4 April 2012
Last Monday the Israeli occupation forces attempted to arrest 2-year-old Mo’men Shtayeh from his village of Kufr Qaddoum. The soldiers claimed that Mo’men was using a slingshot to fire rocks at them. Read more about Israeli forces attempt to arrest 2-year-old Palestinian child
3 April 2012
Amnesty International today condemned a declaration by the office of International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor that it cannot pursue allegations of war crimes related to Israel’s December 2008 - January 2009 “Operation Cast Lead” attack on Gaza. Read more about ICC decision not to pursue justice for victims of Israel war crimes "dangerous" and "political" says Amnesty
3 April 2012
Over 50 actions took place across 23 countries Read more about Palestinian rights activists join BDS Global Day of Action commemorating Land Day
3 April 2012
Video shows Israeli occupation forces violently evicting Palestinians from a house in Hebron last Saturday. Read more about Video: Israeli occupation forces violently evict Palestinians from Hebron house
3 April 2012
Israel depends repressive regimes and dictatorships in the region to defend it Read more about First Line of Defense
2 April 2012
Another Palestinian journalist was arrested by the Palestinian Authority yesterday. Like Yousef al-Shayeb who was arrested last week, Tariq Khamis was arrested for writing things that the PA does not want the public to know. Khamis, who writes for Zaman Press, told The Electronic Intifada today that the reason for his arrest was more to do with an article about Palestinian youth groups he had written than anything he had written on Facebook. Read more about PA regime fears our work, says Palestinian journalist arrested for article about youth activist groups
1 April 2012
In the course of illegally banishing hunger striker Hana al-Shalabi to the Gaza Strip, Israeli occupation forces used Twitter to commit an additional breach of international law. Read more about On top of banishment to Gaza, Israel uses Twitter to further violate Hana al-Shalabi's rights
30 March 2012
Chicago gave former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert a proper greeting once again yesterday. Read more about Olmert disrupted by activists in Chicago (again)
30 March 2012
In a landmark development in the US Palestine solidarity movement, M.E.Ch.A., the largest association of Latin@ youth in the US, voted overwhelmingly to endorse the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions. Read more about On Land Day and César Chávez Day, Latin@ youth association endorses Palestinian BDS call
30 March 2012
March 30, 2012 marks the 46th anniversary of Land Day. As I welcome this immortal day, a flood of memories flows through my mind. Read more about On Land Day, Palestinians Remember the Price of Freedom