State “because independence for the Palestinians means true independence for Israelis.” The organizers are urging the public to “Join us, a large group of Israelis and Palestinians, in a demonstration of popular democracy, solidarity, and hope.” The…

Session of C.C. of AKEL held in October, 2014 which discussed Turkey’s "new intolerable provocations in the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Republic of Cyprus. These unprecedented acts challenge the sovereign rights of the Republic of Cyprus and constitute a policy of political and legal irrationality which does not comply with International Law". (Photo: AKEL)

Regional Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties of the Middle East: Expression of Solidarity with the People of Cyprus

On 24-25 October 2014, the undersigned Communist and Workers’ Parties participated in a regional meeting held in Cyprus. The parties participating in this conference have passed resolutions which: Support the sovereign right of all states to the peaceful development of their resources Affirm the inalienable right of the Republic of Cyprus to explore and extract…

A protest against SodaStream outside of John Lewis in London, organized by local Palestine Solidarity activists (Photo: Al Ittihad)

Major Israeli Construction Enterprise and SodaStream Pull Out of Occupied Palestinian Territories

Last Monday, the Israeli daily newpaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that Africa Israel Investments, an international holding and investment company based in Israel, will no longer build homes in the West Bank or East Jerusalem. This decision comes after years during which Africa Israel’s daughter company, Danya Cebus, repeatedly flaunted international law by constructing settlement homes…

The GUE/NGL European Parliament Group in solidarity with the Palestinian people (Photo: AKEL)

Regional Meeting of Communist and Workers parties of the Middle East: Statement in solidarity with Palestine

The undersigned parties and international organizations convened in Larnaka, Cyprus on the 24th and 25 of November 2014 under the slogan “Towards a Just and Lasting Peace & for Solidarity with the Palestinian People” and after thorough deliberations and discussions have agreed on the following statement: They call to:          -Recognize an independent viable state…

California protesters block Zim Israeli-owned ship

Protesters angered by Israel’s deadly military actions in Gaza gathered at the Port of Oakland in the United States, on Saturday morning, in an effort to prevent a cargo ship managed by a privatized Israeli company from unloading. Longshore workers did not unload the ship, the Zim Shanghai, because of safety concerns posed by the presence…

Child of holocaust survivors at Demonstration in support of Gaza in Toronto, rally from Queens Park to the US consulate on July 24, 2014 (Photo: Linda Dawn Hammond / IndyFoto)

Holocaust survivors condemn Israel for Gaza massacre

Hundreds of Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors have signed a letter, published as an advertisement in the New York Times, condemning the massacre of Palestinians in Gaza and calling for a boycott of Israel. According to the letter, the condemnation was prompted by an advertisement written by Elie Wiesel and published in major news…

Police look on as protesters occupy the roof of an Elbit owned factory in Birmingham. (Photo: London Palestine Action)

Australian police arrest seven protesters for storming roof of Elbit Systems

Police in Melbourne arrested seven pro-Palestinian protesters who stormed the roof of an Israel-based company, accusing it of supporting genocide. The protesters, from the Melbourne Palestine Action Group, surrounded the factory belonging to Elbit Systems Friday morning, chanting “Elbit, Elbit you can’t hide, you are supporting genocide.” Elbit Systems of Australia manufacture defense equipment, including…