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Israel exploits Toulouse murders to justify no-charge jailing of hunger striker Hana al-Shalabi

Ali Abunimah 25 March 2012

What does the spokesman of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu do when his propaganda efforts fail to conceal Israel’s abuses of Palestinians? He uses the blood of Jewish children murdered in the French city of Toulouse last week to try to blot them out. This is low, even for Israeli official propaganda. Read more about Israel exploits Toulouse murders to justify no-charge jailing of hunger striker Hana al-Shalabi

Linah Alsaafin Ramallah 23 March 2012

One year after the 15 March movement’s call for national unity, what has the youth-led mobilization achieved? Read more about Imperfect revolution: Palestine's 15 March movement one year on

Ali Abunimah 23 March 2012

Video has emerged from a shocking mob attack by hundreds of Israeli football fans on Arab workers and shoppers at the Malha Mall in western Jerusalem. Read more about Video emerges of Israeli mob shouting "Death to the Arabs" that attacked Palestinians at Jerusalem mall

Ben White 23 March 2012

British parliamentarian Denis MacShane, a Labour party MP with a history of Israel advocacy, has linked the recent killings in Toulouse to pro-Palestinian boycott motion motions in UK trade unions. Read more about British MP links Toulouse killings to movement to boycott Israel

Ali Abunimah 23 March 2012

Graduate students at Carleton University in Ottawa have overwhelmingly voted for divestment from companies profiting from Israeli occupation and human rights abuses in what is the first ever such referendum on a university campus in Canada. Read more about In Canadian first, Carleton University students pass Israel occupation divestment resolution by large margin

Nidal El-Khairy 22 March 2012

Maureen Clare Murphy 22 March 2012

Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post-9/11 Injustice tells the stories of individuals in the United States whose rights have been abused as a result of the racist, Islamophobic backlash and the so-called War on Terror that followed the attacks of 11 September 2001. Read more about Book review: "Patriot Acts" tells shocking stories of post-9/11 injustice

Nora Barrows-Friedman 22 March 2012

A new report by Defense for Children International-Palestine section has documented systematic, routine abuses by Israeli soldiers and interrogators of Palestinian children across the occupied West Bank including East Jerusalem. Read more about New report documents systematic abuse of Palestinian children in Israeli military detention

Ali Abunimah 22 March 2012

B’Tselem’s Executive Director Jessica Montell has admonished the Palestinian human rights groups for speaking out against the Israeli human rights’ group’s participation in J Street’s conference featuring war crimes suspect Ehud Olmert. Read more about "Dismayed" B'Tselem scolds Palestinian rights groups for "conduct," speaking out over Olmert gala

Charlotte Silver 22 March 2012

Wednesday’s annual donor meeting in Brussels will blame everyone but Israel for the fiscal crisis in the Palestinian territories, but it’s no secret why the Palestinian economy is faltering. Read more about Obfuscation never helped anyone: the Palestinian fiscal crisis