The control of water sources is the main reason why Israel has been building an apartheid wall in the West Bank, Palestine, since 2002. It is violating the border ("Green Line") that separates the Jewish state from the Palestinian Territories occupied by the Israeli settlers. So says hydrologist Dr. Abed al-Rahman Tamimi, of the Palestinian Hidrology Group, member of PENGON - Friends of the Earth Palestine. Watch video

“The global movement for a campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel until it complies with international law and Palestinian rights was initiated by Palestinian civil society in 2005, and is coordinated by the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), established in 2007. BDS is a strategy that allows people of conscience to play an effective role in the Palestinian struggle for justice”, according to the website http://www.bdsmovement.net. Watch video

We share the speech by the chair of Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) Jagoda Munic during a press conference held on Sunday to wrap up the federation’s solidarity mission in Palestine. The mission began on October 10th. Read more

The Friends of the Earth International solidarity mission in Palestine ended on Sunday with a press conference held in Ramallah (West Bank), at the office of PENGON-Friends of the Earth Palestine. Read more

On September 16 the Makhoul village, in the Jordan Valley (West Bank) suffered an attack by the Israeli military. They tore down peasant houses, which is a common practice. Read more

On Saturday, the Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) mission in Palestine visited the Jordan Valley, to the east of the West Bank, to verify the serious conditions the different villages are enduring in the area. They live on cattle growing and agriculture. The lack of water, the seizure of Palestinian lands by the Israeli military and the demolition of houses are part of every day life there. Read more

RAMALLAH, WEST BANK (PALESTINE), October 14, 2013 – A four day high-level Friends of the Earth International visit to Friends of the Earth Palestine (also known as PENGON) concluded on October 13th, when Friends of the Earth International chair Jagoda Munic presented a report during a press conference in Ramallah. Read more

A solidarity mission of Friends of the Earth International visited the village Jubet al deeb, near Bethlehem, to the south of the West Bank, in Palestine. Read more

Seven Israeli industrial plants in the complex known as Geshuri in Palestine, to the north of the West Bank, have caused serious environmental pollution in the area and six workers died as a result. Read more

The Friends of the Earth International mission of solidarity with the Palestinian people began on Thursday. The delegation visited communities near Bethlehem and Hebron, to the south of the West Bank. Read more