18 February 2012
The California State University (CSU) system has sent a letter to a Zionist group rejecting their claim that Ilan Pappe, an Israeli historian and a frequent contributor to The Electronic Intifada, should not receive CSU sponsorship during his upcoming campus tour. Read more about Zionist group fails to disrupt Ilan Pappe's tour at California state universities
17 February 2012
A regular roundup of news from the global boycott, divestment and sanctions movement: BDS motion passes at a Canadian university; the Olympia Food Co-op, heading to court, rallies supporters; Palestinian youth urge France to stop selling weaponry to the Israeli military, and more. Read more about BDS roundup: From Vancouver to Ramallah, no love for Israeli apartheid
17 February 2012
Raymond McCartney, the former Irish hunger striker and current Member of Northern Ireland’s Legislative Assembly for Sinn Féin is the latest from Ireland to send a message of solidarity to Palestinian political prisoner Khader Adnan, who is entering his 63rd day of hunger strike protesting administrative detention, a policy started by the British and which is illegal under international law. Read more about Video: Raymond McCartney, former Irish hunger striker in message of support to Khader Adnan
17 February 2012
CRIF, the leading Israel lobby group in France, is once again seeking to deny the right to free speech. Read more about Paris university pulls plug on "Israeli apartheid" talk
17 February 2012
Amnesty International has launched another appeal calling on the Israeli Minister of Defense to release or charge Khader Adnan, end the use of administrative detention and ensure humane treatment of all detainees. Read more about Amnesty to Israel: End use of administrative detention
Gaza City 17 February 2012
Israeli airstrikes early Thursday morning injured six persons, including rescue workers. Meanwhile, area residents say this is not the first time they have been subjected to Israeli strikes. Read more about Gaza families recount terror of latest air strikes
17 February 2012
On 16 February, Ali Abunimah and Huwaida Arraf appeared on Aljazeera English’s The Stream. Major topics included Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan, the “reconciliation” deal between Hamas and Fatah, and the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement. Read more about Watch: Huwaida Arraf and Ali Abunimah discuss Palestinian strategy, Khader Adnan and BDS on The Stream
17 February 2012
Today my colleague David Cronin wrote about the weasel worded response of the EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, for comment on the case of Khader Adnan. Here is my response, which I sent her by email. Read more about Washing your hands of Khader Adnan: My response to weasel words of EU's Catherine Ashton
17 February 2012
The BDS National Committee (BNC), the Palestinian civil society coalition that leads the BDS movement, has called on activists to use the BDS Global Day of Action to take action to highlight the success of the movement and mobilise for the World Social Forum Free Palestine due to take place in Port Alegre, Brazil, in November 2012 Read more about BDS Global Day of Action to mark Land Day on March 30
17 February 2012
As Khader Adnan begins the 62nd day of his hunger strike, the European Union’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton might finally say something about his suffering. Read more about A few weasel words from EU as Adnan nears death