19 April 2012
Mourid Barghouti’s I Was Born There, I Was Born Here is for anyone in your life who needs to understand the pain, the absurdity, the injustice, and the devastatingly predictable unpredictability of life for ordinary Palestinians. Read more about The beautifully-paced rage of Mourid Barghouti's latest memoir
19 April 2012
My reflections on the popular events that were held in Gaza on Prisoners’ Day. Read more about A Celebration of Freedom on Prisoners' Day in Gaza
19 April 2012
An Israeli-run Dead Sea beach resort in the occupied West Bank attempted turned away a number of families on Friday, 13 April, apparently just because they were Palestinian. Read more about Video: Palestinians turned away from Dead Sea resort as Israelis, Europeans and dogs enter freely
19 April 2012
The Rammoun killing was a part of a training exercise for the Israeli military’s elite Duvdevan division, known for disguising as Palestinian and conducting undercover operations in the West Bank. Read more about Israeli undercover unit's murder of Palestinian civilian was part of "training exercise"
Nuseirat refugee camp 19 April 2012
Despite it all, hope is on the rainbow, writes Yousef M. Aljamal from Gaza, as his mother enjoys a long-awaited reunion with her family in the West Bank. Read more about Our day will come (and soon)
18 April 2012
Nancy Murray, education director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, explains why she believes a “Muslim exception” is being carved out of the First Amendment, how a juror came to Tarek Mehanna’s sentencing hearing last week to ask the judge for mercy, and why Mehanna’s case has wide-reaching implications. Read more about "You will be punished if you don't become an informant": ACLU's Nancy Murray on Tarek Mehanna case
18 April 2012
The United Methodist Church and the Presbyterian Church (USA) will soon vote on major divestment initiatives. Palestinians are signing an open letter to voting delegates, asking them to support divestment from Caterpillar, Motorola and HP. Read more about Urgent appeals to support upcoming US church divestment initiatives
18 April 2012
A 14-year old essay by the late Edward Said speaks with remarkable insight into the problems afflicting the Palestinian national liberation struggle, and the strategies of Israeli colonialism. Read more about An Edward Said essay that could have been written today
Berkeley 18 April 2012
University of California President Mark Yudof has double standards when it comes to on-campus criticism of Israeli policies. Read more about How California uni chief conflates real bigotry with criticism of Israel
18 April 2012
On Monday, an Israeli teenager, Noam Gur, began an initial ten-day prison sentence because she publicly refused to serve in the Israeli army. Read more about Israeli teens enter jail rather than take part in army crimes against Palestinians