Rafah 20 April 2012
Imprisoned by Israel, footballer Mahmoud Sarsak has never been tried for any recognizable offense, and his detention has been continuously renewed every six months. He is one of many prisoners depriving himself of food to demand liberty and justice. Read more about Palestine football star seriously ill from four-week hunger strike
Boston 20 April 2012
The Israeli government and its supporters now feel justified in exploiting the Syrian people’s suffering and resistance in order to further their own political agenda, depicting Israel as a “vibrant democracy” in comparison to Syria. Read more about Pointing to Syria to divert attention from Israel's crimes
Beit Ijza 20 April 2012
Surrounded on all sides by an Israeli settlement, a fence, walls and gates, the Gharib family’s situation is one of the most extreme and unsettling cases highlighting the effects of Israel’s illegal settlement building in the West Bank. Gharib died just days after this interview. Read more about "I will never give up our house": Sabri Gharib kept promise to resist Israeli settlement until his final day
19 April 2012
Israel’s national theatre company Habima is receiving £10,000 from the country’s Foreign Ministry in order to fund its upcoming performance at The Globe in London. Read more about Israeli Foreign Ministry will fund Habima's Globe performance
19 April 2012
Mourid Barghouti’s I Was Born There, I Was Born Here is for anyone in your life who needs to understand the pain, the absurdity, the injustice, and the devastatingly predictable unpredictability of life for ordinary Palestinians. Read more about The beautifully-paced rage of Mourid Barghouti's latest memoir
19 April 2012
My reflections on the popular events that were held in Gaza on Prisoners’ Day. Read more about A Celebration of Freedom on Prisoners' Day in Gaza
19 April 2012
An Israeli-run Dead Sea beach resort in the occupied West Bank attempted turned away a number of families on Friday, 13 April, apparently just because they were Palestinian. Read more about Video: Palestinians turned away from Dead Sea resort as Israelis, Europeans and dogs enter freely
19 April 2012
The Rammoun killing was a part of a training exercise for the Israeli military’s elite Duvdevan division, known for disguising as Palestinian and conducting undercover operations in the West Bank. Read more about Israeli undercover unit's murder of Palestinian civilian was part of "training exercise"
Nuseirat refugee camp 19 April 2012
Despite it all, hope is on the rainbow, writes Yousef M. Aljamal from Gaza, as his mother enjoys a long-awaited reunion with her family in the West Bank. Read more about Our day will come (and soon)
18 April 2012
Nancy Murray, education director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, explains why she believes a “Muslim exception” is being carved out of the First Amendment, how a juror came to Tarek Mehanna’s sentencing hearing last week to ask the judge for mercy, and why Mehanna’s case has wide-reaching implications. Read more about "You will be punished if you don't become an informant": ACLU's Nancy Murray on Tarek Mehanna case