4 July 2011
The Canadian Boat to Gaza, the “Tahrir,” attempted to set sail for the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip today from the port of Agios Nikolaos, on the Greek island of Crete, but was quickly intercepted and boarded by the Greek Coast Guard. Read more about Canadian boat forced back to shore after attempt to sail for Gaza - report and pictures
3 July 2011
In a move intended to convince skeptics to finally accept Israel’s claims that the Gaza Freedom Flotilla 2 poses a real danger, the Israeli military spokesperson’s office has issued photographic evidence in a blog post titled “Flotilla II Seeks Provocation, Poses Threat to Israel.” Read more about Israel army releases photographic proof of Flotilla "Threat to Israel"
2 July 2011
The Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah and other Palestinian and solidarity activists, scholars and artists appear in a newly released video from U.S. Boat to Gaza. Read more about Video: "The Audacity To Love" from U.S. Boat to Gaza
2 July 2011
Following a weekly demonstration in the West Bank village of Beit Ommar, Palestinian popular committee member and local resident Yousef Abu Maria was brutally beaten, detained and later dumped on the side of the road by Israeli soldiers today. Read more about Palestinian activist beaten, dumped on road by Israeli soldiers in Beit Ommar
5 July 2011
A letter of support from South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu is regarded as a vindication of an Australian city council’s fight — currently unsuccessful — to align its purchasing policies with the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions against the State of Israel. Read more about Tutu boosts Murdoch-battered BDS campaign in Sydney
1 July 2011
PACBI, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, released a hard-hitting statement demanding that international artists, performers and academics “refrain from undermining our boycott principles.” Read more about PACBI statement: On BDS bashers and their search for fig leaves
London 1 July 2011
After a furor in the British press, a political leader of Palestinian citizens in Israel remains in a British jail tonight. Authorities cut his speaking tour short by arresting him this week. Read more about UK deportation order against Palestinian leader to be appealed
1 July 2011
Democracy Now! produced and broadcast a video today of an exclusive tour of the US boat The Audacity of Hope, part of the upcoming second Freedom Flotilla due to sail to the occupied Gaza strip in an attempt to break the 4-year-old Israeli siege. Read more about VIDEO: Democracy Now! broadcasts tour of US boat to Gaza
30 June 2011
Every child has a right to a childhood. The Nabi Saleh children are denied this right. Linah Alsaafin describes one Friday afternoon in the occupied West Bank village. Read more about Flying kites before the tear gas
30 June 2011
The Israeli military claimed today that it had “uncovered financial links” between the Gaza-bound flotilla and the Palestinian movement Hamas. But their claims are based on unsubstantiated assertions and outright fabrications. Read more about Israel army uses fabrications to assert flotilla financial links to Hamas