5 June 2011
A video posted on YouTube by the website Baladee.net shows marchers trying to evacuate injured and possibly dead people in the Golan Heights today after Israeli forces opened fired on marchers commemorating the 44th anniversary of Israel’s occupation of area which is part of Syria. Read more about Video: Marchers rescue injured people, bodies in occupied Golan Heights
5 June 2011
A video produced by activists in Gaza shows the frustrations of Palestinians prevented from crossing through the Rafah border gate into Egypt, despite the announcement with much fanfare last week that the border would be permanently opened. Read more about Video: What is really happening at Gaza's Rafah crossing with Egypt
5 June 2011
The Israeli military has posted a video on YouTube threatening violence against unarmed protestors in Syria’s Golan Heights. Read more about Israel posts video threatening to shoot marchers in occupied Syria
4 June 2011
The UK-based international cosmetics firm LUSH has endorsed a single aimed at raising awareness of the struggle for human rights in Palestine. “The catastrophe facing the Palestinian people is one of the defining global justice issues of our time.” Read more about Cosmetics firm LUSH endorses "Freedom for Palestine"
Washington, DC 3 June 2011
Late last month AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, held its 2011 annual policy conference in Washington, DC. Just across the street hundreds of social justice activists from all corners of the United States, in addition to a handful of internationals, met with the formidable goal of building a counter-force to AIPAC. Read more about Move Over AIPAC challenges business-as-usual in Washington
Jerusalem 3 June 2011
As thousands of right-wing Israeli settlers descended on Jerusalem to celebrate the so-called unification of the city this week, Palestinian residents of occupied East Jerusalem were confronted by extreme provocations and the stark reality that their city remains very much divided. Read more about Provocation against Palestinians on "Jerusalem day"
3 June 2011
Popular resistance organizer Bassem Tamimi, from the occupied West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, will be put on trial in an Israeli military court this Sunday. Read more about Trial of grassroots activist Bassem Tamimi to begin Sunday
2 June 2011
“Tree of Life” (Shajaret Al Hayah) is a new hip-hop track from Rami GB, Mahmoud Jrere (of DAM), Ahmad Srour, Suleiman al-Zawahira. It’s an ode to the olive tree – a symbol of continuity, steadfastness and resistance in Palestine – and frequent target for destruction by Israel from 1948 to the present day. Read more about "Tree of Life" - New hip-hop track from Rami GB featuring DAM's Mahmoud Jrere
Rafah 2 June 2011
The opening of Rafah on 28 May, the only official border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, has created a lifeline for Palestinians living in Gaza. But some, mostly refugees, will still be restricted to their localities because they lack identification papers. Read more about Rafah crossing open, but restrictions remain
2 June 2011
Whether it’s poems that resist the drumbeats of war or hold a mirror up to the sorrows of New Orleans, Hammad’s work continues to articulate the redemption that she reminds us is always there. In her new poem, Into Egypt, Hammad dives into the energy of the current uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa, holding the narrative of Egypt’s revolt in a personal, deeply moving light. Read more about Suheir Hammad's new poem and short film: "Into Egypt"