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Honoring Palestinian history: filmmaker Annemarie Jacir on "When I Saw You"

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 04/29/2013 - 18:13
Annemarie Jacir on honoring the fedayeen who believed return to Palestine was a possibility.

Postage stamps and onions the latest threat to the State of Israel, writes Palestinian political prisoner

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 21:31
New essay by Ameer Makhoul skewers the absurd lengths to which Israeli authorities go to control the lives of Palestinian prisoners.

Amnesty calls on Israel to release Palestinian academic jailed "to deter left-wing activists"

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 04/26/2013 - 18:56
“Prisoner of conscience” Ahmad Qatamesh has been held for two years without charge or trial.

Video: Youth group mocks Israel's attempts recruit Palestinians to national service

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Tue, 04/23/2013 - 20:24
While Israeli government urges Palestinian citizens to “share the burden,” the latter are deprived of basic rights.

Palestine film festivals to open in Chicago and London, plus other cinema news

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 04/19/2013 - 18:45
Paradise Now director Hany Abu-Assad’s new film selected for the Cannes Film Festival.

Video: Israeli soldiers blindfold and arrest young boy in Hebron

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 04/15/2013 - 21:45
Armed Israeli settlers confront internationals who ask soldiers why they arrested Palestinian child.

Get inspired and submit to right of return art and writing competition

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 03/28/2013 - 20:30
Submit photography, art and writing to BADIL’s seventh annual Al-Awda Award Competition.

Watch: Palestinian couple divulge psychological impact of Israeli imprisonment in short video

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 03/13/2013 - 19:32
Former prisoner starts to become acquainted with his wife only to be arrested once more.

"They wanted me to list every young Palestinian that I knew," says Palestinian-American deported by Israel

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 02/27/2013 - 19:28
“If I hadn’t gone on vacation, I’d still be teaching,” says Nour Joudah of her two-month ordeal.

US investigated Gaza flotilla passengers for terror ties but not Israel's slaying of citizen, new docs show

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 02/22/2013 - 22:14
Thousands of pages of documents released after lawsuit show US prioritized protecting Israel’s interests over its own citizens’ rights.

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