Berkeley 6 January 2012
A lawsuit over anti-Semitism at the University of California Berkley has been dismissed after a judge determined that students alleging a hostile climate on campus failed to support their claims. Read more about Judge dismisses claims of "anti-Semitic climate" at UC Berkeley
5 January 2012
A “terror expert” in the US is trying to entangle an American non-profit organization in a shroud of secretive conspiracy theories intent on branding it a “supporter of terrorism.” Read more about Why is "terror expert" attacking US solidarity groups?
5 January 2012
I first saw these cards at a Palestine activism conference around 2002, when they were still quite new, being distributed by the Ann Arbor Friends Meeting’s Palestine Israel Action Group (PIAG). With the front side featuring a set of maps depicting Palestinian loss of land from pre-Nakba times to present, and the back featuring a contemporary map showing the fragmentation of the West Bank (alongside various statistics and quotes), these cards are simple, convenient, and effective tools which remain popular a decade after their introduction. Read more about Popular Palestine activism outreach tool reappears: "Loss of Land" map cards available again
5 January 2012
Yesterday I wrote about a program run by the National Union of Israeli Students (NUIS) to pay Israeli college students $2,000 to spread hasbara – propaganda favorable to Israel – on social networking sites. This raised a further question: who pays for this and what role do Israel’s government and other organizations play in this use of students to deliver propaganda? Read more about Israel's "pretty face": How National Union of Israeli Students does government's propaganda dirty work
4 January 2012
Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination, and Democracy by Ben White links the struggle of Palestinians within Israel with those in the occupied West Bank and Gaza and the global diaspora. Read more about Delegitimizing discrimination: struggle of Palestinians in Israel focus of new book
9 January 2012
A new book critiques and examines how diaspora Jews articulate solidarity with Palestinians and the Palestine liberation struggle, including the growing boycott movement against Israel. Read more about New book explores Jewish opposition to Israel's occupation
4 January 2012
Israel’s national students union has launched a program to pay Israeli university students $2,000 to spread pro-Israel propaganda online for 5 hours per week from the “comfort of home.” Read more about Israeli students to get $2,000 to spread state propaganda on Facebook
4 January 2012
It’s difficult to avoid, especially in the frenzy of consumerism and gift-giving which washes over the West at the end of every year: “I meant to boycott that company,” I’ve had friends tell me, “but it was a gift.” Or, “I bought it before I knew.” But like it or not, our unwitting purchases, or receipt thereof as gifts, play a role in preventing Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns against Israel from achieving their full potential. Read more about It's Never Too Late to Boycott Israel: The Proper Disposal of Already-Purchased Goods
4 January 2012
I woke up this morning to read a distorted and misleading piece in The Washington Post, the headline reads: ”Palestinians block performance of Israeli Arab singer under pressure from boycott movement.” Read more about The cancellation of Sharif Dorzi's concert
3 January 2012
It is becoming a trend among influential GOP candidates to call out the Palestinian people as “invented” or even “non-existent”. First we had Republican candidate Newt Gingrich calling the Palestinians an “invented people”. Another rising star, Republican candidate Rick Santorum, has also said “There is no Palestine”. Read more about Film footage from Palestine back in 1896