26 April 2011
The Alternative Information Center reports that writer Ahmad Qatamesh was arrested in his family’s Ramallah home by Israeli occupation forces and transferred to the Ofer detention center in Beitunia in the occupied West Bank: Read more about Will political arrest of Palestinian writer Ahmad Qatamesh be protested?
26 April 2011
Recent divestment campaigns across Canadian university campuses — specifically at Carleton and several universities in Toronto — have gained ground after strategic initiatives were launched and as more students, faculty and staff sign on to petitions of support. Read more about After rally at Board of Governors, Carleton University one step closer to divestment
Nablus 26 April 2011
Few visitors make it to the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, causing the city’s tourism sector to suffer. Read more about Nablus, beautiful and unvisited
26 April 2011
As the Cairo-based Arab League continues to back western military intervention in support of the popular rebellion in Libya, the League’s failure to back similar uprisings in other Arab countries — most notably Bahrain — has led to charges of double standards. Read more about Arab League's double standard
25 April 2011
Israel may be forgiven for failing to realize the current fiscal woes of the United States. After all, US military aid to Israel not only sailed unscathed through this month’s passage of the 2011 budget, but reached the record level of $3 billion. Josh Reubner comments. Read more about Costs of arming Israel can no longer be ignored
26 April 2011
Earlier, I blogged about how Students for Justice in Palestine activists at Yale delivered mock eviction notices to dormitory residents, in an effort to highlight the ongoing home demolitions in Palestine. Read more about Yale SJP activists on the real-life rights violations that inspired their mock eviction notice action
25 April 2011
More than half of Egyptians want their country’s peace treaty with Israel annulled. That is the finding of a new poll by the Pew Research Center’s Pew Global Attitudes Project. This will be a bitter disappointment for those who have been saying that the Arab uprisings have ‘nothing to do with Israel’ or would even be to the advantage of Israel. Read more about Pew poll: Majority of Egyptians want peace treaty with Israel canceled
25 April 2011
The Electronic Intifada contributor Ray Smith interviews Raja Khalidi, a senior economist with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, about the PA’s economic policies and its implications for statehood. Read more about Interview: Raja Khalidi on the neoliberal consensus in Palestine
25 April 2011
On Tuesday, April 26, Adam Horowitz, co-editor of Mondoweiss and co-editor of the book The Goldstone Report: The Legacy of the Investigation of the Gaza Conflict and The Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah, who is a contributor to the book, will speak jointly at The University of Chicago, followed by a Q&A. The event is cosponsored by Students for Justice in Palestine and the American Friends Service Committee. Read more about Chicago event on Gaza & Goldstone with EI's Ali Abunimah, Mondoweiss' Adam Horowitz
25 April 2011
A remarkable editorial in The New York Times this morning calling on President Obama to resume the “peace process” between Israelis and Palestinians (President Obama and the Peace Process). It’s remarkable for how detached it is from reality. It is time for Mr. Obama — alone or, better yet, in concert with Europe, Russia and the United Nations — to put a map and a deal on the table. Read more about New York Times delusional call for resumption of dead "peace process"