31 January 2012
During a demonstration on Tuesday to demand justice for the killing of 17-year-old Yousef Ikhlayl by Israeli settlers last year in Beit Ommar, Israeli soldiers beat protesters with clubs and attacked the crowd with sound bombs and tear gas. Read more about Protesters attacked, injured during commemoration for Palestinian teen murdered by Israeli settlers
31 January 2012
Israel has announced it plans to deport thousands of refugees from South Sudan. The reasoning behind the move suggests it could be a rehearsal for the expulsion of Palestinian citizens of Israel if an independent Palestinian state is ever established. Read more about Rehearsal for mass expulsion of Palestinian citizens? Israel's deportation of South Sudanese
31 January 2012
Israeli police shut down two Palestinian organizations in the Silwan neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday and destroyed dwellings in the Beit Hanina and Shufat neighborhoods of the city. Read more about Israel closes organizations, destroys dwellings in campaign against Palestinian life in East Jerusalem
30 January 2012
Khader Adnan, 34, a Palestinian being held without charge or trial, is at grave risk of death after 45 days of continuous hunger strike, according to Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR), whose doctors examined him. Read more about Palestinian detainee Khader Adnan at risk of imminent death after 45 days hunger strike
30 January 2012
Trailer for the upcoming documentary “We Are Nabi Saleh”- a portrait of a Palestinian village in resistance - is finally released. Read more about Watch Trailer: We Are Nabi Saleh, a new film capturing people's struggle, Mustafa Tamimi
30 January 2012
The relentless drumbeat for war against Iran got a little bit louder last night with comments by US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta on CBS’ 60 Minutes that Iran is only a year from making a nuclear bomb. Read more about Is Iran really 'one year away from a bomb' or did Obama defense secretary just cave in further to Israel lobby?
29 January 2012
Academic scholars visit Palestine on a fact-finding mission and urge their colleagues to join the academic boycott of Israel; London’s Museum of Natural History criticized for its links with settlement industry Ahava; and more. Read more about BDS roundup: Scholars' delegation to Palestine, UK museum slammed for links to Ahava
29 January 2012
The Phildelphia Inquirer today publishes opposing op-eds on the upcoming boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) conference one by Ali Abunimah and the other by former CIA chief James Woolsey and Jonathan Schanzer of the pro-Israel neocon group Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. Read more about EI's Ali Abunimah vs former CIA chief Woolsey on Penn BDS conference, in dueling Inquirer op-eds
28 January 2012
Cindy Corrie is among several people appearing in a short video calling for solidarity with the Olympia Food Co-op in Olympia, Washington and condemning a lawsuit seeking to overturn the Co-op’s boycott of Israeli goods. Read more about We will not be intimidated: Video with Cindy Corrie backs Olympia Food Co-op fight against anti-boycott lawsuit
27 January 2012
Billionaire Sheldon Adelson, who along with his wife, has donated $10 million dollars in recent weeks to Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich, has said that he wishes he had served in the Israeli army instead of the US military and that he wants his son to grow up to “be a sniper for the IDF.” Read more about Billionaire Gingrich backer Adelson regrets he served in US instead of Israeli military