Financed by oil and mining firms that propped up white minority rule in South Africa, it’s no surprise that the International Crisis Group’s latest article fails to describe Israel as an apartheid state.
Submitted by Asa Winstanley on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 17:53
Palestine solidarity activists on Thursday protested the annual general meeting of G4S, the massive British-Danish private security company heavily invested in Israel and its colonial West Bank settlements.
This weekend marks the second anniversary of Israel’s arrest of Palestinian civilil society leader Ameer Makhoul, who is serving a lengthy prison for trumped-up security charges.
Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 12:40
This video shows a Palestinian woman mounting an Israeli military vehicle amid protests near Ofer Prison in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on 1 May, in solidarity with hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners. The video also shows Israeli occupation forces attacking female protestors with pepper spray directed into their eyes from close range as they lie on the ground.
Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Mon, 03/19/2012 - 23:45
Hana al-Shalabi is at risk of “imminent death” after more than a month on hunger strike against her violent, arbitrary detention by Israel has led to a serious deterioration in her health. She has been transferred from HaSharon prison to Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba.