Geneva 24 February 2012
Michael Mansfield, a juror for the Russell Tribunal on Palestine, talks about the tribunal’s shadow report documenting Israel’s apartheid policies that tears apart Israel’s report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Read more about "UN must prosecute Israel for war crimes," says Bloody Sunday lawyer
24 February 2012
Students at Michigan State University (MSU) protested a presentation by two Israeli soldiers visiting their campus by staging a mass walk out on 21 February, a video posted on YouTube shows. Read more about VIDEO: MSU students stage mass walkout of StandWithUs sponsored Israel army event
24 February 2012
A video posted on YouTube Thursday shows a physical attack on students who used the “people’s mic” tactic popularized by the Occupy movement to protest a speech by pro-Israel propagandist Nonie Darwish at the University of New Mexico. Read more about Video shows physical attack on US students "mic checking" StandWithUs propagandist
24 February 2012
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. Read more about BDS roundup: US Presbyterian church one step closer to major divestment policy
23 February 2012
Khader Adnan, the Palestinian who ended a 66 day hunger strike against his detention by Israel without charge or trial is recovering well, but remains in a precarious medical condition. Meanwhile, news has emerged that a Palestinian woman is on hunger strike against her detention without charge or trial by Israel. Read more about Khader Adnan recovering but not out of danger as Palestinian woman takes up hunger strike against her detention
Ramallah 23 February 2012
Nisaa FM is an almost entirely female-run Palestinian radio station based in Ramallah and the only radio station in the Middle East devoted solely to women’s issues. Read more about Radio station aims to empower Palestinian women
23 February 2012
An increasing number of organizations endorse the call to make 17 April a Day of International Action. Richard Falk and South African former political prisoners who resisted apartheid have added their weight to the call. Read more about Growing support for international action on Palestinian Political Prisoners Day
Jerusalem 22 February 2012
After a recent Israeli high court decision allowed Israeli companies to maintain quarrying and mining activities in the occupied West Bank, human rights activists say the decision has opened the door to Israel’s pillaging of other Palestinian resources. Read more about Court gives Israel "licence to pillage" West Bank, say rights groups
London 22 February 2012
Because of the efforts by Palestine solidarity activists to expose the colonization project of the Jewish National Fund, 2012 could perhaps be the organization’s last year holding charity status in the UK. Read more about Stop the JNF campaign makes steady gains as Israel charity goes "on the retreat" in UK
22 February 2012
Shawan Jabarin, director of human rights group Al-Haq, is to be allowed to travel to Geneva for a meeting with the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression, for the first time since Israel imposed a travel ban on him six years ago. Read more about Despite arbitrary travel ban, Israel to permit Palestinian human rights defender to meet UN expert in Geneva