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Video: Jewish settlers beat Israeli activist

Ali Abunimah 8 February 2014

It is almost unheard of for Israeli occupation forces to hold settlers accountable for violent attacks. Read more about Video: Jewish settlers beat Israeli activist

Ali Abunimah 8 February 2014

The gas itself and the metal canisters that contain it can be lethal. They have caused numerous deaths and injuries over the years. Read more about Israeli occupation forces tear gas themselves - photo and video

Ali Abunimah 7 February 2014

The so-called “Protect Academic Freedom Act” would deny federal funding to any institution that participates in a boycott of Israeli universities or scholars. Read more about New US bill to punish academic boycott inspired by Israeli ambassador

Ali Abunimah 6 February 2014

Israel’s apologists have a new line: if you don’t buy products made in Israeli settlements, then you’ll put Palestinians who make them out of a job. Read more about Boycott and Zionists’ crocodile tears for Palestinian workers

Steven Salaita 5 February 2014

New York anti-boycott bill shows that, for some, commitment to Israel overrides traditional American legal protections. Read more about Legislating academic (un)freedom

Nora Barrows-Friedman 5 February 2014

Student activists to CUNY chancellor: “you do not speak for us” in condemning the American Studies Association’s boycott of Israeli institutions. Read more about New York students slam CUNY collaboration with Israeli academia

Ali Abunimah 5 February 2014

The Red Cross has suspended distribution of tents and shelter materials to Palestinian victims of Israeli home demolitions in the occupied West Bank’s Jordan Valley because Israeli occupation forces are habitually destroying or confiscating them. Read more about Israel destroying emergency shelters of home demolition victims, says Red Cross

Hilary Aked 5 February 2014

The BBC has finally admitted that it breached its own impartiality guidelines when it presented a pro-Israel commentator as if he was neutral. Read more about BBC finally admits bias over pro-Israel commentator

David Cronin 5 February 2014

Far from being “generous” to the Palestinians, Brussels officials give direct support to Israel. Read more about How Europe funds the occupation of Palestine

Abraham Greenhouse 4 February 2014

A report by Bloomberg linked a decline in the price of SodaStream shares to ongoing boycott campaigns. Comparing the stock’s performance to a timeline of key events suggests Bloomberg was right to do so. Read more about Drop in SodaStream stock linked to Scarlett Johansson controversy, boycott