Lebanon

Bio shows why Leila Khaled remains an icon of resistance

Asa Winstanley
23 May 2012

Leila Khaled, an icon of the Palestinian resistance struggle, is the subject of a recommended new biography.

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

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.

Why are Palestinians paying for Germany's sins?

Susan Abulhawa
14 April 2012

While Palestinians continue to be robbed of their land, heritage and human rights to atone for Germany’s sins, Germany unreservedly supports Israel.

"We are only guests in Lebanon" - Palestinians look homewards on Land Day

Moe Ali Nayel
Beirut
2 April 2012

Thousands marked Palestinian Land Day in south Lebanon last Friday. Palestinian refugees and Lebanese supporters explain what Land Day means to them.

BDS roundup: US Presbyterian church one step closer to major divestment policy

This week on global news from the BDS movement: an Israeli dance company faces boycott actions in North America; the Presbyterian Church USA moves one step closer to divesting from three US companies that profit from Israel’s military occupation of Palestine; and more.

Interview: Why is concert promoter suing Lebanon boycott activists?

Maureen Clare Murphy
18 November 2011

Lebanese concert promoter Jihad el-Murr has filed a lawsuit against four groups over a boycott campaign they organized against the band Placebo in June 2010.

Shafiq al-Hout memoirs provide warts-and-all history of PLO

Asa Winstanley
1 November 2011

My Life in the PLO: The Inside Story of the Palestinian Struggle, the memoirs of the late Shafiq al-Hout, is historically sweeping, politically critical and fascinating throughout.

Palestinian refugees in Lebanon eye statehood bid with skepticism

Moe Ali Nayel
Beirut
19 September 2011

Palestinian refugees in Lebanon aren’t exactly holding their breath over the upcoming bid to have an independent Palestinian state voted into the United Nations.

EU helps Israeli colonel pose as Florence Nightingale

Why is a medical conference involving the Israeli military being sponsored by the European Union?

Wikileaks, the Israeli embassy takeover, and the US normalization project

The US project for normalization with the the Israeli colonizing and apartheid regime was dealt a severe blow last Friday when protesters battered down the walls of the Israeli embassy in Cairo and even managed to break into the embassy’s offices.

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