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Video: Crashing The JNF Fundraiser to "Plant a Tree for Palestine"

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 23:51

On Monday 16 May, the Jewish National Fund (JNF) held a fundraiser at the Lincoln Center in New York City featuring the Broadway play “Scottsboro Boys.” Since the JNF plant trees and forests over ethnically-cleansed Palestinian villages to try and erase traces of their existence we (Existence is Resistance, Artists Against Apartheid, StoptheJNF.org and Max Blumenthal among others) decided to bring trees to give away. Each sapling was labeled with the name of a village that was cleansed in Palestine along with the date (some of which were before 15 May 1948) to “Plant for Palestine.”

Largest student union in Europe joins Palestinian-led boycott call

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 20:13

Exciting news today from the BDS Movement website:

The University of London Union (ULU)  has voted 10-1 to institute and campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) in support of Palestine. The motion called for “thorough research into ULU investments and contracts” with companies guilty of “violating Palestinian human rights” as set out by the Palestinian Boycott National Committee (BNC). 

Moving extended footage of Sunday's Nakba march in Lebanon

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 19:42
A new 19-minute video from Sunday’s Nakba march in Lebanon shows emotional scenes from the day.

Video: Interview with Hassan Hijazi who returned to Jaffa from Syria

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 22:21

This video clip on Youtube shows an interview on Israeli television with Hassan Hijazi, a resident of Syria who entered Israel through the occupied Golan Heights during the 15 May Nakba Day march. The interview is in Arabic with Hebrew subtitles and appears to have been edited by Israeli television. The translation here is by The Electronic Intifada.

Video: scenes from yesterdays clashes at Qalandiya checkpoint

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 19:20

A dramatic video documents protesters marching on Qalandiya checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank.

Sabra boycott referendum up for student vote at DePaul University

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 05:19
After DePaul University initially agreed to remove Sabra hummus from the school’s cafe, outside pressure from the usual suspects caused the university to reverse its decision. However, Students for Justice in Palestine activists didn’t take no for an answer and they are now posing the question of whether the school should boycott Sabra through a student government referendum.

Dramatic video shows Palestinians, Syrians entering Israeli-occupied Golan Heights

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Sun, 05/15/2011 - 21:10

A dramatic video published by the website baladee.net shows the moment when hundreds of Palestinian refugees and Syrians break through the border fence from Syria into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights (part of Syria occupied by Israel in 1967 and illegally annexed in 1981).

Watch: Omar Barghouti speaks about his new book on BDS

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 20:16

An interview with Omar Barghouti, a founder of the boycott, divestment sanctions movement, speaks about his new book which was recently reviewed by The Electronic Intifada: BDS: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights.

AHAVA promotional campaign on Twitter jammed with BDS messaging

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 05/11/2011 - 16:32

The Stolen Beauty campaign focusing on a boycott of Ahava cosmetics, which are illegally manufactured in the occupied West Bank using Palestinian natural resources, has launched a culture jamming initiative currently underway on Twitter:

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