Brighton Tubas Friendship and Solidarity Group

Demonstrators dressed as Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King visited the village of Bil In today (05/03/2010) to mark the beginning of Israeli Apartheid Week. Over a hundred people marched to the gate of Israel's apartheid wall separating the village from its land.

In the last few years the Jordan Valley Solidarity project has rebuilt or renovated over a hundred houses in the valley. Palestinians living in area C are prevented from building permanent structures by the Israeli Civil Military administration. These regulations are enforced by house demolitions.

Al Jiftlik Meeting House - Feb 2010

Fasayil School Basketball court

Building of Basketball Court

Emad, a student from Al Quds Open University in Tubas, had been invited to the University of Sussex to meet with students and speak about conditions for students living under occupation in the West Bank.

However, the UK consulate refused his visa application on the grounds that he is an ex-prisoner.

At 5pm on 14th February the Israeli army closed Al Hamra checkpoint, arested two Palestinian men, forced them to strip, blindfolded them, then made them walk down the road in front of queues of people and stand in stress positions.