15 December 2011
Professor Terri Ginsberg spoke out to her students about Israel’s policies in Palestine, and lost her job. Seeking justice from the university and the state court system is proving to be an uphill battle, but she’s determined to fight for free speech on US campuses. Read more about Fight continues for academic freedom in the US
Gaza Strip 14 December 2011
The story of Samer Abu Seir and Loai Odeh — two men who met in Israeli prison and have remained friends ever since — speaks to the experience of so many others. Read more about Separated as prisoners, reunited in Gaza on release
14 December 2011
Veolia is involved in several Israeli projects in the occupied West Bank in violation of international law. Veolia tries to sugar-coat its complicity in Israeli violations of international law by offering a pittance to the Palestinian villagers of Jiftlik in the Jordan Valley. The company has placed three refuse containers there for free waste collection. Read more about Veolia tries to sugar-coat its complicity in Israeli violations of international law
14 December 2011
This is a statement by Palestinian bloggers and activists supporting all political prisoners of the Syrian Revolution, it reads: We, a group of Palestinian bloggers and activists raise our voices loud and clear in solidarity with all the prisoners of the Great Syrian Revolution. We stand with all the prisoners, activists, artists, bloggers and others, all who are shouting in the streets or on various platforms demanding freedom and justice, while decrying the huge amount on injustice and oppression practiced by the Syrian regime for more than four decades. Read more about Statement in solidarity with Razan Ghazzawi
15 December 2011
A new book spotlights the fundamental nature, history and context of Israeli settler-colonialism in Palestine. Read more about Book review: How Zionism paved way for permanent war
13 December 2011
Linah Alsaafin compiles documentation and witness testimony showing the brute force used by Israeli soldiers against protesters following Mustafa Tamimi’s funeral yesterday in Nabi Saleh, occupied West Bank. Read more about Video and testimony: Israeli soldiers' savagery at Mustafa Tamimi's funeral
12 December 2011
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz mysteriously removed from its website an article exposing atrocious Israeli racism against black people just hours after it was published. The rally itself was caught on video. Read more about Israeli Jewish hate rally against Africans in Tel Aviv caught on video as Haaretz deletes article about it
12 December 2011
Jillian Kestler-D’Amours talks to The Electronic Intifada about her new film focusing on the Bedouin village of al-Araqib and the women, men and children who resist displacement by the Israeli government and the Jewish National Fund. Read more about New film documents resilience of Bedouin village destroyed 30 times
13 December 2011
Palestinians in the northern West Bank village of Kufr Qaddoum have been holding regular protests against the Israeli occupation and settlement encroachment. Read more about West Bank village steps up protests against Israel's theft of land
12 December 2011
Israel is calling the people of Gaza a lot these days, asking them to betray their own people. Read more about Midnight calls ring Gazan phones