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The Electronic Intifada Weekly Podcast - 24 May 2012

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 14:00

This week’s podcast includes several reports of home and property demolitions by Israeli forces against West Bank Palestinians as well as Palestinians with Israeli citizenship; an interview with BDS organizer and activist Nada Elia; and more!

BDS roundup: South Africa and Denmark to correctly label Israeli settlement products

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Tue, 05/22/2012 - 16:37
South Africa and Denmark make historic rulings to correctly label Israeli settlement products; and international Quaker churches fully divest from the Caterpillar corporation.

The Electronic Intifada Weekly Podcast - 18 May, 2012

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Fri, 05/18/2012 - 01:49

This week on our weekly Podcast: we’ll have an in-depth roundup of news and analysis on the end of the collective hunger strikes by Palestinian prisoners, featuring an interview with Sahar Francis of the Palestinian prisoner support organization Addameer; and more!

BDS roundup: 10,000 signatures delivered to Irish corporation demanding divestment from Israeli contracts

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 21:15
This week in BDS news around the world: 10,000 signatures delivered to Irish building materials corporation demanding divestment from Israeli business contracts; a call for 24 hours of hunger in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails; and more!

The Electronic Intifada Weekly Podcast - 10 May 2012

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Thu, 05/10/2012 - 19:12

This week on The Electronic Intifada podcast: Up-to-date coverage of the ongoing hunger strike protests by thousands of Palestinian prisoners; Linah Alsaafin and Asa Winstanley report from the West Bank on prisoner solidarity actions; and much more.

Football activism group in solidarity with imprisoned Palestinian footballer and all hunger strikers

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 00:13
Football Beyond Borders has issued a letter of solidarity with Palestinian prisoners currently on hunger strike. They also officially announced their boycott of the UEFA 2013 Under-21 European football championships, which Israel is set to host.

The Electronic Intifada Weekly Podcast: 3 May, 2012

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 19:21

News headlines from our top stories of the week, plus an interview with Anna Baltzer on the recent divestment initiative vote by the United Methodist Church.

Open letters in defense of UCLA professor under attack by Israel lobby groups

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 00:58
Two open letters have been published this week in defense of UCLA professor David Shorter, who was recently the target of an attack by Israel lobby groups because of his endorsement of the BDS movement.

Podcast: This week in EI headlines - 26 April 2012

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Thu, 04/26/2012 - 21:31

In our first podcast: Updates on the collective Palestinian hunger strikes in Israeli jails, stories of land confiscation and home evictions from around the West Bank, news from the BDS movement, and Ali Abunimah discusses three important videos we published this week.

Campaign to urge Red Hot Chili Peppers to cancel Tel Aviv gig heating up

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 19:04
BDS activists around the world continue to urge popular US rock group the Red Hot Chili Peppers to cancel their gig in Tel Aviv, scheduled for September.

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