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Opinion/Editorial

Israel's prison regime can no longer go unnoticed

Safa Joudeh
18 May 2012

The demands at the heart of the historic hunger strike in Israeli prisons are only the tip of the iceberg.

Horowitz smear will only invigorate boycott Israel campaign

David Letwin
New York City
7 May 2012

David Horowitz’s New York Times attack ad exploits the Holocaust to distract from Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people.

United Methodist Church's shameful failure to divest from injustice

Susan Abulhawa
4 May 2012

This week, the United Methodist Church failed to pass a resolution to divest from three major beneficiaries of the most incendiary human rights abuses and colonial crimes of our time.

“Where do I sign?”

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Diaries: Live from Palestine

"Art is a hammer to shape reality": PalFest breaks the siege of Gaza

Ayah Bashir
Gaza City
23 May 2012

For years, PalFest has been trying to break Israel’s cultural siege on the Gaza Strip.

How Abu Dis' hills were stolen in the night

Lee Baker
18 May 2012

Stories from Abu Dis, a suburb which found itself suddenly cut off from Jerusalem by Israel’s wall.

Human Rights

Water apartheid leaves Palestinian children ill

Alex Abu Ata
Jerusalem
23 May 2012

How one village is severely impacted by Israel’s control of Palestinian water resources.

"I want to live in a state that's not racist;" a Bedouin keeps fighting for his people's rights

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
22 May 2012

A Bedouin activist has filed an appeal to Israel’s highest court in an attempt to make the state recognize his land rights.

Activism News

"We will not be silenced": Stop the Wall youth activist speaks on repression and resistance

Eoin O'Ceallaigh
17 May 2012

Hassan Kharajeh, a youth coordinator with Stop the Wall, on the role played by youth in the hunger strike demonstrations, and why they have Israel scared.

Art, Music & Culture

Bio shows why Leila Khaled remains an icon of resistance

Asa Winstanley
23 May 2012

Leila Khaled, an icon of the Palestinian resistance struggle, is the subject of a recommended new biography.

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