30 April 2012
Following the Co-Op decision to boycott four Israeli suppliers, Israel’s apologists have responded with an ‘argument’ of unintentional hilarity: that BDS harms the Palestinians it claims to help. Read more about Apartheid apologists respond to BDS with fake concern for Palestinians
30 April 2012
One hundred and forty-eight US college professors signed a letter objecting to an advertisement in The New York Times by notorious racist David Horowitz naming indvidual faculty members at several US colleges and accusing them of inciting murder of Jewish children, and likening the movement to boycott Israel (BDS) to Nazism. Read more about 148 professors sign letter objecting to New York Times Nazi ad, but paper refuses to run it
30 April 2012
An increasing number of Palestinian hunger strikers is facing serious health risks. Action is needed. Read more about Act now: more Palestinian hunger strikers in hospital with serious health problems
30 April 2012
The Irish band Dervish announced today that it has pulled out of a series of Irish music concerts in Israel this June, so as not to violate calls for the cultural boycott of Israel. Read more about Heeding boycott call, Irish band Dervish pulls out of Israel concerts
29 April 2012
Palestine solidarity campaigners celebrated news that The Co-operative Group – commonly known as The Co-op – has decided to expand its boycott of goods produced in Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land into a complete boycott of companies that source any goods in settlements. Read more about In BDS milestone, UK supermarket chain to boycott Israel firms doing business with settlements
28 April 2012
BICOM, the Britain Israel Communications & Research Centre, prides itself on “providing daily, expert news summary” to politicians and journalists in the UK. But when it comes to an issue as contested as Iran, what BICOM considers news suggests a problematic bias. Read more about The news according to BICOM
27 April 2012
Iman Aoun, artistic director of Ramallah’s Ashtar theater group, discusses the upcoming performance an Arabic-language version of Shakespeare’s Richard II at the Globe Theater in London. Read more about Shakespeare in Palestine: theater director speaks on Arabic version of Richard II
27 April 2012
G4S enforcing the apartheid state of Israel and its arbitrary detention of Palestinian political prisoners. Read more about G4S: securing apartheid
27 April 2012
International solidarity with the Palestinian political prisoners who are on an open-ended hunger strike is growing. The hunger strikers will receive support from solidarity activists in England and Scotland. Demonstrations are scheduled for Friday 27 April and Saturday 28 April. Read more about Take action, join the demonstrations for Palestinian hunger strikers
26 April 2012
Email exchange shows that two of Israel’s most ardent supporters in Brussels disagreed this week over whether Palestine was a British colony. Read more about Pro-Israel hawks clash over history of "Independence Day"