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Activists in Europe urged to lobby MEPs to vote against new EU-Israel trade protocol

Submitted by Michael Deas on Tue, 10/16/2012 - 14:33
The European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine (ECCP), a network of solidarity groups and NGOs, is calling on supporters of Palestinian rights to lobby their MEPs to vote against a new EU-Israel trade protocol.

Video: Man assaults peaceful “Stop Apartheid” protest at Israel-Luxembourg football match

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Tue, 10/16/2012 - 13:03

“As long as Israel imprisons Palestinian athletes for years without charge or trial using torture, destroys sporting infrastructure and prevents Palestinian athletes from traveling abroad, it has no place in European competitions”

Austria's Salam.Orient festival reacts to Arab artists' pull out over Israel sponsorship

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Tue, 10/16/2012 - 00:31

Palestinian oud player Marwan Abado, and Tunis Air pull out, bringing to 5 number of artists who have boycotted festival.

Mustafa Tamimi's father passed away

Submitted by Linah Alsaafin on Mon, 10/15/2012 - 21:11
Less than a year after the murder of Mustafa Tamimi from Nabi Saleh, his father passed away without seeing justice for his son.

New film on unsolved terrorist attack that murdered Palestinian-American leader nearly three decades ago

Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Mon, 10/15/2012 - 20:22
The Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) last week marked 27 years since the murder by bombing of Alex Odeh with a minute of silence and a call to action. Odeh, a Palestinian originally from Jifna, a West Bank village near the university town of Birzeit, was the ADC’s leader in California. In a press release, the ADC promoted this new short film which gives a good overview of the case, which remains unsolved to this day. The ADC said in an email to EI that the film was made by an ADC activist. It’s well worth a watch as it contains contemporary TV news reports about this 1985 terrorist attack.

Under Israeli pressure, US cancels Gaza scholarships, showing need for academic boycott of Israel

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 10/15/2012 - 13:32

Obama administration blocks off one of the few routes to US education for Gaza students, under Israeli pressure.

Sparrows successfully break through Gilboa prison "bird checkpoints," writes Ameer Makhoul

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Mon, 10/15/2012 - 12:33
The Israeli Prison Authority fails to block sparrows from entering Gilboa Prison square, reports Ameer Makhoul.

Palestinian children testify about cruel treatment by Israeli soldiers in new short film

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Sun, 10/14/2012 - 13:07
Today, Defence for Children International-Palestine Section (DCI) released a short film about Israel’s ill-treatment of Palestinian children during their arrest, transfer and detention

On life support

Submitted by Nidal El-Khairy on Sat, 10/13/2012 - 17:48
Who is really running the Palestinian Authority?

Three more Arab performers pull out of Austrian music festival due to Israel embassy sponsorship

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Sat, 10/13/2012 - 15:44

Syrian singer Lena Chamamyan, Lebanese MC Malikah (Lynn Fattouh), and Ramallah-based MC DJ Sotusura will now no longer perform at Salam.Orient due to Israeli sponsorship.

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