"A Message from Palestine"
26 October 2011
A new video titled “A Message from Palestine” has surfaced on the internet and is being shared by many Palestinian youth who agree with its message. Read more about "A Message from Palestine"
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Former Obama envoy George Mitchell comes out as 'Israel's lawyer'
26 October 2011
While he held the job of President Barack Obama’s peace process envoy, former US Senator George Mitchell generally maintained a good reputation. He came into the job with high regard because of his role in Northern Ireland. During his Middle East tenure, Mitchell was notoriously tight-lipped, allowing people to believe that behind the stony face was a tough and fair “honest broker” who would privately take Israel to task in ways that the US could not do publicly. Read more about Former Obama envoy George Mitchell comes out as 'Israel's lawyer'
Why was PA's Canada envoy forced to resign over a tweet?
Vancouver 25 October 2011
A Palestinian Authority diplomat came under fire from Canadian officials and was forced to resign because of a tweet; meanwhile Israel’s human rights abuses go unpunished by Ottowa. Read more about Why was PA's Canada envoy forced to resign over a tweet?
Israel stopped mother visiting prisoner son for 11 years
Maghazi refugee camp 25 October 2011
Eid Misleh spent 19 years in Israel’s prisons until he was released as part of a prisoner exchange agreed between Hamas and Israel. Back home among family in Gaza, Misleh told The Electronic Intifada about life in prisoner and the hardship of being denied family visits for eleven years. Read more about Israel stopped mother visiting prisoner son for 11 years
"I want to hug my son before I die"
Gaza City 26 October 2011
An elderly mother has been waiting 22 years for her son to come home. He was not included in the recent prisoner exchange deal. Read more about "I want to hug my son before I die"
Belgium "bans" Free Palestine T-shirts, ignores torture of its citizen
25 October 2011
Please show solidarity with Ali Aarrass, a Belgian-Moroccan national who has been tortured. Read more about Belgium "bans" Free Palestine T-shirts, ignores torture of its citizen
Cambridge students vote to break contract with Veolia
25 October 2011
From the Cambridge Bin Veolia campaign: 58% of students vote to break contract with company implicated in Israeli human rights abuses Students at Cambridge have voted to call on the University to cut ties with a company implicated in Israeli human rights abuses. Read more about Cambridge students vote to break contract with Veolia
Israel censors Palestinian textbooks in East Jerusalem
25 October 2011
In this article previously published on +972 magazine, I discuss the censorship of material in Palestinian textbooks in East Jerusalem schools — a clearly illegal and dangerous move by the Jerusalem Education Adminstration (JEA). Read more about Israel censors Palestinian textbooks in East Jerusalem
Israel's war on Palestinian culture
24 October 2011
In a new article made available today by the journal Jerusalem Quarterly, activist and The Electronic Intifada contributor Hannah Mermelstein discusses a lesser known part of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine — the attempted annihilation of the Palestinian nation through cultural theft and destruction. Read more about Israel's war on Palestinian culture
Harvesting olives as a statement of resistance
Nablus 24 October 2011
Palestinian olive farmers face violence from both the settlers and the Israeli military during the harvest season. Read more about Harvesting olives as a statement of resistance
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