5 July 2011
Yesterday Canadian activists attempted to leave Greece and sail for Gaza, but their boat was boarded and commandeered by Greek coast guards. Today, the activists on board the Tahrir issued a statement to explain their current situation and the action they want Canadians and other supporters to take. Read more about Following boarding and arrests, Canada boat demands end to Greek interference
5 July 2011
The Bidna Capoeira project aims to help children cope with trauma by learning capoeira, an age-old Afro-Brazilian martial art. Read more about Learning capoeira in the shadow of Israel's wall
5 July 2011
Israel’s legal system, despite its reputation for presuming that Palestinian citizens are habitual security offenders, has neither found Sheikh Raed Salah guilty of anti-Semitism nor of directly helping terrorists. So why is Britain being even “more Israeli rather than the Israelis,” as two Arab members of the Israeli parliament caustically observed, and detaining him? Read more about Why was Salah muzzled for preaching peace in London?
5 July 2011
In an interview on the France 24 Arabic channel’s program Aswat al-Shabaka, The Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah explains how the marc3pax video hoax was debunked and how it fit into Israeli efforts to discredit the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. Read more about Ali Abunimah explains marc3pax video hoax on France 24 Arabic channel
4 July 2011
The Canadian Boat to Gaza, the “Tahrir,” attempted to set sail for the Israeli-occupied Gaza Strip today from the port of Agios Nikolaos, on the Greek island of Crete, but was quickly intercepted and boarded by the Greek Coast Guard. Read more about Canadian boat forced back to shore after attempt to sail for Gaza - report and pictures
3 July 2011
In a move intended to convince skeptics to finally accept Israel’s claims that the Gaza Freedom Flotilla 2 poses a real danger, the Israeli military spokesperson’s office has issued photographic evidence in a blog post titled “Flotilla II Seeks Provocation, Poses Threat to Israel.” Read more about Israel army releases photographic proof of Flotilla "Threat to Israel"
2 July 2011
The Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah and other Palestinian and solidarity activists, scholars and artists appear in a newly released video from U.S. Boat to Gaza. Read more about Video: "The Audacity To Love" from U.S. Boat to Gaza
2 July 2011
Following a weekly demonstration in the West Bank village of Beit Ommar, Palestinian popular committee member and local resident Yousef Abu Maria was brutally beaten, detained and later dumped on the side of the road by Israeli soldiers today. Read more about Palestinian activist beaten, dumped on road by Israeli soldiers in Beit Ommar
5 July 2011
A letter of support from South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu is regarded as a vindication of an Australian city council’s fight — currently unsuccessful — to align its purchasing policies with the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions against the State of Israel. Read more about Tutu boosts Murdoch-battered BDS campaign in Sydney
1 July 2011
PACBI, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, released a hard-hitting statement demanding that international artists, performers and academics “refrain from undermining our boycott principles.” Read more about PACBI statement: On BDS bashers and their search for fig leaves