Berkeley

Palestine freedom battle "will be won": interview with author Miko Peled

Charlotte Silver
Berkeley
3 October 2012
A solution can be clinched within the coming decade, according to the son of an Israeli military chief.

Bogus allegations of "anti-Semitism" create real climate of fear for Arab, Muslim students in US

Nora Barrows-Friedman
Berkeley
8 August 2012
The real intention of various lawsuits alleging anti-Semitism in universities is to chill Palestine solidarity activism and censor open discussions about Israeli policy in classrooms.

LA professor "wakes up to hate mail" for linking to anti-Zionist material

Nora Barrows-Friedman
Berkeley
1 August 2012
A professor at UCLA speaks to The Electronic Intifada after being attacked by an outside Zionist organization after posting research materials that included information on the Palestine solidarity movement.

Campaigners strategize refugee return during South Africa visit

Nora Barrows-Friedman
Berkeley
5 June 2012
A delegation of activists from Palestinian refugee rights groups recently visited Cape Town, South Africa, to discuss the practicalities of implementing the right of return.

"We must sustain hunger strike solidarity," says leading prisoner rights campaigner

Nora Barrows-Friedman
Berkeley
18 May 2012
Sahar Francis, director of Addameer, analyzes the hunger strike agreement signed by Palestinian political prisoners.

How California uni chief conflates real bigotry with criticism of Israel

Dalia Almarina
Berkeley
18 April 2012
University of California President Mark Yudof has double standards when it comes to on-campus criticism of Israeli policies.

California professor under attack for opposing "study in Israel" scheme

Nora Barrows-Friedman
Berkeley
25 January 2012
The well-funded Israel lobby continues to wage attacks against university faculty, staff and students who engage in Palestine solidarity activism. One professor talks about why he refuses to be silent despite the threats against him, and why he thinks the tide is turning.

Judge dismisses claims of "anti-Semitic climate" at UC Berkeley

Dalia Almarina
Berkeley
6 January 2012
A lawsuit over anti-Semitism at the University of California Berkley has been dismissed after a judge determined that students alleging a hostile climate on campus failed to support their claims.

Shadows and Distortions

Nora Barrows-Friedman
Berkeley
18 May 2006

Subdued commemorations are happening all over the rocky hillsides of occupied Palestine; there are the throngs of children waving the colorful and banned Palestinian flag which whips in the hot springtime wind, the busloads of people trying to travel to city centers to hear stories of the Nakba, only to be stopped at checkpoints and ordered back to their dusty refugee camps and shrinking villages. 58 years after the Zionist militias lay siege to over 450 Palestinian towns and villages, Palestinian refugees are still waiting, holding the iron keys that unlock the doors to homes that no longer exist.

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