10 January 2011
More than seven years after the US- and UK-led invasion of their country, Iraqis continue to endure an occupation that has systematically violated their basic rights. In particular, the role and situation of women and girls has declined precipitously. Read more about Occupation of Iraq destroys women's lives
10 January 2011
The Electronic Intifada contributor Arwa Aburawa interviews Gilbert Achcar about his latest book, The Arabs and the Holocaust. Read more about The Holocaust, Palestine and the Arab World: Gilbert Achcar interviewed
7 January 2011
Act now by emailing executives at Combined Systems Inc., and at the companies that invest in CSI — the Carlyle Group and Point Lookout Capital — and tell them to stop providing their tear gas to the Israeli military, before more protesters are killed and maimed. Read more about Tell Combined Systems Inc. to stop selling tear gas to Israel
7 January 2011
Activists and concerned citizens around the United States are preparing for a national day of action on 25 January, the date that several Palestine solidarity activists and Palestinian American community organizers have been summoned to appear before a federal grand jury in Chicago. Read more about US activists facing grand jury garner broad support
7 January 2011
GAZA CITY, occupied Gaza Strip (IPS) - “We try to be happy and celebrate with our families during Christmas, but the atmosphere is not cheery as in other parts of the world,” says Hossam Tawwil. Read more about Christmas in Bethlehem off limits for Gaza's Christians
6 January 2011
The Danish-British security firm G4S recently confirmed in a letter its involvement in the Israeli occupation and violations of international law — reported on last month by The Electronic Intifada. Adri Nieuwhof reports. Read more about Security firm G4S confirms involvement in Israel's occupation
6 January 2011
Bashar Masri, the Palestinian businessman and CEO of the company that is developing the Rawabi luxury real estate project in the occupied West Bank, appears to be actively helping Israel deepen its hold on the Palestinian economy despite his earlier claims that he is trying to help end this relationship. Ali Abunimah reports. Read more about Rawabi developer Masri helps deepen Israel's grip on West Bank
6 January 2011
On 13 December 2010, Israeli bulldozers, flanked by hundreds of municipal, riot squad and border police forces, demolished seven homes belonging to the Abu Eid family in Lydd, a city a few miles east of Tel Aviv. Photographer Oren Ziv documented the demolition. Read more about Photostory: home demolitions in Lydd
6 January 2011
Young men moved up and down the rows of plastic seats with brass coffee pots and tiny ceramic cups and platters of dates in the mourning tent as Ahmed Qudaih spoke about how the Israeli military had just murdered his 19-year-old brother Hassan in the village’s borderlands. Read more about Israel's killing zone in Gaza
Gaza City 5 January 2011
On New Year’s Eve, my family and I planned to escape the immense pressure we and everyone else in Gaza continue to endure. We ended up at a party that contradicted the notion that conservative Gaza is being ruled by freedom-curtailing Islamists. Read more about A New Year's song of hope for Gaza