Ramallah 8 August 2011
Ida Audeh interviews grassroots activist Jamal Juma’ about the dearth of popular resistance in areas of the West Bank under Palestinian Authority jurisdiction, the UN statehood bid and the role of the Palestinian diaspora in national liberation. Read more about Jamal Juma': PA "killing popular resistance"
8 August 2011
The Palestinian Boycott National Committee (BNC), the steering group of the international boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign, has issued further guidance in the run up to the Palestinian Authority’s effort to gain UN membership for a “State of Palestine” in September. Read more about How Palestinian Authority's UN "statehood" bid endangers Palestinian rights
Melbourne 9 August 2011
Nineteen Melbourne activists are facing fines of up to $32,000 for participating in an action in support of the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions. Read more about Australia's repression of BDS movement coordinated with Israel
8 August 2011
A disturbing story is circulating on social networks and the media that a number of premature babies died in their incubators when Syrian forces cut off electricity to hospitals during their assault on the city of Hama. Evidence suggests it is a cruel hoax, and the pictures of the “dead babies” widely circulated online are false. Read more about How CNN helped spread a hoax about Syrian babies dying in incubators
8 August 2011
After extensive correspondence between Palestinian human rights groups and the Israeli authorities, Israel agreed to return several fishing vessels confiscated off the coast of Gaza. Read more about Gaza fishermen refuse return of confiscated ships stripped of motors, equipment
7 August 2011
Since the start of the Arab uprisings in January, Palestinians have been hotly debating how they can break out of their own political impasse and rebuild their national movement. Read more about Where is the Palestinian Tahrir Square?
7 August 2011
I am not a privileged Jewish citizen of Israel, therefore if it stays as it is now, I wont be directly affected by this Tent Protest movement. But I am writing this only out of concern of the message this protest convey, What is #J14 really about? Read more about What is this Tent Protest really about?
8 August 2011
Magid Shihade’s new book Not Just a Soccer Game is a thorough exploration of internecine conflict among Palestinian citizens of Israel. Read more about Israel's manipulation of soccer violence dissected in new book
5 August 2011
South African student groups denounced the upcoming visit by a delegation of Israeli officials and propagandists to South African universities, and called for the strengthening of the BDS movement across the country. Read more about South African students endorse nationwide boycott against Israel
5 August 2011
The new, high-quality anthology Threat: Palestinian Political Prisoners in Israel focuses on different aspects of Israel’s system of political prisons. Read more about New book exposes brutal treatment of Palestinian prisoners