1 January 2012
At the Palestinian New Year’s festival at Arafat Square in Ramallah, musician Basel Zayed and his group Turab were prevented from completing their music concert by the Palestinian police because the group sang “El-Doleh” ; a satirical song about the Palestinian promised state. Read more about Concert interrupted by PA police over song critical of UN statehood bid
1 January 2012
An attempt to justify Israel’s war crimes in Gaza avoids the evidence, and instead plays a flawed numbers game. Read more about The numbers speak for themselves
1 January 2012
Yesterday in Chicago, more than 300 balloons were released in downtown Grant Park — one balloon for each child killed during Israel’s 22-day assault on the Gaza Strip three years ago. Read more about Photos: Chicagoans release balloons for each child killed during Gaza massacres
31 December 2011
NGO Monitor, the Israeli far-right group that wages campaigns of defamation against organizations that don’t toe their anti-Palestinian line, has launched a new campaign against the Center for American Progress, a Washington think-tank tied to the Democratic Party. The campaign has also been joined by Commentary, the far-right publication notorious for its anti-Palestinian sentiment. Read more about NGO Monitor creates fake controversy over EI articles in attack on Democrat think-tank
London 30 December 2011
A worker at an Israeli media pressure group used her low dissertation mark as a post-graduate student at University of Warwick to smear a professor involved in Palestine solidarity activism this month. Read more about Exposed: UK university student claiming bias works for project of Israel pressure group
30 December 2011
French boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaigners have called on their government to abandon a €318 million deal to buy Heron TP drones from Israel Aircraft Industries. Meanwhile, senior members of France’s Senate have called publicly for the country to abandon the purchase on grounds that the Israeli drones are unsuited to the needs of the armed forces. Read more about Campaign launched against French purchase of Israeli drones as senators demand deal be abandoned
30 December 2011
Israel has banned family visits to Gazan prisoners since June 2007. Israel tries to bargain about this right with the Red Cross, according to Palestinian Human Rights organization Addameer. This is unacceptable and Addameer calls for international action to put pressure on the Israeli Government. Read more about Israeli ban on family visits to Gazan prisoners violates international law
Gaza Strip 29 December 2011
Rafat Abushaban recalls how three years ago, Palestinians in Gaza united under the most terrible of circumstances during Israel’s 22 days of relentless bombing. Read more about A nightmare that lasted three weeks; memories of Gaza massacre
29 December 2011
Last June The Electronic Intifada exposed the identity of the person behind the “Gay Girl in Damascus” hoax. The perpetrator was Tom MacMaster, a 40-year-old American graduate student at the University of Edinburgh. After an surge of media attention, MacMaster disappeared from the public eye. The University of Edinburgh promised to investigate. But what happened, and was MacMaster ever held accountable for a hoax that many believe caused genuine harm? Documents released by the University of Edinburgh under the UK’s Freedom of Information Act, reveal that not only was MacMaster allowed to stay on as a student, but that the university sought as much as possible to gag him while never publishing any results of its investigation.. Read more about Whatever happened to Tom MacMaster, the "Gay Girl in Damascus" hoaxer?
29 December 2011
Video testimony from Amnon Neumann, a man who fought with the Palmach during the Nakba of 1948. Read more about Video testimony of a Palmach fighter who expelled Palestinians during the Nakba