
Standing in solidarity with Khader Adnan
Washington, DC 16 February 2012
Protests in solidarity with hunger striking Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan made his plight impossible to ignore. Read more about Standing in solidarity with Khader Adnan
Washington, DC 16 February 2012
Protests in solidarity with hunger striking Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan made his plight impossible to ignore. Read more about Standing in solidarity with Khader Adnan
15 February 2012
Catherine Ashton, the Union’s foreign policy chief, hasn’t said one word about the plight of Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan. Read more about The EU's shameful silence on Khader Adnan
East Jerusalem 15 February 2012
Israeli bulldozers demolished the only community center and refuge for Palestinian children in the Silwan neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem. Read more about Israeli forces destroy "the only place for children in Silwan"
15 February 2012
Francis Hughes died on 12 May 1981 in Belfast’s Maze Prison after 59 days on hunger strike. Oliver Hughes, his brother, sent this video message of solidarity with Khader Adnan, the Palestinian prisoner who has been on hunger strike in Israeli prison for 60 days. Read more about Video: Solidarity with Khader Adnan from family of late Irish hunger striker Francis Hughes
15 February 2012
Khader Adnan is in good spirits and his morale is as high as the sky, said his father today, despite 60 days of hunger strike that puts him at risk of imminent death. Read more about VIDEO: Hunger striker Khader Adnan's father says son's morale is "high" and appeals to parents of Gilad Shalit
15 February 2012
I write here about my friend Allam Ka’by, one of those released in last year’s prisoner swap deal. Valentine’s Day marks his unity with the woman of his life after over 10 years of separation. Here, you’ll read their inspiring story of love and struggle. Read more about On Valentine's Day, a celebration of love and struggle
London 15 February 2012
The judge heading the panel assessing whether Palestinian civil rights leader Sheikh Raed Salah can be deported from the UK has cast serious doubt on the British government’s case. A final verdict is expected in the next two weeks. Read more about Raed Salah deportation case disintegrates in UK court, but verdict still to follow
15 February 2012
Under heavy police protection, Israel demolished a Palestinian community center and a children’s playground in occupied East Jerusalem on 13 February 2012. Read more about Video shows UK-manufactured JCB equipment destroying Jerusalem playground
14 February 2012
On February 13th 2012 (I won’t say ‘one day before Valentines’), #LoveUnderApartheid became a Worldwide TT for a few minutes and was a trend in the US for several hours (!) as thousands of Twitter users tweeted the hashtag. Read more about #LoveUnderApartheid: Palestinians highlight travails of family life under Israeli occupation
13 February 2012
For her use of the term “Judaization,” UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing Raquel Rolink earned the drummed-up outrage of right-wing pressure group NGO Monitor, who screamed ‘antisemitism’ and demanded her resignation. Read more about NGO Monitor declares terminology used by Israel's Danny Ayalon to be "anti-Semitic"