1 November 2011
Judge Richard Goldstone has written an op-ed in The New York Times denying Israeli apartheid as a “slander.” But Goldstone ignores key facts in order to make a shameless defense of Israel. Read more about Answering Judge Goldstone's defense and denial of Israeli apartheid
31 October 2011
Since last week’s First Tier Tribunal ruling against Raed Salah’s appeal against deportation from the UK, Zionist ideologues have been gloating. But in fact the judgment (now released online) clears Salah of the central government accusation against him: that he wrote an anti-Semitic poem containing the line: “You Jews are criminal bombers of mosques”. This “poem” was fabricated in the context of a long-standing Israeli campaign of attacks, detentions and disinformation against Salah. The following is my analysis of the judgment. Read more about UK anti-Semitism charity CST still spreading Israeli disinformation about Raed Salah
31 October 2011
A Wikileaks gem that I came across after the final dump of all the cables this summer is all the more shiny in light of today’s vote to make Palestine a member state at UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Read more about Wikileaks: Israel wanted to overcome diplomatic isolation at UNESCO
31 October 2011
Solitary confinement should be banned says UN Special Rapporteur on torture. Israeli continues this cruel practice. Read more about Israel's cruel practice of isolation of prisoners should be banned
31 October 2011
The jury of the third session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine, taking place in Cape Town this week, will hear from individuals who experienced South African apartheid, fought against it and won. Read more about Not judges, but witnesses: the third Russell Tribunal on Palestine begins
31 October 2011
TAR Ideal Concepts, an Israeli firm, allowed to solicit orders for electroshock shields at French arms fair. Read more about Israeli torture traders exhibit in Paris
Gaza Strip 31 October 2011
Qusay al-Astal, the owner of an olive oil extraction plant in Gaza, has been in the business for seven years but even in that short period he has seen dramatic changes. Read more about Gaza olive trade recovers slowly from siege, attacks
30 October 2011
Israeli police arrested 16 activists at a protest at HaSharon prison calling for the release of Palestinian political prisoners Read more about Activists in Israel arrested for calling for release of prisoners
29 October 2011
Before this week’s decision by a British immigration court to refuse Sheikh Raed Salah’s appeal against deportation, I appeared on the Arabic satellite channel al-Hiwar. In conversation with Hanan Chehata (from MEMO), I give a general introduction and background to the case, for the channel’s English-language programme Jusoor (“Bridges”). Read more about My appearance on al-Hiwar channel, explaining the Raed Salah case
29 October 2011
Not one day did the two liberated Palestinian prisoners Khuweiled and Nizar Ramadan enjoy being out of Prison. A Jewish Settler family from the illegal settlement Yitzahar has declared that it will reward $100,000 to whoever murders Khuweiled or Nizar. The ad for this ugly bounty has appeared on the Hebrew daily Maariv. Read more about Palestinian ex-prisoners harassed by Jewish extremists