All Content

Bombast with a side of bleakness in Open Bethlehem film

Sarah Irving 11 December 2014

Documentary centers on director Leila Sansour’s decision to return to the hometown she once resented. Read more about Bombast with a side of bleakness in Open Bethlehem film

Decolonize Palestine!

Nidal El-Khairy 11 December 2014

Editorial illustration by Nidal El-Khairy. Read more about Decolonize Palestine!

Video: Rape advocate hailed as "gender expert" by pro-Israel group in Brussels

David Cronin 11 December 2014

Mordechai Kedar is treated as an authority on Arab culture, despite how he has encouraged sexual violence against Palestinian women. Read more about Video: Rape advocate hailed as "gender expert" by pro-Israel group in Brussels

Victory: US student workers' union backs Israel boycott in landslide vote

Nora Barrows-Friedman 11 December 2014

UAW Local 2865, representing 13,000 student workers at the University of California, has become the first labor union in the US to join the BDS movement. Read more about Victory: US student workers' union backs Israel boycott in landslide vote

US prosecutors trying to block Rasmea Odeh's release from jail

Charlotte Silver 10 December 2014

Federal prosecutors are attempting to invalidate Rasmea Odeh’s $50,000 bond for release, but supporters say the government has its facts wrong. Read more about US prosecutors trying to block Rasmea Odeh's release from jail

How Gaza families were given just ten minutes' warning of Israeli attacks

Patrick O. Strickland Gaza City 10 December 2014

Israel continues to hinder independent investigations into possible war crimes. Read more about How Gaza families were given just ten minutes' warning of Israeli attacks

Donate to The Electronic Intifada today and help us reach millions of people in 2015

The Electronic Intifada plays a critical role providing accurate and timely information to the Palestine solidarity movement, but we can only do it with your support. Read more about Donate to The Electronic Intifada today and help us reach millions of people in 2015

Israel denies entry to South African boycott activist

Adri Nieuwhof 10 December 2014

A former EAPPI volunteer, Marthie Momberg was on her way to a Kairos Palestine conference in Bethlehem. Read more about Israel denies entry to South African boycott activist

CIA cites Israeli court ruling to "justify" torture program

Rania Khalek 10 December 2014

Israeli ruling provided a “novel” excuse for inflicting pain on detainees, according to a 2001 CIA memo. Read more about CIA cites Israeli court ruling to "justify" torture program

Why did University of Toronto let hate group shut down divestment launch?

Nora Barrows-Friedman Oakland 10 December 2014

Instead of protecting the rights of the speakers and organizers to hold an event, university capitulated to efforts to shut it down. Read more about Why did University of Toronto let hate group shut down divestment launch?