8 December 2011
After oral arguments for an appeal began several months ago, the Fifth Circuit Court decides to uphold the convictions of Muslim charity workers under the auspices of the draconian Patriot Act and invoking its “material support” clause to criminalize humanitarian aid to Palestinians under Israeli occupation. Read more about Appeal denied in Holy Land Five case
8 December 2011
“British campus watch organisation” Student Rights attacks Palestine solidarity in name of ‘balance’. Group says it’s “non-ideologically aligned”, but intimately supported by right-wing think tank Henry Jackson Society. Read more about “British campus watch organisation” Student Rights attacks Palestine solidarity
8 December 2011
Alternate Focus recently conducted this interview with Israeli academic Nurit Peled-Elhanan. She is author of the forthcoming book “Palestine in Israeli School Books: Ideology and Propaganda in Education”, which I am hoping to review for EI. The interview is very much worth watching. It should give anyone deluded enough to think appropriate change can come within Israeli society serious pause for thought. Read more about Watch: Israeli professor describes "racist discourse" of official school books
8 December 2011
Belgian police protect Yitzhak Ben-Israel, a military strategist who helped developed some of Israel’s nastiest weapons. Read more about My attempt to arrest Israeli weapons chief
7 December 2011
The Dutch Foreign Minister, Uri Rosenthal, who attempted to stifle The Electronic Intifada last year by pressuring one of its donors, and has directly threatened Dutch civil society for defying his pro-Israel policies, is now supposedly an advocate of “Internet freedom.” Read more about Dutch foreign minister Uri Rosenthal, who tried to stifle The Electronic Intifada, sponsors 'Internet freedom' conference
7 December 2011
Update and resolution: Telemundo contractor terminated after racist tweets exposed Telemundo released the following statement this afternoon, 7 December: We have investigated the matter and have found that the person associated with the twitter handle @hotchulo was a part-time contracted worker. Read more about NBC's Telemundo investigating anti-Muslim tweets by "social media coordinator"
7 December 2011
Ahmad Attoun, a lawmaker from the Hamas party, was expelled from Jerusalem today after Israeli forces released him from prison and took him to Qalandia checkpoint between the city and Ramallah. Read more about Israel forcibly transfers Palestinian lawmaker from Jerusalem
6 December 2011
Danny Danon, a member of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, is proposing that all Israeli citizens – especially the 1.4 million Palestinian citizens of Israel – should be forced to declare an oath of loyalty to the political ideology of Zionism as a condition for obtaining an ID card. Read more about Israel lawmaker wants to force Palestinians to swear "Zionist" oath
6 December 2011
Yitzhak Ben-Israel, a representative of Ariel, a university in an illegal Israeli settlement, takes part in EU-funded science conference. Read more about Settler "professor" top attraction at EU-Israel science show
5 December 2011
Veolia feigns commitment to peace by supporting the Veolia Desert Challenge sports event. Meanwhile the company continues to be involved in Israeli colonization projects in the occupied West Bank. Read more about Veolia blows it again by trying to promote "peace" through normalization sports event