
Green Party conference calls for revocation of JNF UK charitable status
27 February 2012
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27 February 2012
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27 February 2012
In a major setback for Israeli efforts to suppress the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement in the United States, a judge in Olympia, Washington today dismissed a lawsuit designed to force the Olympia Food Co-op to rescind its boycott of Israeli goods. Read more about Judge throws out Israel-backed lawsuit against Olympia Food Co-op, upholds right to boycott
27 February 2012
DaitoCrea, the Japanese distributor for Ahava’s cosmetics line — produced in an illegal West Bank settlement — announced last week that they will immediately stop carrying Ahava products. Read more about BDS victory: Ahava products spiked in Japan because of legal and ethical issues
27 February 2012
The Palestinian prisoners advocacy group Addameer announced on Twitter yesterday that Israel had renewed an administrative detention order against Palestinian writer Ahmad Qatamesh for an additional six months. This is the third consecutive administrative detention order issued against Qatamesh. Read more about Israel issues third consecutive detention order against prisoner of conscience Ahmad Qatamesh
26 February 2012
As Palestinian “administrative detainee” Hana Al-Shalabi, 29, entered her eleventh day on hunger strike, her parents announced they had begun their own hunger strike in solidarity, against their daughter’s imprisonment without charge or trial by Israel. Read more about Palestinian woman on 11th day of hunger strike, as parents join her to protest no-charge detention by Israel
25 February 2012
A ten-minute speech by Mbuyiseni Ndlozi powerfully relates the South African struggle for freedom to the Palestinian one. Read more about Watch: Speech by Mbuyiseni Ndlozi at the Israeli Apartheid Week, London
Bethlehem 25 February 2012
A new multidisciplinary project examines how Israeli settlements, a burgeoning neoliberal economy and loss of traditional heritage is quickly transforming Palestine’s landscapes and public spaces. Read more about Transformation of Palestinian landscape focus of Designing Civic Encounter project
Chicago 25 February 2012
When I heard that Israeli Sergeant Benjamin Anthony would be speaking at DePaul University in Chicago yesterday, I had one question for him: why did its army torture my friend? Read more about Asking Israel why it tortured my friend
Geneva 24 February 2012
Michael Mansfield, a juror for the Russell Tribunal on Palestine, talks about the tribunal’s shadow report documenting Israel’s apartheid policies that tears apart Israel’s report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Read more about "UN must prosecute Israel for war crimes," says Bloody Sunday lawyer
24 February 2012
Students at Michigan State University (MSU) protested a presentation by two Israeli soldiers visiting their campus by staging a mass walk out on 21 February, a video posted on YouTube shows. Read more about VIDEO: MSU students stage mass walkout of StandWithUs sponsored Israel army event