Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 03/30/2012 - 16:59
In a landmark development in the US Palestine solidarity movement, M.E.Ch.A., the largest association of Latin@ youth in the US, voted overwhelmingly to endorse the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions.
Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 03/22/2012 - 15:38
Chicago activists released a video today to bring attention to the heroic hunger strike undertaken by Palestinian political prisoner Hana al-Shalabi, who is at risk of imminent death as she has refused to eat since she was arrested on 16 February.
Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 03/19/2012 - 23:24
Batsheva Dance Company, identified by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs as “the best known global ambassador of Israeli culture,” has faced protests throughout its ongoing US tour.
Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 22:54
A two-part report aired yesterday on the US comedy program The Daily Show the US for cutting off funding to the United Nations education and cultural organization UNESCO after the UN body admitted Palestine as a member state last year.
Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 01:18
The Palestinian prisoner rights group Addameer put out a statement today marking International Women’s Day (March 8), calling for the release of all Palestinian female political prisoners.
Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 02:34
The human rights organization Amnesty International issued an urgent appeal today regarding the renewed administrative detention order against Palestinian writer Ahmad Qatamesh.
Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Tue, 03/06/2012 - 01:57
Maureen Clare Murphy interviews Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon about his upcoming feature-length documentary, A People Without a Land, and his journey from a religious Zionist background to becoming an advocate for Palestinian rights.
Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 02/27/2012 - 06:51
The Palestinian prisoners advocacy group Addameer announced on Twitter yesterday that Israel had renewed an administrative detention order against Palestinian writer Ahmad Qatamesh for an additional six months. This is the third consecutive administrative detention order issued against Qatamesh.
Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 02/24/2012 - 06:16
A video posted on YouTube Thursday shows a physical attack on students who used the “people’s mic” tactic popularized by the Occupy movement to protest a speech by pro-Israel propagandist Nonie Darwish at the University of New Mexico.
