US says rallies outside Rasmea Odeh hearings may be “criminal”
6 October 2014
US government says rallies in support of Palestinian-American facing immigration charge are a “mob” and a “hoard” engaged in “jury tampering”
Rights and Accountability
Writing to overcome trauma in Gaza
6 October 2014
The offices of the English department professors at the Islamic University of Gaza were completely destroyed in Israeli attacks over the summer.
Watch: testimonies of atrocities in Gaza from the Russell Tribunal
6 October 2014
The Russell Tribunal found Israel guilty of war crimes, crimes against humanity and incitement to genocide, warning that the international community’s failure to hold Israel accountable could lead to another Rwanda.
Prominent Israeli settler rabbi calls for "cleansing" of Palestinians
6 October 2014
Rabbi Dov Lior’s latest comments are part of a long history of racist and anti-Palestinian incitement to violence.
Israel prevents Palestinians from visiting church in destroyed village
3 October 2014
Palestinian right of return activists camping in Kufr Birim say Israeli authorities have harassed them repeatedly over the last year.
Judge refuses to dismiss “baseless” charges against Palestinian-American
3 October 2014
Supporters of Rasmea Odeh packed a Detroit courtroom again in the latest hearing before her trial, which is set to start in November.
In closely watched case, US Supreme Court may decide fate of Jerusalem
1 October 2014
Can a US passport state that “Israel” is the birth country of a US citizen born in Jerusalem? Answer given by justices may have profound implications.
Villagers facing massive Israeli land grab urge action from Europe
1 October 2014
Palestinians in Wadi Fukin want the EU to go beyond its criticisms of settlement expansion and introduce sanctions against Israel.
ICC already has authority to investigate Israel for war crimes, legal group says
29 September 2014
The international court’s investigation “should include whether certain US officials have aided and abetted the commission of war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity in Gaza,” say legal groups.
Palestinian Authority arrests two journalists for Facebook posts
29 September 2014
Palestinian journalists are stuck between Israel’s brutal occupation and an increasingly repressive Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.