Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Sun, 05/13/2012 - 16:30
Watch a film that tells the story of Israel’s systematic looting of tens of thousands of books and other cultural treasures during the Nakba, the 1948 expulsion of the Palestinian people.
Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 05/10/2012 - 16:18
Thaer Halahleh has been told he “could die any moment,” by an Israeli prison doctor, as the gravely ill Palestinian who is held without charge or trial by Israel, completed his 73rd day of hunger strike.
Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 17:09
Despite rejecting an appeal from two Palestinian hunger strikers, Israel’s supreme court appeared to send a signal that Israeli authorities should not let the men die in custody.
Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 12:33
French president-elect François Hollande has told a Jewish community publication that he opposes the boycott of Israeli goods, even apparently from Israeli settlements in occupied territories, and considers such boycotts “illegal.” Meanwhile a French court disagreed, acquitting another group of BDS activists in a significant legal victory.
Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 22:44
Amnesty International today issued a call for Urgent Action from individuals around the world to contact Israeli authorities about Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh, two Palestinians men who are at immediate risk of death on their 67th day of hunger strike.
Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 10:59
Two days after doctors warned that hunger strikers Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh are at immediate risk of death, and being denied necessary medical treatment, the Israeli high court has once again delayed action on an appeal against their prolonged detention without charge.
Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 21:29
The General Conference of the United Methodist Church today failed to pass a measure to divest from companies profiting from Israeli occupation and human rights abuses of Palestinians.
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.
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.
