Paris university pulls plug on "Israeli apartheid" talk
17 February 2012
CRIF, the leading Israel lobby group in France, is once again seeking to deny the right to free speech. Read more about Paris university pulls plug on "Israeli apartheid" talk
17 February 2012
CRIF, the leading Israel lobby group in France, is once again seeking to deny the right to free speech. Read more about Paris university pulls plug on "Israeli apartheid" talk
17 February 2012
Amnesty International has launched another appeal calling on the Israeli Minister of Defense to release or charge Khader Adnan, end the use of administrative detention and ensure humane treatment of all detainees. Read more about Amnesty to Israel: End use of administrative detention
Gaza City 17 February 2012
Israeli airstrikes early Thursday morning injured six persons, including rescue workers. Meanwhile, area residents say this is not the first time they have been subjected to Israeli strikes. Read more about Gaza families recount terror of latest air strikes
17 February 2012
On 16 February, Ali Abunimah and Huwaida Arraf appeared on Aljazeera English’s The Stream. Major topics included Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan, the “reconciliation” deal between Hamas and Fatah, and the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement. Read more about Watch: Huwaida Arraf and Ali Abunimah discuss Palestinian strategy, Khader Adnan and BDS on The Stream
17 February 2012
Today my colleague David Cronin wrote about the weasel worded response of the EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, for comment on the case of Khader Adnan. Here is my response, which I sent her by email. Read more about Washing your hands of Khader Adnan: My response to weasel words of EU's Catherine Ashton
17 February 2012
The BDS National Committee (BNC), the Palestinian civil society coalition that leads the BDS movement, has called on activists to use the BDS Global Day of Action to take action to highlight the success of the movement and mobilise for the World Social Forum Free Palestine due to take place in Port Alegre, Brazil, in November 2012 Read more about BDS Global Day of Action to mark Land Day on March 30
17 February 2012
As Khader Adnan begins the 62nd day of his hunger strike, the European Union’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton might finally say something about his suffering. Read more about A few weasel words from EU as Adnan nears death
17 February 2012
A small group of writers, students, and activists (including myself) is collecting letters of support and solidarity for Khader Adnan and his family. All of these letters are published at http://khaderadnan.posterous.com/. After his ordeal is finished, these letters will be translated and presented to his family. You can contribute a letter simply by sending your letter by email to post@khaderadnan.posterous.com. Read more about Palestinians sense he is writing history: write a letter to Khader Adnan and his family
16 February 2012
Three disabled Palestinians send a message to the whole world in general and Gandhi’s grandchildren in India in particular, calling them to make the issue of Khader Adnan and child and disabled detainees in Israel’s merciless prisons the top of their priorities. Read more about Disabled Palestinians call for solidarity with Khader Adnan from Gandhi's grandchildren and world
16 February 2012
After today’s bus crash which killed a number of Palestinian children, many Israelis on Facebook reacted with joy. Others expressed strong revulsion at such racism. Read more about Some Israelis react with joy to deaths of Palestinian kids in bus crash, others revolted by racism