Chicago 12 June 2012
It can’t be denied that Madonna’s tour launch in Israel was a victory for the apartheid state. What also can’t be denied is the growth of the movement for BDS. Read more about Madonna sings for apartheid; yet campaign to boycott Israel grows stronger
12 June 2012
It has been two months since the latest serious allegations of a conflict of interest at The New York Times Jerusalem Bureau, but no one at the newspaper has yet addressed them. Read more about When will The New York Times address the ongoing ethical problem at its Jerusalem bureau?
12 June 2012
Israel’s Dublin embassy proposed a plan to combat Palestine solidarity activists by smearing them as suffering from psychological and sexual problems and implying they work for Mossad. Read more about Israel's Dublin embassy planned to smear Palestine activists as sexual deviants and Mossad agents
12 June 2012
Eric Cantona, FIFA join international pressure on Israel to free Mahmoud Sarsak as the footballer’s life remains in grave danger and his hunger strike continues. Read more about Cantona, FIFA join pressure on Israel, as hunger striker Mahmoud Sarsak determined to reach freedom or death
12 June 2012
Following rebuff by California Attorney General, an Israeli group’s US front asks City Attorney of Los Angeles to sue California State University professor for criticizing Israel. Read more about In new assault, Israel group's US front asks City of Los Angeles to sue professor for criticizing Israel
11 June 2012
Will President Obama cave in to Israeli demands that he free Jonathan Pollard, the ex-US naval intelligence officer convicted of spying for Israel against the United States 27 years ago? Read more about For love of money, not Israel: Will Obama cave in to Israel's demands to free spy Jonathan Pollard?
11 June 2012
FIFPro, the association representing professional footballers in dozens of countries, called on Israel immediately to release Mahmoud Sarsak, a Palestinian football player who has been on hunger strike since March to protest his detention for three years without charge or trial by Israel. Read more about World association of professional footballers FIFPro calls on Israel to release Mahmoud Sarsak
Tel Aviv 11 June 2012
Violence against Africans in Israel — and inflammatory rhetoric by Israeli parliamentarians — is nothing new, and is on the rise. Read more about Africans fear more violence as Knesset members incite racism in Tel Aviv
11 June 2012
Israel’s West Bank wall has been annexing land and devastating Palestinian lives for 10 years. Al-Haq launches a new campaign featuring stirring videos to help bring it down. Read more about Israel's West Bank wall annexes Palestinian land the size of Chicago: Help bring it down
11 June 2012
A float at San Francisco Pride, sponsored by a pro-Israel group, used intentionally humiliating sexual depictions of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. While purporting to defend the rights and dignity of queer people, the display sought to ridicule Ahmedinejad by associating him with gay identity and homosexuality in negative ways. Read more about Israel lobby group Iran180 “sodomizes” Ahmadinejad effigy with nuke at San Francisco Pride