4 May 2012
Amnesty International today issued a call for Urgent Action from individuals around the world to contact Israeli authorities about Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh, two Palestinians men who are at immediate risk of death on their 67th day of hunger strike. Read more about Take action now: Amnesty issues urgent alert for Palestine hunger strikers who are near death
4 May 2012
This week, the United Methodist Church failed to pass a resolution to divest from three major beneficiaries of the most incendiary human rights abuses and colonial crimes of our time. Read more about United Methodist Church's shameful failure to divest from injustice
4 May 2012
Twenty-five organizations from around the globe have added their voices to the call to free Ameer Makhoul. Read more about Ameer Makhoul is a prisoner of conscience and must be freed, say organizations across the globe
4 May 2012
UK newspaper The Jewish Chronicle, a publication well known for its attacks on pro-Palestinian solidarity activists, has published a blog mocking a former hostage. Read more about Jewish Chronicle’s new hate blog shame: mocking a former kidnap victim
4 May 2012
Israel is ordering nine Palestinian farmers from Deir Istiya village to uproot hundreds of trees in the occupied West Bank. Read more about Fair trade organizations protest Israeli orders to uproot 1,400 olive trees (PHOTOS)
3 May 2012
An ex-detainee Loai Odeh has taken writing as a way to express himself as one who has had enough of Israel’s brutality. This is my translation of Loai’s diaries of hunger strike that he wrote as Facebook status updates recalling his experience in Israel’s jails. Read more about Hunger strike diaries: the fate of Palestinian political prisoners is "our shared responsibility"
3 May 2012
News headlines from our top stories of the week, plus an interview with Anna Baltzer on the recent divestment initiative vote by the United Methodist Church. Read more about The Electronic Intifada Weekly Podcast: 3 May, 2012
Jerusalem 3 May 2012
This weekend marks the second anniversary of Israel’s arrest of Palestinian civilil society leader Ameer Makhoul, who is serving a lengthy prison for trumped-up security charges. Read more about Ameer Makhoul: still shaking the foundations of Israeli apartheid after 2 years in jail
3 May 2012
About one-tenth of all EU trade with Israel may pass through the diamond center of Antwerp, so it’s no surprise that the West is keeping mum on how diamond sales finance crimes against the Palestinian people. Read more about Are diamonds Israel's best friend?
3 May 2012
Two days after doctors warned that hunger strikers Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh are at immediate risk of death, and being denied necessary medical treatment, the Israeli high court has once again delayed action on an appeal against their prolonged detention without charge. Read more about Gravely ill Palestinian hunger striker faints in court as Israeli judges sentence him to slow death