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Opinion/Editorial

Never mind Johnny Rotten, real punks boycott Israel

Alexander Billet
Chicago
20 February 2012

Working with the Palestinian-led boycott, divestment and sanctions movement, Punks Against Apartheid follows a firm tradition of anti-racism within the punk movement.

Standing in solidarity with Khader Adnan

Nehad Khader
Washington, DC
16 February 2012

Protests in solidarity with hunger striking Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan made his plight impossible to ignore.

Educators can't stay silent about Israeli apartheid

J. Kēhaulani Kauanui, Robin D.G. Kelley, Bill V. Mullen, Nikhil Pal Singh and Neferti Tadiar
13 February 2012

US academics recently returned from a fact-finding delegation describe the daily ritual of subordination, humiliation and suspicion endured by Palestinians living under Israeli occupation.

Stealing Palestine's resources is illegal, despite Israeli court ruling

Charlotte Silver
Ramallah
7 February 2012

Israel’s illegal acts of resource pillaging in the occupied West Bank are “benefitting” the Palestinian population, according to the Israeli high court.

Who says Palestinian resistance is dead?

Nour Joudah
3 February 2012

The Arab uprisings are serving Palestinian youth in much the same way solidarity with Palestinian intifadas historically served activists in other Arab countries.

Why is the BBC so afraid of the word "Palestine"?

Amena Saleem
2 February 2012

This week, the BBC issued its final ruling on a controversy which has been raging for nearly a year after the words “Free Palestine” were censored from a freestyle rap played on Radio 1Xtra.

Demanding justice for Yousef, a quiet boy killed by Israeli settlers

Bekah Wolf
27 January 2012

One year after a 17-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed by Israeli settlers as he farmed with his father in his West Bank village, his killers remain unpunished.

Bunker state cemented by new Israeli law against refugees

Jonathan Cook
Nazareth
19 January 2012

Just as Israel did — and still does — with Palestinians wanting to return to their homeland, thousands of desperate asylum seekers from Africa are being criminalized under the “Prevention of Infiltration law.”

Waging liberation in and outside Israel's prison walls

Ameer Makhoul
Gilboa Prison
18 January 2012

The official Palestinian position on the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails serves to undermine their cause, which is a central component of the Palestinian people’s liberation struggle, comments Ameer Makhoul from Gilboa prison.

Why is it open season on Palestinians in US presidential race?

Hasan Abu Nimah
Amman
12 January 2012

The pro-Israel rhetoric of some election hopefuls is so extreme that they make George W. Bush seem reasonable by comparison.

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