
Norway's sneaky arms exports to Israel
Oslo 30 April 2015
Components made by a Norwegian firm have been found in weapons fired on Gaza. Read more about Norway's sneaky arms exports to Israel
Oslo 30 April 2015
Components made by a Norwegian firm have been found in weapons fired on Gaza. Read more about Norway's sneaky arms exports to Israel
30 April 2015
Open letter calls on city of Pilsen to withdraw from Days of Jerusalem event. Read more about Czech political dissident protests festival whitewashing Israel's occupation
30 April 2015
As boycott pressure mounts, Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters urges Robbie Williams to cancel Tel Aviv show. Read more about “Killing me softly with your bombs”: Activists tell Lauryn Hill to skip Israel gig
30 April 2015
It’s more apparent than ever that Europe has learned all the wrong lessons from the Holocaust. Read more about Europe's border policy is designed to push refugees into the sea
29 April 2015
Passing a divestment resolution “lives up to our legacy of social justice,” says an Earlham College student campaigner. Read more about Indiana students vote to divest from companies over Israel links
29 April 2015
Damning report by American Association of University Professors lays ground for University of Illinois to be censured. Read more about Univ. of Illinois protected white supremacist, but not Steven Salaita, report finds
Jerusalem 29 April 2015
Palestinian family of eight live in limbo as home demolition order postponed until late May. Read more about National park zoning used as pretext for ethnic cleansing of East Jerusalem
29 April 2015
The Shubbak festival of Arabic culture showcases Palestinian film, dance and literature. Read more about Mourid Barghouti to headline London festival of Arabic culture
29 April 2015
Echoes of Beit Hanoun shows destruction of summer 2014 Israeli attacks. Read more about Short film highlights devastation of northern Gaza
29 April 2015
Damascus’ envoy told UN Security Council that only terrorists and “some male citizens only” remain in the camp. Read more about Residents protest Syrian diplomat's Yarmouk "terrorists" claim
28 April 2015
Outraged by the Israeli ban on South African cabinet minister Nzimande, a broad alliance of civil society organizations presented a program of action. Read more about Boycott to intensify after Israeli ban on South African minister's trip to Palestine
28 April 2015
Dr. Basman Alashi of al-Wafa hospital and Palestinian-Canadian pediatrician Dr. Rand Askalan discuss the immediate and long-term needs of injured, disabled and traumatized children in Gaza. Read more about Listen: Hospital bombed by Israel "back in business" but not rebuilt, says Gaza doctor
28 April 2015
Inquiry confirms that at least 44 Palestinians were killed and 227 injured in Israeli attacks on UN shelters during last summer’s assault on Gaza. Read more about UN finds Israel killed dozens at Gaza schools but ducks call for accountability
27 April 2015
Israel once again uses its unexceptional international aid efforts in Nepal to burnish its blood-soaked image. Read more about Israel criticized for touting Nepal rescue while Gaza is still in ruins
27 April 2015
Mary Tuma, John Halaka and Rajie Cook have all contributed to an exhibition now showing in Brooklyn. Read more about Ghost-like images haunt New York display by Palestinian artists
26 April 2015
Ali Abu Ghannam has become the first Palestinian child to be killed by Israeli occupation forces this year. Read more about Jerusalem teen killed by Israeli forces in “cold blood,” family says
25 April 2015
In close vote, 47.5 percent of undergraduates vote in favor of divestment from companies complicit in Israel’s occupation. Read more about Princeton students buoyed by close vote in Israel divestment referendum
25 April 2015
South African higher education minister Blade Nzimande calls on his country’s universities to cut ties with Israeli institutions. Read more about Israeli ban on South African cabinet minister boosts boycott campaign
24 April 2015
Everything — down to “our coffee cups” — is stolen away in the poet’s final works. Read more about Mahmoud Darwish and the intimacy of Israel's occupation
Cairo 24 April 2015
To the families and lovers at the bottom of the sea, trying to reach Europe. Read more about Poem: "No search, no rescue"
24 April 2015
Presenters display aggression toward Palestinian interviewees, yet give Israeli spokespeople an easy ride. Read more about Israeli lies go unchallenged on BBC's flagship current affairs show
24 April 2015
By not announcing the results of an official probe, a leading Australian college is tarnishing the reputation of staff and students who advocate a boycott of Israel. Read more about Why won't Sydney University admit its professor Jake Lynch has been cleared of anti-Semitism?
24 April 2015
JD Meatyard’s “Four Kids Playing on a Gaza Beach” articulates horror at Israeli attack. Read more about Indie singer delivers haunting tribute to Gaza children killed while playing football
24 April 2015
UCLA Jewish studies center rejects smears and calls to cancel lecture by public intellectual who has also come under attack from Obama supporters. Read more about Truth-teller Cornel West stands up to Israel lobby bullies
24 April 2015
Israel’s arms industry has advised the EU on using drones to track people seeking aslylum. Read more about With Israel's help, EU seeks new ways of being cruel to refugees
23 April 2015
Anti-Palestinian hooligans issue their latest violent threats against a conference on Christian Zionism. Read more about Jewish Defense League in Canada threaten to "derail" conference
23 April 2015
New attempts to repress boycott, divestment and sanctions movement with legislation civil rights defenders say is unconstitutional. Read more about Illinois law would force state to boycott companies accused of boycotting Israel
22 April 2015
The issues of the Israeli occupation, mass incarceration and environmental justice “are all connected,” says a student. Read more about Wesleyan students demand divestment from prisons, fossil fuels and Israeli occupation
22 April 2015
I post Vines to show the world that Palestinians in Gaza love life. Read more about Gaza, a place of beauty and survival
22 April 2015
Nabulsi artist Rafat Asad depicts cross-border vistas of northern Palestine. Read more about Ramallah exhibition celebrates "pure" Palestinian landscape
22 April 2015
The British-Danish firm G4S provides most of the surveillance technology used in Israel’s prisons. Read more about Palestinians denied medicines in prisons equipped by G4S, says new report
22 April 2015
The possibility of Israel joining the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is being discussed in both Washington and Brussels. Read more about Could massive EU-US trade deal be extended to Israel?
22 April 2015
Young Jewish children participate in march calling for destruction of Palestinians. Read more about Video: “Death to the Arabs” march forces its way through occupied Jerusalem
Oakland 21 April 2015
Students of color backing divestment reject claims of “anti-Semitism” by Israel lobby groups. Read more about Did Hillel board member inappropriately advise Stanford on divestment request?
21 April 2015
Election accusation that Scottish nationalists seek “destruction of the UK” echoes Israeli rhetoric. Read more about UK politicians adopt Israeli-style tactic to scare voters over Scotland
20 April 2015
Noam Chomsky appears less hostile to the boycott of Israel than he was in his notorious 2014 article for The Nation. Read more about Chomsky and Pappe clash on "solutions" for Palestine in new book
Jerusalem 20 April 2015
Residents of Nabi Samwil have to pass through an Israeli checkpoint to buy basic groceries. Read more about Video: Israel strangles a Palestinian village
20 April 2015
An Israeli missile part found in Gaza’s devastated Khuzaa village allegedly contained a camera manufactured by Sony as part of its guidance system. Read more about Leaked emails expose Sony concern over report its cameras used in Gaza attack
20 April 2015
The Oslo accords have reinforced Israel’s apartheid system. Read more about We cannot liberate Palestine with colonized minds
19 April 2015
Many of the directors and protagonists of this year’s festival happen to be women. Read more about Drama and uncomfortable questions at Chicago Palestine Film Festival
19 April 2015
Leaked emails reveal anti-Palestinian bigotry in Sony, Time Warner executive suites. Read more about Al Jazeera America boss mocked as "Hamas" by top Hollywood execs - leaked email
19 April 2015
“Animals’ Nightmare” depicts fear and confinement of Israeli-enclosed West Bank. Read more about Palestinian writer Suad Amiry inspires Portuguese exhibition
17 April 2015
Almost 70 percent of children killed by Israel in Gaza last summer were less than twelve years old. Read more about Israel "directly targeted" children in drone strikes on Gaza, says rights group
Gaza Strip 17 April 2015
Two artists have decided to paint on items retrieved from buildings that Israel bombed. Read more about Preserving memories amid Gaza's rubble
17 April 2015
The parallels between the ongoing racial discrimination experienced by Black people in the US and the treatment of Palestinians can no longer be ignored. Read more about African Heritage delegation backs global resistance to Israel’s “21st century colonialism”
17 April 2015
I cannot remain silent while Jewish leaders turn the lessons of Nazi genocide upside down. Read more about Why was Palestinian suffering forgotten on Holocaust Remembrance Day?
16 April 2015
The America Hillary Clinton is trying to woo is moving away from Israel. Will she follow? Read more about Growing segments of US public alienated from Israel, survey shows
16 April 2015
Israeli officers spy on cows in saga of nonviolent resistance. Read more about Beit Sahour’s first intifada heroes celebrated in intelligent, funny film
16 April 2015
Israel’s high court on Thursday upheld a law imposing stiff sanctions on those advocating boycotts of Israel or its colonial settlements in the occupied West Bank and Golan Heights. Read more about Israel's anti-boycott law will hit Palestinians hardest, rights groups warn
15 April 2015
After call from Palestinians, one scholar pulls out of “boycottable” symposium, while another ignores the call. Read more about History professor pulls out of event linking Tel Aviv, Brown universities
15 April 2015
Students held falafel sales to raise funds for the divestment campaign. Read more about Listen: Loyola University Chicago students pass divestment for third time
15 April 2015
There has been a sharp increase in the number of Palestinian political prisoners held by Israel over the past year. Read more about European Parliament members demand "pressure" on Israel to free Palestinian lawmakers
15 April 2015
Israel denies Palestinian Christians access to Jerusalem. Read more about Video: Bringing the Holy Fire of Easter through a military checkpoint
15 April 2015
UCLA Jewish studies director Todd Presner said appearing at the University of Illinois would condone indefensible actions against shared governance, free speech. Read more about Holocaust scholar cancels prestigious Illinois lecture over Steven Salaita firing
14 April 2015
Judge backs University of Southampton decision to “withdraw permission” to hold conference on legality of state of Israel this weekend. Read more about UK High Court backs shutdown of Israel conference
14 April 2015
Pesticides banned in the EU are being sprayed on occupied Palestinian land. Read more about Palestinian children forced to do dangerous jobs on settler farms, says Human Rights Watch
14 April 2015
Diplomats use threadbare reasoning to “justify” their support for Hebrew University. Read more about Top Israeli recipient of EU grants is based in occupied East Jerusalem
14 April 2015
Gaza youth find release from siege in urban gymnastic sport. Read more about In photos: "Parkour is my oxygen"
14 April 2015
While racism is endemic in Israeli football, Beitar Jerusalem is particularly notorious for the violence and anti-Arab hatred of its fans. Read more about No Arab players need apply to Israeli football team, coach says
14 April 2015
Deadbeat states – including Turkey, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates – have failed to deliver a single dollar of reconstruction aid they promised for Gaza. Read more about International aid agencies call for sanctions on Israel over Gaza “stalemate”
13 April 2015
Novelist khulud khamis tackles sex and religion in present-day Israel and the occupied West Bank. Read more about Fragments of Palestine woven together in literary plea for female solidarity
13 April 2015
Palestinian and international artists express “deep concern” over Israeli government-funded festival plans to promote Israeli cinema. Read more about Filmmakers challenge Israel "spotlight" at this year's Locarno Festival
10 April 2015
We are ready to submit all the evidence needed to prosecute Israel for war crimes. Read more about Hope is scarce in Gaza — but we haven't lost it
10 April 2015
This week marks the anniversary of an attack by Zionist forces against a beautiful village in Jerusalem. Read more about How Israel was absolved of Deir Yassin and all other massacres
10 April 2015
Israeli universities are having to find creative ways to evade the increasingly effective Palestinian call for boycott. Read more about How a Tel Aviv Univ. event is being sold as boycott compliant at Brown
10 April 2015
Al-Haq says Israel’s history of withholding tax revenues amounts to collective punishment and is a grave breach of international law. Read more about Israeli seizure of Palestinian tax revenues is "collective punishment"
9 April 2015
Palestinian official announces agreement with Syria to use military force to expel ISIS from Damascus-area camp. Read more about Thousands at risk of death as Yarmouk violence worsens
9 April 2015
A recent BBC Radio 4 interview with Moshe Yaalon marks a new low in the public broadcaster’s already-terrible coverage of Palestine. Read more about BBC hands airwaves over to Israel's minister for war
8 April 2015
The travel website gives deceptive addresses for Israeli hotels in the occupied West Bank. Read more about TripAdvisor censors complaints about hotels in Israel's settlements
8 April 2015
Boycott campaign against French multinational will continue until it ends role in Jerusalem light rail and pays reparations. Read more about Under boycott pressure, Veolia dumps most Israel businesses
8 April 2015
Ran Greenstein offers fresh insights into the opposition against Israel’s state ideology. Read more about A century of challenges to Zionism
8 April 2015
The French multinational’s Israel affiliate “adopted” two Israeli military units, including a tank battalion that took part in last summer’s assault on Gaza. Read more about How Orange telecom supported Israel's massacre in Gaza
8 April 2015
Professor Salaita joins a discussion on the portrayal of Palestine in the corporate media during Israeli Apartheid Week events at McGill University. Read more about Listen: Steven Salaita on Palestine, media and free speech
7 April 2015
“We’re here to remind you that Gaza is still suffering from a catatrophe that is way more severe and grave than 51 days of war.” Read more about Video message from Gaza: We are still under the rubble
7 April 2015
Editorial cartoon by Mohammad Saba’aneh for The Electronic Intifada. Read more about Yarmouk
Sydney 6 April 2015
Jake Lynch, an academic supporting calls to boycott Israel, is under investigation by the University of Sydney. Read more about The renewed witch hunt against Australian champion of Palestinian rights
6 April 2015
Farid Esack describes attempts to ban him from French universities as a “huge tactical blunder.” Read more about Boycotting Israel more urgent than in case of South Africa, says anti-apartheid veteran
Jerusalem 6 April 2015
Family of Khaled al-Sheikh fear he is not being given adequate medical care. Read more about Arrested on Christmas Day, 15-year-old remains behind Israeli bars
Glasgow 6 April 2015
Glasgow-based poet laments those imprisoned and killed by Israel. Read more about To Mohammed: three poems on Palestine
6 April 2015
Filmmaker Thaer al-Sahli documents personal aftermath of airstrikes on refugee camp Read more about Poetic short film highlights Palestinian plight in Yarmouk
6 April 2015
Book is based on the father of the author’s experience growing up in Lebanon camp. Read more about Palestinian refugee boy comes of age in graphic novel "Baddawi"
Jerusalem 5 April 2015
More than 100 soldiers invaded Wadi al-Joz neighborhood in the early hours last week. Read more about Israel destroys home of blind brothers in East Jerusalem
5 April 2015
Khalida Jarrar is one of 15 Palestinian legislators and 23 female political prisoners currently detained by Israeli occupation forces. Read more about Occupier orders Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar held 6 months without charge or trial
5 April 2015
“No operational hospitals or medical facilities” in camp as civilians reported killed. Read more about "Catastrophe" in Yarmouk as ISIS seizes camp
3 April 2015
A poem tribute to refugee camp musician. Read more about The pianist of Yarmouk
3 April 2015
The Electronic Intifada has learned details of the court challenge filed in London on Thursday against the University of Southampton’s decision to ban a conference related to Israel. Read more about Court hearing expected next week in challenge to UK university's ban on Israel conference
3 April 2015
A monthly roundup of photographs documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, and international solidarity with Palestine. Read more about The Month in Pictures: March 2015
2 April 2015
The leading PFLP member was taken from her home during a night-time raid by Israeli occupation forces. Read more about Palestinians condemn Israel's arrest of prominent leftist lawmaker Khalida Jarrar
2 April 2015
Organizers of an academic conference on Israel are proceeding with an urgent legal challenge after the UK’s University of Southampton today confirmed that it has canceled the event. Read more about Did Israel lobby "bullying and threats" push Univ. of Southampton to cancel conference?
2 April 2015
Student activists at Pitzer College in southern California are risking possible sanctions this week to bring attention to Israel’s violations of Palestinians’ rights. Read more about Defying college's threats, California students build mock Israeli wall
1 April 2015
Campus network claims to support pluralism yet muzzles opponents of Israel’s crimes. Read more about Hillel chief at Pennsylvania college resigns over censorship of civil rights veterans
1 April 2015
Divestment resolution fails after several hours of vigorous and powerful discussion, but with a closer vote than the 2014 version. Read more about Divestment resolution goes down fighting at University of Michigan
1 April 2015
BAE Systems, a supplier of arms to Israel and Saudi Arabia, is represented on a new EU policy-setting group. Read more about EU invites profiteers of Saudi, Israeli war crimes to draft blueprint for future weapons