5 November 2012
The meeting indicates deepening normalization efforts between the PA and Israel. Read more about Outrage as Palestinian tycoon Munib Masri hosts Israeli settler mogul with Egypt's Amr Moussa and Jordan ex-PM
5 November 2012
Amnesty International and Norwegian trade unions join forces to demand that G4S stops aiding human rights abuses. Read more about G4S blockaded in Oslo over support for Israeli apartheid
4 November 2012
Abbas’ words demonstrably represent long-standing Palestinian Authority and PLO policy of giving up refugee rights. Read more about There’s nothing new in Mahmoud Abbas’ and the PLO’s renunciation of Palestinian refugee rights
3 November 2012
On the anniversary of Balfour declaration, Mahmoud Abbas came with another declaration competing with Balfour’s. This is my reflections on both. Read more about Despite Abbas and Balfour, we will return to our homes in Palestine
3 November 2012
Challenges to efforts at restricting public criticism of Israel at the University of California and Carleton University risk overlooking the true goal of many anti-Palestinians: stigmatizing criticism of Israel, rather than banning it. Read more about University of California and Carleton University "free speech" battles: the hidden agenda
3 November 2012
Jacob Nammar’s autobiography describes a Jerusalem that is impossible to imagine today. Read more about Book review: A family history firmly rooted in Jerusalem's soil
Ramallah 2 November 2012
Local elections have been postponed for a few years so why were they called under procedures reserved for emergencies? Read more about Did Abbas abuse his powers in restricting election to West Bank?
2 November 2012
Linda Moreno, defense attorney for Ghassan Elashi of the Holy Land Foundation, who was convicted for giving charity to Palestinian women and children, talks about the US Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the case. Read more about Podcast: Case against the Holy Land Five "a co-production with the government of Israel"
2 November 2012
A coalition of 22 European NGOs along with Richard Falk, the UN special rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories have in the last week released significant reports on financial links with illegal Israeli settlements. Read more about New report by European groups highlights growing consensus for ban on Israeli settlement goods
2 November 2012
“Knowing how lethal some of Israel’s vegetarians are, I shudder to think about what its vegans are capable of doing.” Read more about Israel's killer vegetarians (and vegans). A brief history