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BDS campaigner: "Israel no longer the attractive investment that it once was"

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Fri, 07/12/2013 - 20:20
Michael Deas of the Palestinian National BDS Committee assesses the eight years of boycott victories since the initial call by Palestinian civil society in 2005.

Khader Adnan expresses solidarity with 30,000 hunger strikers in California prisons

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Thu, 07/11/2013 - 17:09
“I announce my full solidarity with my 30,000 oppressed brothers in the American prisons,” former hunger striker Khader Adnan writes from Palestine.

Prisoner solidarity from Palestine to Pelican Bay

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Mon, 07/08/2013 - 18:17
Solidarity actions are launched between prisoners in California’s Pelican Bay and Palestinians in Israeli jails.

BDS roundup: mounting calls on Alicia Keys to cancel Israel show

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Wed, 07/03/2013 - 17:36
African American notables issue open letter affirming Jim Crow analogy in Palestine.

Islamophobia in the US is mainstream

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Fri, 06/28/2013 - 20:14
On this week’s podcast: New reports show that Islamophobia is on the rise, and that attacks, hate crimes and individual prejudices are not just happening in a vacuum.

California university chief admits failure to curb divestment campaigns

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Fri, 06/28/2013 - 10:08
University of California’s President Mark Yudof sees Palestine solidarity activism on campuses as a “problem.”

Abir Kopty on persecution of Palestinian activists in Israel

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Fri, 06/14/2013 - 19:22
Top news stories of the week, plus our interview with activist and writer Abir Kopty.

Ali Abunimah on breaking Gaza siege through direct solidarity

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Fri, 06/07/2013 - 18:57
EI’s Ali Abunimah reflects on his recent trip to the Gaza Strip.

Mass demolition as Israel ethnically cleanses Naqab desert

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Fri, 05/31/2013 - 20:41
Reporter Jillian Kestler-D’Amours talks about Israel’s historic and ongoing plans to forcibly displace the Palestinian Bedouin communities in the Naqab region.

BDS Roundup: Alice Walker, Roger Waters call on Alicia Keys to cancel Tel Aviv show

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Thu, 05/30/2013 - 15:01
A roundup of recent global actions related to the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement.

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