Maghazi refugee camp 25 October 2011
Eid Misleh spent 19 years in Israel’s prisons until he was released as part of a prisoner exchange agreed between Hamas and Israel. Back home among family in Gaza, Misleh told The Electronic Intifada about life in prisoner and the hardship of being denied family visits for eleven years. Read more about Israel stopped mother visiting prisoner son for 11 years
Gaza City 26 October 2011
An elderly mother has been waiting 22 years for her son to come home. He was not included in the recent prisoner exchange deal. Read more about "I want to hug my son before I die"
25 October 2011
Please show solidarity with Ali Aarrass, a Belgian-Moroccan national who has been tortured. Read more about Belgium "bans" Free Palestine T-shirts, ignores torture of its citizen
25 October 2011
From the Cambridge Bin Veolia campaign: 58% of students vote to break contract with company implicated in Israeli human rights abuses Students at Cambridge have voted to call on the University to cut ties with a company implicated in Israeli human rights abuses. Read more about Cambridge students vote to break contract with Veolia
25 October 2011
In this article previously published on +972 magazine, I discuss the censorship of material in Palestinian textbooks in East Jerusalem schools — a clearly illegal and dangerous move by the Jerusalem Education Adminstration (JEA). Read more about Israel censors Palestinian textbooks in East Jerusalem
24 October 2011
In a new article made available today by the journal Jerusalem Quarterly, activist and The Electronic Intifada contributor Hannah Mermelstein discusses a lesser known part of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine — the attempted annihilation of the Palestinian nation through cultural theft and destruction. Read more about Israel's war on Palestinian culture
Nablus 24 October 2011
Palestinian olive farmers face violence from both the settlers and the Israeli military during the harvest season. Read more about Harvesting olives as a statement of resistance
22 October 2011
12-year-old Ali Hassan al Baba in Gaza: “It’s my right to draw” Read more about Gaza child artist responds to the censoring of his artwork
22 October 2011
If you’re anywhere nearby, you don’t want to miss this year’s Boston Palestine Film Festival. Read more about Ten days of not-to-be-missed events launch tonight at Boston Palestine Film Festival
New York City 21 October 2011
Hundreds of student activists from dozens of colleges and universities across the US are expanding the grassroots movements for Palestine solidarity activism despite aggressive smear campaigns by pro-Israel groups. Read more about Despite attacks, national conference unites Students for Justice in Palestine