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Divestment passes at University of California at Riverside

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Fri, 04/25/2014 - 01:40
This was the second time the student senate at UC Riverside passed a divestment resolution.

Thousands at risk of starvation in Yarmouk, UN warns

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 04/24/2014 - 23:31
Syrian government “using starvation as a weapon of war,” says Amnesty International.

New campaign resource boosts efforts to burst SodaStream's bubble

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 04/23/2014 - 23:05
SodaStream spent $180 million in marketing last year but is feeling the pressure from the growing boycott campaign.

Another stillborn Palestinian “reconciliation”

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 04/23/2014 - 20:05

Why the Hamas-Fatah deal signed in Gaza today will not produce the national unity Palestinians crave.

New Palestinian poetry flourishes online

Submitted by Sarah Irving on Tue, 04/22/2014 - 21:52
Arts critic Sarah Irving rounds up recently-published works by Palestinian writers.

Northeastern lifts suspension of Students for Justice in Palestine

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Tue, 04/22/2014 - 19:56
Group was suspended in March for distributing mock eviction notices to raise awareness about Israel’s destruction of Palestinian homes.

Earth Day Network dumps SodaStream and Scarlett Johansson

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 04/21/2014 - 15:07

On the eve of Earth Day, groups working for Palestinian rights globally are celebrating Earth Day Network’s decision to end its partnership with SodaStream, whose main production factory is located in an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank.

Chicago Palestine Film Festival returns with Oscar-nominated “Omar”

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Sat, 04/19/2014 - 02:15
Highlights include Amina Waheed’s Chicago-filmed documentary Corner Stores and Jessica Habie’s boldly experimental feature Mars at Sunrise.

The New York Times agrees to be gagged by Israel

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Fri, 04/18/2014 - 15:17

Following criticism by The Electronic Intifada of how it handled Majd Kayyal’s case, The New York Times is forced to review its policies on observing Israeli gag orders censoring.

Pharell Williams - “Happy”- the Gaza version

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Fri, 04/18/2014 - 02:56

Exuberant scenes of Palestinians in Gaza dancing to the Pharell song “Happy.”

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