Silwan 28 November 2011
According to the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, 350 private Israeli security guards are currently employed in East Jerusalem by private security firm Modi’in Ezrahi, which is subcontracted by the Israeli Ministry of Housing and Construction, to protect 2,000 settlers living illegally in the occupied territory. Read more about Private security guards kill with impunity in East Jerusalem
27 November 2011
The firm that installed screens and lightning on U2’s stage for its world tour also supplies components to Israel’s war industry. Read more about Bono must ditch Belgian maker of warplane parts for Israel
27 November 2011
At the University of Birmingham, attempts to stifle discussion about Israeli apartheid on campus backfire. Read more about Don't mention the 'A' word: attack on freedom of speech turns into another own goal
26 November 2011
An anti-Palestinian conference due to take place in the UK tomorrow has barred The Electronic Intifada from attending the event, despite admitting other journalists will be given free entry. “The Big Tent For Israel” in Manchester will bring together an alliance of pro-Israel groups specifically to combat the increasingly successful Palestinian campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS). New Israeli ambassador Daniel Tuab is due to address the conference as keynote speaker, according to its program. The event is focused on a 2010 report by influential Israeli think tank the Reut Institute, which named London as the “hub of hubs of delegitimization”. Read more about The Electronic Intifada barred from reporting inside UK “delegitimization” conference
26 November 2011
A conversation with the occupier. Read more about An Israeli Soldier Cares For My Safety
26 November 2011
Ali, Palestinian political prisoner from Israel, has spent 23 years in Israeli jails. Following his release in the prisoner exchange deal, the Israeli internal security service ordered him not to leave the country for 17 years. Read more about Ali, released after 23 years in Israeli jails: “I have to learn life”
26 November 2011
Sarah Schulman’s New York Times op-ed Israel and ‘Pinkwashing’ outs Israel’s gay marketing plan that activists have termed “pinkwashing” and consistently sought to resist and expose. Read more about Pinkwashing, 2008-2011: Obituary for a hasbara strategy
25 November 2011
After a year-long campaign by DePaul’s Students for Justice in Palestine against Sabra hummus products from the dining halls, the university has quietly introduced alternative brands from which students can choose according to their ethics. Read more about Ethical alternatives to Sabra hummus now at DePaul University
25 November 2011
Israeli officials suspect that France-based megabank BNP Parisbas has pulled out of Israel due to pressure from Palestine solidarity groups, even though the bank itself has denied this. Haaretz reported on 24 November: The powers that be are furious at BNP Paribas for shuttering its operations in Israel, and suspect it is acting due to Arab and anti-Israeli pressure in France, the bank’s home base. Read more about Officials suspect French megabank BNP Parisbas pulled out of Israel due to boycott pressure
24 November 2011
The story of the floundering “Brand Israel” advertising campaign continues. An Israeli government ministry has established a propaganda website called Hasbara.gov.il – a Hebrew word often translated as “propaganda”. A notice was recently published on the site asking for volunteer “candidates eligible to conduct public diplomacy activities abroad”. The volunteers “will not be eligible for any remuneration” apart from “costs of travel, daily expenses and insurance”. The advert is also the latest episode in Israel’s cynical “pinkwashing” strategy. The ministry’s advert says it is looking particularly for “minority members” and “representatives of the gay community” to argue Israel’s case abroad. Read more about In new pinkwashing recruitment campaign, Israel offers free travel for propaganda services