From the Editors

Highlighting important stories on and off The Electronic Intifada.

Podcast: Sodastream "part of the occupation," says UK-based boycott activist Tony Greenstein

Activist, blogger and BDS organizer Tony Greenstein in Brighton, UK, discusses the Sodastream boycott and the growing BDS movement.

Podcast: Israel wants to criminalize human rights defenders, says head of Palestinian group raided by army

Sahar Francis of Addameer, the Palestinian prisoners’ advocacy organization, says that the Israeli army’s recent raids on human rights groups in the West Bank is because of Palestinian civil society advocacy for human rights and BDS.

Podcast: University of California's direct role in "disparaging" campus Palestine activists

Liz Jackson talks about how civil rights groups are challenging the University of California as a climate of fear silences Palestine solidarity activism and Palestinian and Muslim students.

EI's Rami Almeghari joins Norman Finkelstein and others to debate Palestine UN bid on RT's CrossTalk

Now that the Palestinians have had their international legal status upgraded at the UN, what difference will it make?

Palestine UN bid and Arafat exhumation: Ali Abunimah on WBEZ's Worldview

Will today’s UN vote help the Palestinian cause or set it back?

Podcast: South Africa building mass movement of Palestine solidarity

Muhammed Desai of BDS South Africa on the significance of the South African government’s support of the Palestinian-led BDS movement, and strengthening solidarity between South Africans and Palestinians.

Podcast: Case against the Holy Land Five "a co-production with the government of Israel"

Linda Moreno, defense attorney for Ghassan Elashi of the Holy Land Foundation, who was convicted for giving charity to Palestinian women and children, talks about the US Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the case.

Podcast: Huseyin Oruç on holding Israel accountable for attacks, raids on Gaza-bound boats

Huseyin Oruç of the Turkish humanitarian relief organization IHH talks about legal plans to hold Israeli officials accountable for the seizure of the Estelle and the attacks on the Mavi Marmara which killed nine in 2010.

Podcast: Alaa Tartir on building a sustainable Palestinian "resistance economy"

On this week’s podcast, Alaa Tartir of al-Shabaka discusses the role of international donors in the de-development of the Palestinian economy, and what is needed to build Palestinian economic self-sustainability.

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