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All set for 2012 Palestine literature festival in Gaza, except permits from Egypt

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 20:51

This year’s Palestine Festival of Literature is scheduled to take place in Gaza from 5-9 May – if only Egypt provides the permits for writers, bloggers and artists – including Ahdaf Soueif, Alaa Abd el‐Fattah, Suad Amiry and others to enter the besieged territory.

WATCH: Alice Walker narrates new documentary on Jahalin Bedouin, with Roger Waters on soundtrack

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 16:02
Nowhere Left to Go: The Jahalin Bedouin, a new short documentary, can now be watched in its entirety on YouTube.

What the "IDF Spokesperson" doesn't like tweeting about Gaza

Submitted by Ben White on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 13:18
While the IDF Spokesperson is eager to share information about goods going in to Gaza, there is a remarkable reluctance to answer questions about how many goods are being exported out of Gaza.

Video: Palestinian woman "takes over" Israeli military vehicle at Ofer protest for hunger strikers

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 12:40

This video shows a Palestinian woman mounting an Israeli military vehicle amid protests near Ofer Prison in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on 1 May, in solidarity with hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners. The video also shows Israeli occupation forces attacking female protestors with pepper spray directed into their eyes from close range as they lie on the ground.

Urgent action needed to save lives of Palestinian hunger strikers Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh, doctors warn

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Tue, 05/01/2012 - 14:55

Two Palestinian hunger strikers are at grave risk of death unless urgent action is taken, two human rights organization have warned. Even with their grave physical conditions, Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh are being denied family and lawyer visits and being subjected to mistreatement and denial of necessary medical care.

Apartheid apologists respond to BDS with fake concern for Palestinians

Submitted by Ben White on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 19:38
Following the Co-Op decision to boycott four Israeli suppliers, Israel’s apologists have responded with an ‘argument’ of unintentional hilarity: that BDS harms the Palestinians it claims to help.

148 professors sign letter objecting to New York Times Nazi ad, but paper refuses to run it

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 15:59

One hundred and forty-eight US college professors signed a letter objecting to an advertisement in The New York Times by notorious racist David Horowitz naming indvidual faculty members at several US colleges and accusing them of inciting murder of Jewish children, and likening the movement to boycott Israel (BDS) to Nazism.

Act now: more Palestinian hunger strikers in hospital with serious health problems

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 13:00
An increasing number of Palestinian hunger strikers is facing serious health risks. Action is needed.

Heeding boycott call, Irish band Dervish pulls out of Israel concerts

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 04/30/2012 - 12:53

The Irish band Dervish announced today that it has pulled out of a series of Irish music concerts in Israel this June, so as not to violate calls for the cultural boycott of Israel.

In BDS milestone, UK supermarket chain to boycott Israel firms doing business with settlements

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Sun, 04/29/2012 - 12:21

Palestine solidarity campaigners celebrated news that The Co-operative Group – commonly known as The Co-op – has decided to expand its boycott of goods produced in Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land into a complete boycott of companies that source any goods in settlements.

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