1 September 2011
The Fifth Circuit Court will hear the oral arguments for an appeal in the case of the Holy Land Five, the founders of the largest Muslim charity in the US who have been imprisoned under Patriot Act laws. Read more about Oral arguments begin in Holy Land Five's case for appeal
31 August 2011
“Road Movie,” a six-screen video installation documenting apartheid in Palestine by Elle Flanders and Tamira Sawatzky of Public Studio, will have its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, 8-18 September 2011. Read more about Video installation documenting Israeli apartheid to premiere at Toronto festival
31 August 2011
In Spring 2007, Dan Halutz, former chief of staff of the Israeli military, participated in an exclusive 8 week managmeent course at Harvard Business School. Halutz oversaw the 2006 Lebanon war during which he ordered Israeli pilots to bomb 10 multistory buildings in the Dahiya district of Beirut as a response to Hezbollah’s rocket fire on Haifa. Read more about Wikileaks: Harvard protest against Israeli war crime suspect caught US government attention
31 August 2011
The Electronic Intifada will be in the Orange County courtroom this week to report on the first leg of this important free speech trial. Read more about "Irvine 11" students in court to fight possible jailtime for non-violent protest
30 August 2011
Samuel Ghiles-Meilhac shows how a broad church has defined itself narrowly as a supporter of Israel’s worst excesses. Read more about Influence of French pro-Israel lobby examined in new book
28 August 2011
Known Israeli organized crime bosses are able to travel freely to the United States, unlike counterparts from Italy, China and Central America, because the State Department has failed to apply US law to them. Read more about Special treatment gives Israeli mobsters free access to US soil: WikiLeaks
28 August 2011
Palestinian Americans have called on Arabs, Palestinians and their allies everywhere to reject a bid by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to ask the United Nations next month to admit the “State of Palestine” as a full member. In a 27 August statement from its coordinating committee, the US Palestinian Communities Network (USPCN) wrote: Read more about Palestinian Americans "unequivocally reject" PA's UN statehood bid
27 August 2011
Cables released this week by Wikileaks show that the US government raised with the Government of Norway concern over a motion to boycott Israeli academic institutions at University of Science and Technology in Trondheim (NTNU) in Norway. Read more about US raised academic boycott vote with Norwegian government, Wikileaks shows
27 August 2011
The United States accused its close ally Qatar of funding the Al-Shabab militia in Somalia, newly released diplomatic cables reveal. The extraordinary claim was made in a 26 October 2009 meeting between Ambassador Susan Rice, the US Permanent Representative to the United Nations and her Turkish counterpart Ambassador Ertugul Apakan. A US diplomatic cable of minutes of the meeting was leaked by Wikileaks on 24 August. Read more about US accused Qatar of funding Somalia's Al Shabab militia, Wikileaks reveals
27 August 2011
Debating with the passion of a “dispossessed” Palestinian, Said makes a few crucial points on the Zionist claims to the land, the occupation of Palestine, and mobilization against the Israeli occupation. Read more about Edward Said on claims to the land and the occupation of Palestine