23 September 2011
Does the Palestinian Authority’s UN bid advance or undermine Palestinian rights? Ali Abunimah of The Electronic Intifada and Mouin Rabbani of the Institute for Palestine Studies and the webzine Jadaliyya discuss its merits on Democracy Now. Read more about Does UN bid advance Palestinian struggle? Ali Abunimah and Mouin Rabbani on Democracy Now!
22 September 2011
Ayed Dudeen is back behind bars again; he has already spent four years in Israeli custody. Read more about Israeli "administrative detention" punishes entire family
22 September 2011
Fans of Israeli president promote a free trade agreement that will harm Palestinians. Read more about Why is there a peace center named after that thug Peres?
22 September 2011
Canada is so pro-Israel that it will vote in the United Nations against recognizing a Palestinian state on only half the land that Canadian diplomats promised Palestine sixty years ago. Read more about Harper's undermining of UN bid goes against Canadian public opinion
21 September 2011
While Palestinians are defenseless and under attack in villages and cities around the West Bank, thousands of Palestinians took to the streets in Ramallah, Nablus, Bethlehem, and Hebron to show support for the United Nations bid for Statehood and express their full support for their leader, Mahmoud Abbas. Read more about Thousands rally in West Bank for statehood bid
Jerusalem 22 September 2011
Israel’s use of administrative detention, expulsion and widespread closure of Palestinian cultural institutions will be fortified and backed by a bill that threatens to turn law-abiding citizens and organizations into “terrorists.” Read more about Knesset moves forward on bill granting Israel unchecked, draconian powers
21 September 2011
Three campus activists talk to The Electronic Intifada about the upcoming national Students for Justice in Palestine meeting, the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement on US campuses and the challenges activists face from Zionist groups and school administrations. Read more about Zionist bullying "doesn't work"; Students for Justice in Palestine interviewed
21 September 2011
The Palestinian Authority (PA) controlled by Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah has ordered all mosques to join its campaign in support of Abbas and the PA’s bid for UN membership. Read more about Palestinian Authority orders mosques to praise Abbas, UN bid
21 September 2011
Defense attorneys tell the jurors in the Irvine 11 case that they “stand between democracy and creeping fascism,” and should find the students not guilty of criminal charges for their nonviolent protest which was protected under the right to free speech. Read more about Jury in Irvine 11 trial goes to deliberation after attorneys' closing arguments
Gaza Strip 20 September 2011
National Palestinian consensus on the Palestinian Authority’s UN statehood bid, as The Electronic Intifada’s interviews with various factions and broader debates indicate, is decidedly lacking. Read more about PA goes to UN without Palestinian consensus behind it