1 June 2012
News and analysis culled from our top stories of the week, including an interview with our reporter Rami Almeghari in the Gaza Strip. Read more about The Electronic Intifada Weekly Podcast - 31 May 2012
31 May 2012
The question of how to teach Palestine, and anti-Zionism’s career-killing consequences, is the focus of a new book. Read more about Taboo of truth-telling about Palestine in US classrooms tackled by new book
Tel Aviv 31 May 2012
Hundreds of thousands of families — from Palestinians to Southeast Asian migrant workers to African refugees — are being fractured by Israel’s racist laws which seek to limit the number of non-Jews in the country. Read more about Israel blocks mother from visiting her own daughters
31 May 2012
An Israeli lawmaker who called African migrants a “cancer” during a violent anti-African pogrom, has now apologized for likening African migrants to human beings. Read more about Israeli lawmaker Miri Regev: "Heaven forbid" we compare Africans to human beings
United Kingdom 31 May 2012
Turkey has indicted four Israeli commanders for their role in the killing of nine humanitarians aboard the Mavi Marmara aid ship two years ago. Read more about Mavi Marmara indictments herald an end to Israeli impunity
30 May 2012
In this week’s roundup of BDS news from around the world: Another Veolia contract spiked; more countries implement or consider proper labeleing of Israeli settlement products; and more! Read more about BDS roundup: Veolia contract spiked in The Hague
Gaza Strip 30 May 2012
Invited to bid on Gaza infrastructure projects, does Israel stand to profit from their wanton destruction during the 2008-09 attacks? Read more about Palestinian contractors demand UN exclude Israel firms from Gaza tender
30 May 2012
Israel’s national theater company performed The Merchant of Venice at Shakespeare’s Globe in London yesterday and Monday. But Habima’s presence was fiercely contested for months in advance, and both performances were disrupted by Palestine solidarity activists in the audience. Read more about Disruption of Israeli theater group in London, as BDS proves a win-win strategy
29 May 2012
A proper hiking guide to “off-the-beaten-track” routes in the West Bank offers excellent practical information but ignores the political reality that has changed Palestine’s physical landscape. Read more about Blair aide evades political reality in walking guide to West Bank
Washington, DC 29 May 2012
The State Department is breaking US law by continuing to fund the Israeli military despite the human rights violations documented in its own annual report. Read more about By supporting Israel, Hillary Clinton and Congress flout US human rights law