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Behind the wall: two glimpses at how Palestinians are being pushed from their land

by AJDS | Jul 10, 2015 | Blog, Newsletter

By David Rothfield Illegal outposts threaten the Shilo Valley  My recent, two day visit to the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) included a déjà-vu experience, visiting a site that I first visited in 1978, the site where Jewish settlers had then, just established...

Behind the wall: two glimpses at how Palestinians are being pushed from their land

by AJDS | Jul 10, 2015 | Blog, Newsletter

By David Rothfield Illegal outposts threaten the Shilo Valley  My recent, two day visit to the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) included a déjà-vu experience, visiting a site that I first visited in 1978, the site where Jewish settlers had then, just established...
We pay our respects to elders past and present, and acknowledge the history of the lands we stand, work and live on, noting that Indigenous sovereignty has never been ceded, and that colonisation continues. Read more…
The AJDS formally acknowledges that we, as an organisation, have members who live and work on the land of the Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung peoples of the Kulin nation, owners of the Melbourne region. We also have active members in other parts of Australia, all of whom reside on Aboriginal land