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Forthcoming documentary tells the story of Gaza kids resisting siege with kites

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 06/01/2012 - 16:05
Flying Paper, a forthcoming documentary by Roger Hill and Nitin Sawhney, tells the story of Palestinian children in Gaza who broke the Guinness world record for most kites simultaneously flown.

Interview: Launch of Leila Khaled biography by EI contributor canceled after Zionist pressure

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Sat, 05/19/2012 - 00:17
The cancelation of the Manchester launch of Leila Khaled: Icon of Palestinian Liberation has only brought the book broader publicity, says author and Electronic Intifada contributor Sarah Irving.

UK student leaders condemn anti-Palestinian policy at Israeli college

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 21:47
A statement released today signed by more than 100 student leaders in the United Kingdom condemns a policy at an Israeli college effectively barring Palestinians from its top student post.

Israeli forces raid Ramallah offices of Stop the Wall, steal computers and hard drives

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 19:09
Israeli forces raided Stop the Wall’s Ramallah offices, stealing laptops, hard drives and memory cards related to the organization’s human rights advocacy work.

Addameer: urgent action needed as Israel's top court rejects appeal of men on 71st day of hunger strike

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 17:21
Thaer Halahleh and Bilal Diab, on their 71st day of hunger strike, are at immediate risk of death after Israel’s top court rejects a petition challenging their administrative detention orders.

Ameer Makhoul is a prisoner of conscience and must be freed, say organizations across the globe

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 15:47
Twenty-five organizations from around the globe have added their voices to the call to free Ameer Makhoul.

Fair trade organizations protest Israeli orders to uproot 1,400 olive trees (PHOTOS)

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 00:06
Israel is ordering nine Palestinian farmers from Deir Istiya village to uproot hundreds of trees in the occupied West Bank.

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.

Mass hunger strike grows despite Israel's best efforts to repress it

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 17:16
The Palestinian human rights and prisoner advocacy group Addameer announced today that the mass, open-ended hunger strike in Israeli prisons which began on 17 April, Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, has grown to an estimated 2,000 participants. Addameer renews its calls for support of the hunger striking prisoners.

"You will be punished if you don't become an informant": ACLU's Nancy Murray on Tarek Mehanna case

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 21:05
Nancy Murray, education director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, explains why she believes a “Muslim exception” is being carved out of the First Amendment, how a juror came to Tarek Mehanna’s sentencing hearing last week to ask the judge for mercy, and why Mehanna’s case has wide-reaching implications.

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