13 July 2012
The Advocate, an important US-based national gay and lesbian news magazine, has published a homophobic, racist, sectarian and Islamophobic hoax as if it is actual news. Read more about Sodomy for jihad? Venerable LGBT magazine The Advocate spreads vile Islamophobic hoax
12 July 2012
In a legal victory, a judge rules that a group of anti-Palestinian, anti-boycott plaintiffs must pay $160,000 in damages stemming from their lawsuit against the Olympia Food Co-op for its decision to de-shelve Israeli products. Read more about Anti-boycott group forced to pay $160,000 in damages to Olympia Food Co-op board members
12 July 2012
In the worst-case scenario, the fate of the Palestinians in Syria could echo some facets of the fate of the approximately 30,000 Palestinian refugees from Iraq following the US occupation of that country. Read more about Uncertain fate for Palestinians in Syria
12 July 2012
This week on the podcast, the global BDS movement celebrates 7 years of victories: we’ll interview two leading BDS organizers in Palestine and in Europe about the significance of the movement; and much more! Read more about The Electronic Intifada Weekly Podcast featuring Samia Botmeh and Michael Deas - 12 July 2012
11 July 2012
Two Palestinian brothers were deported to Egypt by the US government despite their stateless status, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee stated today. Read more about Stateless Palestinians face indefinite detention in Cairo airport after being deported from US
11 July 2012
Highlighting the spectacular growth and victories of the 7-year-old BDS movement; Palestinian civil society commends author Alice Walker for her refusal to have her book published by an Israeli publisher; and more! Read more about BDS roundup: The BDS movement, 7 years on, "stronger, more effective and more diverse than ever"
11 July 2012
Signatories to the open letter to the European Commission include Gérard Toulouse, a member of the French Academy of Science, Malcolm Levitt, a member of the UK Royal Society, and renowned philosopher Slavjoj Zizek Read more about 250 European academics call for exclusion of Ahava and Israeli arms companies from EU research projects
11 July 2012
Despite widespread condemnation by human rights groups, the European Union’s Catherine Ashton appears to defend Israel’s use of “administrative detention” Read more about Why is EU's Catherine Ashton defending Israel's use of administrative detention?
11 July 2012
In his latest book, Norman Finkelstein superbly criticizes Zionist revisionist historians but ignores Palestinian agency. Read more about Book review: Finkelstein airbrushes Palestinians out of their own struggle
11 July 2012
Ali Abunimah debates Jonathan Tobin of the far-right anti-Palestinian publication Commentary on Democracy Now today about Israel’s settlements and Jim Crow. Read more about WATCH: Ali Abunimah and Commentary's Jonathan Tobin debate Israel's settlements, Jim Crow on Democracy Now