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Palestinian civil society leader Ameer Makhoul arrested one year ago today

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 05/06/2011 - 17:26
A year ago today, Palestinian civil society leader Ameer Makhoul, an Israeli citizen, was arrested from his Haifa home after it was raided by Israeli forces. Makhoul, the coordinator of Ittijah, the Union of Arab Community Associations and an advocate of boycott, divestment and sanctions, warned The Electronic Intifada in January of 2010 that Israel was increasingly persecuting the Palestinian community in Israel, attempting to cut the community off from the rest of the Palestinian national movement. “Israel uses its legal system and its laws on citizenship and loyalty to the Jewish state to achieve this,” Makhoul said.

Nicely done "iGaza" iPhone app just released

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Fri, 05/06/2011 - 16:28

I just downloaded a brand new free iPhone app called iGaza. I was pleasantly surprised by how good this is. It brings a stream of news about Palestine, more specifically Gaza and activism to break the blockade of Gaza right to your phone.

EI's Ali Abunimah on Arab uprisings at Al-Awda convention

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 05/05/2011 - 22:06

The Electronic Intifada co-founder Ali Abunimah participated in last week’s Annual International Al-Awda Convention in Anneheim, California. Anayat Durrani reports for the Egyptian publication Al-Ahram Weekly, “A major focus of the convention was the Arab people’s mass uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa and their relevance to the Palestinian struggle.”

Ali Abunimah told the conference:

Palestinian trade union movement forms historic BDS coalition

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 05/05/2011 - 20:18

The first ever Palestinian trade union conference for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel was held in Ramallah last week on 30 April. A historic formation was made at the conference with the establishment of the Palestinian Trade Union Coalition for BDS (PTUC-BDS) — the largest coalition of the Palestinian trade union movement.

May 15 in NYC: Rally to Return to Palestine

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 05/05/2011 - 19:23

A coalition of organizations are part of a May 15 Rally to Return to Palestine in New York City. In the comments section, please share any other Nakba commemoration/right of return events happening around this anniversary.

Rally to Return to Palestine announcement follows, in English then Arabic:

Despite "unity" Israel army sees PA forces continuing collaboration against Hamas

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 05/05/2011 - 17:58

Despite the Hamas-Fatah “unity” deal, Israeli army officers say they expect that Palestinian Authority security forces will continue their open collaboration with Israel, not just against Hamas, but also against Palestinian popular protests and marches on May 15.

Palestinian rights group submits petition to Israeli High Court to reverse "Nakba Law"

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Wed, 05/04/2011 - 16:48

Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel has submitted a petition to the Israeli High Court demanding that the government overturn its recent decision to criminalize commemoration of the Nakba — the ethnic cleansing and expulsion of 800,000 Palestinians before, during and after Israel declared itself a state in 1948.

As feared, Israel issues administrative detention order against Qatamesh

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 05/04/2011 - 16:42
The Palestinian human rights group Addameer issued an urgent appeal today (full text below), one day after Israeli military authorities issued an administrative detention order against Ahmad Qatamesh, the Palestinian writer and political activist.

"When I return to Palestine, I will ..."

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 05/04/2011 - 16:06

The US Palestinian Community Network has announced a new initiative today: “an online viral participatory campaign featuring simple notes by Palestinians, Arabs and allies describing what they hope to do when they return to Palestine.”

"Text" of Hamas-Fatah deal emerges and it doesn't look good

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Tue, 05/03/2011 - 21:59

Palestine Monitor, the website affiliated with the Al Mubadara movement of Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, has published what it says is the “Text Of The Agreement Between Fatah And Hamas” to be officially signed in Cairo this week.

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