3 May 2012
News headlines from our top stories of the week, plus an interview with Anna Baltzer on the recent divestment initiative vote by the United Methodist Church. Read more about The Electronic Intifada Weekly Podcast: 3 May, 2012
Jerusalem 3 May 2012
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. Read more about Ameer Makhoul: still shaking the foundations of Israeli apartheid after 2 years in jail
3 May 2012
About one-tenth of all EU trade with Israel may pass through the diamond center of Antwerp, so it’s no surprise that the West is keeping mum on how diamond sales finance crimes against the Palestinian people. Read more about Are diamonds Israel's best friend?
3 May 2012
Two days after doctors warned that hunger strikers Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh are at immediate risk of death, and being denied necessary medical treatment, the Israeli high court has once again delayed action on an appeal against their prolonged detention without charge. Read more about Gravely ill Palestinian hunger striker faints in court as Israeli judges sentence him to slow death
3 May 2012
Two open letters have been published this week in defense of UCLA professor David Shorter, who was recently the target of an attack by Israel lobby groups because of his endorsement of the BDS movement. Read more about Open letters in defense of UCLA professor under attack by Israel lobby groups
2 May 2012
There will be huge disappointment from supporters of Palestinian rights and relief among supporters of Israel’s violation of those rights at the failure of the measure to divest from companies profiting from Israeli occupation at the United Methodist Church’s General Conference. Perhaps, some may conclude, the battle is too tough and what worked against South Africa can never work against Israel. Read more about Remember when the Church of England voted against divestment from South Africa? A luta continua!
2 May 2012
A monthly roundup of photographs documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, and international solidarity with Palestine. Read more about The Month in Pictures: April 2012
2 May 2012
The General Conference of the United Methodist Church today failed to pass a measure to divest from companies profiting from Israeli occupation and human rights abuses of Palestinians. Read more about Highly contested Methodist divestment initiative fails, but supporters see partial victory
2 May 2012
This year’s Palestine Festival of Literature is scheduled to take place in Gaza from 5-9 May – if only Egypt provides the permits for writers, bloggers and artists – including Ahdaf Soueif, Alaa Abd el‐Fattah, Suad Amiry and others to enter the besieged territory. Read more about All set for 2012 Palestine literature festival in Gaza, except permits from Egypt
2 May 2012
Global Palestine is a recommended new contribution to the growing literature discussing Zionism as a form of settler colonialism. Read more about Book review: fresh thought on Israeli colonialism offered by "Global Palestine"