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Opinion/Editorial

Never mind Johnny Rotten, real punks boycott Israel

Alexander Billet
Chicago
20 February 2012

Working with the Palestinian-led boycott, divestment and sanctions movement, Punks Against Apartheid follows a firm tradition of anti-racism within the punk movement.

Standing in solidarity with Khader Adnan

Nehad Khader
Washington, DC
16 February 2012

Protests in solidarity with hunger striking Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan made his plight impossible to ignore.

Educators can't stay silent about Israeli apartheid

J. Kēhaulani Kauanui, Robin D.G. Kelley, Bill V. Mullen, Nikhil Pal Singh and Neferti Tadiar
13 February 2012

US academics recently returned from a fact-finding delegation describe the daily ritual of subordination, humiliation and suspicion endured by Palestinians living under Israeli occupation.

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Diaries: Live from Palestine

Interview: Ex-prisoner reflects on friendship with Khader Adnan and his hunger strike for justice

Bekah Wolf
9 February 2012

Popular resistance leader Mousa Abu Maria shared an Israeli prison cell with Khader Adnan, now completing his 55th day of hunger strike. Abu Maria recalls Adnan’s leadership in organizing and educating prisoners in this interview for The Electronic Intifada.

Is 17-year-old girl Cast Lead's latest victim?

Rami Almeghari
Gaza Strip
7 February 2012

Seventeen-year-old Haneen Abu Jalala died last month at an Israeli hospital from what her family says were complications from white phosphorous fired at their home three years ago.

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Human Rights

Court gives Israel "licence to pillage" West Bank, say rights groups

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Jerusalem
22 February 2012

JERUSALEM (IPS) - After a recent Israeli high court decision allowed Israeli companies to maintain quarrying and mining activities in the occupied West Bank, human rights activists say the decision has opened the door to Israel’s pillaging of other Palestinian resources.

Vital health services under threat in Gaza power crisis

Gaza City
21 February 2012

An energy crisis is currently hitting the Gaza Strip’s public services hard and could lead to a severe humanitarian crisis if a sustainable solution is not found soon.

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Activism News

Stop the JNF campaign makes steady gains as Israel charity goes "on the retreat" in UK

Asa Winstanley
London
22 February 2012

Because of the efforts by Palestine solidarity activists to expose the colonization project of the Jewish National Fund, 2012 could perhaps be the organization’s last year holding charity status in the UK.

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Art, Music & Culture

Israel lobby's machinations on Iran probed in new book

Rod Such
21 February 2012

Trita Parsi’s A Single Roll of the Dice: Obama’s Diplomacy with Iran is an exhaustive account of what happened to Obama’s campaign pledge towards Iran, particularly after the Israeli government and its lobby in the United States challenged the very notion of diplomacy.

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