9 April 2012
Whatever the literary qualities of Günter Grass’s poem, it testifies to his lingering literary eminence that it has engendered such a colossal backlash, to the point that he has now been banned from Israel. Read more about Poem sparks debate about whether Germany should absolve Israel's crimes
9 April 2012
Zionists and their supporters control large chunks of the media in the EU’s three largest countries. Read more about What the Günter Grass controversy says about censorship in Europe
Ramallah 9 April 2012
Palestinian activist Sheikh Raed Salah’s court victory in his deportation case has implications for both the UK government’s relationships with pro-Israel groups and its anti-terrorism legislation. Read more about Court victory for Raed Salah deals blow to UK "anti-terror" policy
9 April 2012
A year after the unsolved murder of actor, director and theater maker Juliano Mer-Khamis near the Freedom Theatre he helped nurture in Jenin, Palestinian hip hop group DAM have released a new single and video celebrating his life and calling for his killers to be found. Read more about A year after Juliano Mer-Khamis' murder, DAM hip hop video celebrates his life, calls for justice
Gaza Strip 8 April 2012
A week after her banishment to Gaza, Hana al-Shalabi spoke exclusively to The Electronic Intifada about the meaning of her 43-day-long hunger strike in Israeli detention. Read more about Ex-hunger striker Hana al-Shalabi wants "mystery" of Gaza banishment deal "clarified"
8 April 2012
The news broke last night that Palestinian activist Sheikh Raed Salah had won his appeal against deportation from the UK in the Upper Tier (Immigration) Tribunal in London. My full story will be published on EI soon, including new revelations about the case, and its implications for the government’s Prevent “anti-terrorism” strategy. Meanwhile, here is the judge’s decision (a scan of the full document is forthcoming, but this extract is essentially the bottom line). Read more about Raed Salah wins appeal against deportation from UK: upper tribunal rules Theresa May was "misled"
6 April 2012
Israel’s strategy of “pinkwashing” — using its supposedly stellar record on gay rights — to obscure abuses of Palestinian human rights has done more to provoke than to quiet criticism. Read more about Israel's pinkwashing exposed as dishonest at New York debates
6 April 2012
Israel is a state that practices capital punishment in an arbitrary and capricious manner without a trial, says Professor John Dugard at UN meeting in Geneva. Read more about Israel has murdered more political opponents than apartheid South Africa judicially executed
6 April 2012
The use of administrative detention is just one of many similarities between apartheid South Africa and apartheid Israel. Read more about How detention without charge links Israel and apartheid South Africa
6 April 2012
Undercover Israeli agents shoot three men in the middle of the night, killing one. Al-Haq’s independent investigation exposes the chilling story. Read more about Why were undercover Israeli agents creeping inside a Palestinian village?