Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 07/08/2011 - 18:52
The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Committee (BNC) announced today a call for an urgent military embargo against Israel, “similar to that imposed against apartheid South Africa in the past.”
Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 17:40
The Irish Ship to Gaza campaign released documentation today that they say shows the MV Saoirse, docked in the Turkish coastal port of Gocek, was sabotaged in way “intended to endanger and/or inflict injury or death on Irish citizens as they went about their lawful right to sail on the high seas.”
Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 16:54
While Britain keeps Sheikh Raed Saleh as a political prisoner, another Palestinian citizen of Israel who has been persecuted for his work advocating for his community’s rights remains in Israeli prison.
Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 06/27/2011 - 23:34
In an op-ed published by Al Jazeera English today, I write about the US government’s attempts to criminalize the Palestine solidarity activists — including the State Department’s threats to prosecute activists involved with the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. I also appeared on Al Jazeera English’s The Stream today to discuss FBI raids and subpoenas targeting activists.
Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 06/24/2011 - 20:17
The Popular Struggle Coordination Committee reports today that the Israeli army opened fire at a Palestinian protester operating a bulldozer at a gate in the wall in Bilin village today. Hundreds protested today during the weekly demonstration in the occupied West Bank village today, after the Israeli army finally began to implement this week an Israeli high court decision made four years ago to dismantle part of the illegal Israeli wall in the village.
Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 06/24/2011 - 16:50
While Egypt has played an important role in the fate of the Palestinian national movement, little attention has been paid to Palestinians in Egypt. In a new policy brief from Al-Shabaka: the Palestinian Policy Network, Oroub el-Abed gives an overview of the experience of Palestinians in Egypt and where they stand today.
Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 16:47
Just as activists from all over the world prepare to embark on the second Freedom Flotilla to Gaza, Prisoners of Love, a comic book-style account of Israel’s deadly raid on the first Gaza Freedom Flotilla last year, has just been released.
Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 06/10/2011 - 03:10
This month the Guardian (UK) and B’Tselem, the Israeli human rights organization, published a series of videos that powerfully document the state of siege in occupied East Jerusalem. Six cameras were given to Jerusalem residents — four to Palestinians and two to Israelis.
Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 06/09/2011 - 22:45
In this video which appears to have been shot on “Jerusalem Day” — marked this earlier this month by thousands of right-wing Israeli settlers who provocatively marched in Jerusalem — a young American Jew states his solidarity with the Palestinian people before being roughly arrested by Israeli police.
Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 06/09/2011 - 06:38
Last month Asa Winstanley reported for The Electronic Intifada on how British Prime Minister David Cameron had stepped down as honorary Jewish National Fund patron. Asa, a journalist in London who blogs at winstanleys.org and who can be followed on Twitter, wrote up an update and analysis after the prime minister’s spokespersons broke the silence on Cameron’s resignation.
