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6 June 2011
As The Electronic Intifada mentioned last week, a new song entitled “Freedom for Palestine” has been gaining international notoriety since it made its recent debut on the internet. Read more about "Freedom for Palestine" song gains popularity
6 June 2011
Hundreds of Palestinian and Syrian refugees marched yesterday from Syrian-controlled territory to the occupied Golan Heights to mark Naksa Day. Jillian Kestler-D’Amours interviews Salman Fakhreddin, a rights activist in the Golan Heights, on the significance of yesterday’s march. Read more about Eyewitness interview: Israel's "blood harvest" in occupied Golan
6 June 2011
Those marching to Israeli-controlled frontiers of Palestine should be seen in the same light as Germans who tore down the Berlin Wall. Read more about If Arabs were Germans and Israel's frontiers were the Berlin Wall
5 June 2011
In an interview with The Electronic Intifada contributor Max Blumenthal, agronomist and Palestinian rights activist Rami Zurayk described how 150 representatives of Palestinian factions and refugee groups gathered to wrangle over the nascent May 15 movement’s language and long-term strategy. Read more about Interview: Planning the Nakba Day movement in Lebanon
5 June 2011
A video posted on YouTube by the website Baladee.net shows marchers trying to evacuate injured and possibly dead people in the Golan Heights today after Israeli forces opened fired on marchers commemorating the 44th anniversary of Israel’s occupation of area which is part of Syria. Read more about Video: Marchers rescue injured people, bodies in occupied Golan Heights
5 June 2011
A video produced by activists in Gaza shows the frustrations of Palestinians prevented from crossing through the Rafah border gate into Egypt, despite the announcement with much fanfare last week that the border would be permanently opened. Read more about Video: What is really happening at Gaza's Rafah crossing with Egypt
5 June 2011
The Israeli military has posted a video on YouTube threatening violence against unarmed protestors in Syria’s Golan Heights. Read more about Israel posts video threatening to shoot marchers in occupied Syria
4 June 2011
The UK-based international cosmetics firm LUSH has endorsed a single aimed at raising awareness of the struggle for human rights in Palestine. “The catastrophe facing the Palestinian people is one of the defining global justice issues of our time.” Read more about Cosmetics firm LUSH endorses "Freedom for Palestine"
Washington, DC 3 June 2011
Late last month AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, held its 2011 annual policy conference in Washington, DC. Just across the street hundreds of social justice activists from all corners of the United States, in addition to a handful of internationals, met with the formidable goal of building a counter-force to AIPAC. Read more about Move Over AIPAC challenges business-as-usual in Washington
Jerusalem 3 June 2011
As thousands of right-wing Israeli settlers descended on Jerusalem to celebrate the so-called unification of the city this week, Palestinian residents of occupied East Jerusalem were confronted by extreme provocations and the stark reality that their city remains very much divided. Read more about Provocation against Palestinians on "Jerusalem day"