14 April 2011
The Electronic Intifada attended a demonstration against home demolitions in Lydd on Tuesday night, 12 April. The demonstration was part of regular weekly protests against the increasing ghettoization of the heavily-segregated Palestinian areas of the city, which is located southeast of Tel Aviv. Read more about Lydd residents protest home demolitions
13 April 2011
Comedian Mark Thomas walked the full 723 kilometer route of Israel’s wall in the occupied West Bank, encountering Palestinians and settlers and getting detained along the way. Read more about Walking the wall: Comedian Mark Thomas interviewed
13 April 2011
A recent incident of repression of free speech at the University of Southern California is only one of many examples of the discrimination faced by Arab, Muslim and pro-Palestinian students at campuses around the United States. Read more about US campus activists facing increased repression
Gaza Strip 13 April 2011
The buzzing “insect” that disturbs any moment of peace in Gaza is the really the sound of the Israeli spy drones that constantly hover overhead. Read more about Insects in disguise
13 April 2011
Educators and students who took part in annual Land Day commemorations on 30 March are being investigated by the Israeli Education Ministry, which sent letters to Palestinian schools inside Israel demanding to see attendance reports. Read more about Israeli education ministry launches Land Day witch hunt
13 April 2011
Students at a historically Jewish university in the US disrupted a speech by Avi Dichter, calling him a torturer and war criminal. Read more about Video: Brandeis students disrupt speech of former Shin Bet chief
12 April 2011
CAIRO (IPS) - Two months since the ouster of longstanding president Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s new transitional government is turning its attention to unpopular Mubarak-era foreign policies — with the ongoing Israeli-Egyptian blockade of the Gaza Strip top of the list. Read more about Post-Mubarak Egypt may end Gaza closure
12 April 2011
The EU’s unwillingness to address the treatment of Palestinians within Israel was exposed in a February report published by Adalah, a human rights organization based in Haifa, and the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network. Read more about EU turns blind eye to Palestinian citizens in Israel
11 April 2011
Rather than engage with Sami Al-Jundi’s actual experience and narrative, Raymond Deane uses his review for a cliched critique of Israeli-Palestinian dialogue. Deane’s account misrepresents the book, as well as Al-Jundi’s character, work and vision. Read more about Memoir a microcosm of the Palestinian experience
11 April 2011
A visit to Khuzaa village in the Gaza Strip is a lesson in Palestinian sumoud or steadfastness. Read more about Resilience in the green fields of Gaza