
Palestinian artists strike Jerusalem's streets again with message for "occupiers and our people"
17 January 2012
17 January 2012
16 January 2012
Zionism’s cultural appropriation of indigenous Palestinian folklore and cuisine – such as hummus, falafel and maftoul – as “Israeli” has long irked Palestinians. Now, Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank are attempting to steal perhaps the most important symbol and source of economic sustenance for rural Palestinians: olive oil and olive culture. Read more about Hummus and falafel are already "Israeli." Now they're coming for Palestine's olive oil too
16 January 2012
Activists in Pennsylvania hold a protest outside the headquarters of Combined Systems, Inc., the company that manufactures lethal tear gas canisters used against people from Palestine to Oakland. Adalah-NY has a full-length report on CSI and its domestic and international contracts. Read more about MLK Day protest at weapons manufacturing company
Rafah 16 January 2012
Israel’s ongoing blockade has suffocated countless export industries and continues to dictate the types of crops grown in Gaza, including flowers. Read more about Blockade dictates types of flowers grown in Gaza
16 January 2012
Since his detention in 1993, Mahmoud Issa Moussa has been held in isolation in different Israeli prisons. A period of long-term isolation began for Mahmoud in 2002 and continues until today. This month the period of his isolation has been extended again with six months. Read more about Israel's long-term isolation of Mahmoud Issa is sickening
London 16 January 2012
A member of the UK’s National Union of Students Executive Council has denounced several youth and student officers from the opposition Labour Party for taking part in an all-expenses-paid tour of Israel and its illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. The Labour students delegation met with Captain Barak Raz, an Israeli army spokesperson and other Israeli officials. Read more about UK Labour Party student officials face backlash over free tour of Israel, settlements
15 January 2012
NGO Monitor, the far-right Israeli group that fashions itself as a transparency watchdog, suffers from a mysterious lack of transparency itself. The legally-mandated public disclosures required of US nonprofits are nowhere to be found for NGO Monitor’s US-based fundraising arm known as REPORT. Indeed, The Electronic Intifada has obtained an Internal Revenue Service document that shows REPORT was warned of the consequences of failing to file its public disclosures. Read more about Why hasn't NGO Monitor's US fundraiser filed legally required public disclosures with Internal Revenue Service?
14 January 2012
A short montage from TV’s The West Wing, in which President Bartlett is given a map of the Holy Land from 1709, highlights real life absurdities of how US politicians deal with Palestine. Read more about "There was no Israel in 1709" - Clip from TV's The West Wing highlights absurdity of US Palestine denial
14 January 2012
A judged handed down lengthy prison sentences yesterday to three young US Muslims who were convicted of vague terrorism conspiracy charges. Read more about Decades-long sentences for young US Muslims convicted of vague terrorism conspiracy by "sleeping" jury
14 January 2012
Palestinians for the first time took part in a protest right in front of the Palestinian Authority compound Al-Muqata’a voicing their opposition and anger against the negotiations between the PA and Israel, currently taking place in Amman, Jordan. Read more about Palestinians for Dignity: Saeb Erekat, Go Home