24 January 2012
Punks Against Apartheid, the punk rock collective working to educate and mobilize musicians and fans in support of the BDS movement, has posted an open letter to Moldovan hardcore band Zdob si Zdub encouraging them to cancel their show in Tel Aviv and respect the global boycott call. Read more about Open letter to Moldovan punk band Zdob si Zdub: Stand in solidarity with Palestinians!
24 January 2012
In the run-up to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) conference at the University of Pennsylvania in early February, at which I will be speaking, the defamation and fabrication machines of anti-Palestinian groups have gone into over-drive. In December, StandWithUS attempted to smear me as an “anti-Semite” with fabricated quotes. Read more about Does this look like "incitement" to you? Zionist fabrications, smears intensify ahead of Penn BDS conference
24 January 2012
Three Palestinian students at the College of Engineering in Jerusalem have been put under house arrest for a week after calling for a boycott of a speech by Israeli President Shimon Peres. Read more about "We won't be silenced," say students arrested over Peres boycott call
24 January 2012
Hesham Alofoq (aka Sphinx) of the Egyptian hip-hop group Arabian Knightz speaks to The Electronic Intifada about the history of hip-hop in Egypt and the Middle East, the future of the Egyptian uprising, and the role that music plays in the revolt. Read more about Interview: rapper Sphinx on why Egypt uprising had a hip-hop soundtrack
24 January 2012
A open letter from a huge coalition of Palestinian student groups published today, condemns the UK Labour party student officers who went on a recent propaganda tour of Israel and illegal Israeli settlements, for crossing “a picket line established by the entirety of the Palestinian civil society”. Read more about Palestinian student councils condemn UK Labour Students for breaking BDS picket line
24 January 2012
The Strauss Group, the company that openly supports the Israeli army and makes Sabra brand hummus, is trying a new advertising strategy to hide its Israeli connections and combat a growing boycott movement. It is to depict Arabs and Muslims in its ads as a form of cover. Should we call this “Arabwashing?” Read more about New Sabra hummus ad uses images of Arabs, Africans to cover up Israel army connection
24 January 2012
Hamas spokesperson Mushir al-Masri condems the Jerusalem Light Rail project and calls on French companies Veolia and Alstom to stop assisting the occupier and leave Jerusalem. Meanwhile Veolia Israel’s CEO says the company “won’t stop the train” if Israeli authorities do not approve Veolia’s deal with Egged to sell its shares in the light rail. Read more about Veolia must stop assisting the occupier and leave Jerusalem, says Hamas spokesperson
23 January 2012
Today I was surprised to find myself being used in the campaign to threaten Zoabi, with Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot running a pathetic smear piece. Read more about "Anti-Semitism" smear is about targeting MK Haneen Zoabi, even though it uses me
Gaza Strip 23 January 2012
Gaza health facilities continue to suffer shortages of medicines and equipment because of rivalry between Palestinian political parties, as well as the siege Israel has imposed on the Strip. Read more about Medicines in Gaza are hostage to political rivalry that puts lives at risk
Hebron 23 January 2012
Settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank has risen 40 percent since 2010, and 165 percent since 2009, according to the UN. Protesting a wave of settler attacks on her home and property, one elderly Palestinian woman in Hebron went on hunger strike. Read more about Hebron woman goes on hunger strike over settler attacks