Jerusalem 12 July 2011
Widespread strikes could be in store for East Jerusalem at the start of the next school year as an Israeli-controlled municipality moves ahead with its plan to implement an Israeli curriculum in Palestinian schools. Read more about Strikes likely as Israel forces curriculum on East Jerusalem schools
12 July 2011
Human rights groups in Israel are protesting the new Israeli law passed yesterday which “prohibits boycott of businesses, universities, and social and cultural institutions based in Israel and the illegal settlements, and imposes heavy financial sanctions against civil society organizations and businesses that participate in boycotts.” Read more about Rights groups: anti-boycott law "effectively a legal annexation of W. Bank"
12 July 2011
A group of Indigenous and Women of Color feminists who recently returned from a visit to Palestine has issued a strong statement endorsing the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement. Explaining their decision to travel to Palestine, the group wrote: Read more about After witnessing Palestine's apartheid, Indigenous and Women of Color feminists endorse BDS
12 July 2011
Israel and the international community have deployed multiple deterrent tactics to try to thwart the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. But is it working? Ewa Jasiewicz comments for The Electronic Intifada. Read more about The story of the flotilla is not over
11 July 2011
Alexander Billet profiles Palestinian-American spoken word poet Remi Kanazi and his new book of poems, Poetic Injustice. Read more about Remi Kanazi's poetry of struggle
Tel Aviv 11 July 2011
Hundreds of armed soldiers and police spread throughout Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv on 8 July, arresting six Israeli activists for unfurling flags and chanting slogans in solidarity with the Palestinians. Read more about "Hysterical" Israeli reaction to Palestine solidarity fly-in
Beit Hanoun 12 July 2011
Every week a group of Palestinians risks death and injury by protesting at land confiscations near the Gaza-Israel boundary. Read more about Palestinians mark third year of Gaza "buffer zone" protests
10 July 2011
In today’s New York Times, Ethan Bronner profiles a Facebook page which he calls a “virtual bridge” between Israeli, Palestinian and Arab youth. But much of Bronner’s article is misleading and possibly false. Read more about Was New York Times' Ethan Bronner duped by an Israeli Facebook fraud?
9 July 2011
Activists are detained and arrested while trying to enter Ben Gurion airport during the “fly-in” action; while Palestinian civil society groups officially call for a full military embargo against Israel. Read more about Activists in "fly-in" action to Tel Aviv arrested, detained; Palestinian civil society orgs call for military embargo on Israel
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