15 May 2012
Is there a pattern of pressure to isolate prisoners and coerce them into accepting deals? Read more about What Thaer Halahleh's family told me about his release brings joy, but raises troubling questions
14 May 2012
Palestinian prisoner Thaer Halahleh has agreed to end his hunger strike after 77 full days, on 15 May, EI blogger Linah Alsaafin tweeted after speaking with his father a short time ago. Read more about After 77 days, Thaer Halahleh to end hunger strike as Israel agrees to release, father tells EI blogger
14 May 2012
This week in BDS news around the world: 10,000 signatures delivered to Irish building materials corporation demanding divestment from Israeli business contracts; a call for 24 hours of hunger in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails; and more! Read more about BDS roundup: 10,000 signatures delivered to Irish corporation demanding divestment from Israeli contracts
Alexandria 14 May 2012
Aging Palestinian refugees recount their exile from Palestine during the Nakba and demand the right to return to their homeland. Read more about Palestinians in Egypt insist on right to return
Jerusalem 14 May 2012
More than 1,500 Palestinian prisoners are weeks into an open-ended hunger strike in protest against worsening conditions in Israeli jails. Read more about Israel puts "every possible obstacle" in way of respecting hunger strikers' rights, say doctors
14 May 2012
“Peace agreements” with Israeli apartheid affect the people of neighboring Jordan and Egypt, who become consumers of Israeli products rather than producing their own. Read more about "Where do I sign?"
14 May 2012
On his 77th day of hunger strike, Israel continues to subject Bilal Diab to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, blackmail and other unethical medical practices. Meanwhile reports of a “deal” must be treated with utmost caution. Read more about Israel subjects Bilal Diab to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment on 77th day of hunger strike
13 May 2012
10 million Palestinians worldwide. At 9 am GMT, 12 pm Palestine time, every Palestinian and their supporters are invited to step outside their stores, homes, schools, workplaces for ten minutes on the 28th day of the Palestinian prisoners’ mass hunger strike. Read more about International Action Day for Palestinian Prisoners Hunger Strike on 14 May
13 May 2012
Watch a film that tells the story of Israel’s systematic looting of tens of thousands of books and other cultural treasures during the Nakba, the 1948 expulsion of the Palestinian people. Read more about Watch: The Great Book Robbery, Israel's 1948 looting of Palestine's cultural heritage
13 May 2012
Subversion, an exhibition at Manchester’s Cornerhouse gallery, shows that young Palestinian artists are at the cutting edge of contemporary Arab art. Read more about Palestinian artists take on identity and politics with humor in "Subversion" exhibition