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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.

Israel actions "surpass barbarism of apartheid South Africa," group says after Na'eem Jeenah deportation

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 15:12

The Palestine Solidarity Campaign of South Africa (PSC) has confirmed that prominent scholar Na’eem Jeenah is expected back in Johannesburg Thursday morning after he was detained by Israeli authorities, interrogated and held incommunicado on arrival at Ben-Gurion Airport on 17 May, before being deported to Istanbul without his passport or belongings.

South Africa intervening to bring home Na'eem Jeenah after Israel deports him to Turkey without passport

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 12:42

The Electronic Intifada has received the following update sent by the wife of prominent South African scholar, activist and public intellectual Na’eem Jeenah, Director of the Afro Middle East Centre, who was arrested by Israeli authorities, interrogated and held incommunicado on arrival at Ben-Gurion Airport on 17 May, before being d

Palestinian refugees in Lebanon invisible to international media

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 01:55
Just as Palestinian refugees in Lebanon have been disenfranchised from the political process after Oslo, they have been disenfranchised in the media.

Prominent South African scholar detained incommunicado by Israel

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 20:33

A prominent South African scholar was detained today on arrival Ben-Gurion airport after flying into Israel, held incommunicado without access to South African diplomats and his whereabouts are currently unknown. A press release from the Afro-Middle East Center in Johannesburg, South Africa, of which Na’eem Jeenah is director states:

Exclusive: Abbas to let Israel keep settlements even if UN recognizes "state"

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 15:37

Exclusive: Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas plans to allow Israel to annex settlements in the West Bank even if UN agrees to recognize a Palestinian state “on the 1967 borders” in September.

Close-up video of Israeli soldiers dressed as Palestinians arresting demonstrators

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 01:48

Yesterday I wrote about this photo of an Israeli undercover agent disguised as a Palestinian woman civilian who was involved in the arrest of demonstrators at Qalandiya checkpoint during Sunday’s Nakba protests.

More than 350 injured, 130 arrested in Egypt Nakba protests

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 23:19
Multiple publications in Egypt have reported that more than 350 persons were injured by Egyptian forces during a protest outside of the Israeli consulate in the Cairo suburb of Giza last night, citing health ministry figures. Peaceful protests outside of the Israeli embassy were ongoing on Sunday, the day that marks the Palestinin Nakba — the forced dispossession of the Palestinian homeland with the establishment of the State of Israel. But the scene turned violent towards the end of the night.

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