Blogs

Pharell Williams - “Happy”- the Gaza version

Ali Abunimah 18 April 2014

Exuberant scenes of Palestinians in Gaza dancing to the Pharell song “Happy.” Read more about Pharell Williams - “Happy”- the Gaza version

Ali Abunimah 17 April 2014

University administrators canceled a planned town hall meeting on boycott, divestment and sanctions and tried to limit the free speech of poet Remi Kanazi. Read more about Activists condemn Washington University “censorship” of BDS event featuring Palestinian poet

Nidal El-Khairy 17 April 2014

Journalist Majd Kayyal was released from detention today by Israel’s secret police. Read more about Majd Kayyal is free!

Ali Abunimah 17 April 2014

Despite the lifting of the gag order and the ban on meeting with lawyers, Kayyal has been ordered held until 22 April. Adalah has said it will file an appeal to seek his immediate release. Read more about Israeli secret police holding journalist in cell with no bed or window

Ali Abunimah 16 April 2014

Kayyal is held under suspicion of “unlawful travel to an Arab country” and “contact with a foreign agent,” accusations Israel habitually uses to harass Palestinian citizens. Read more about Israel court lifts gag order on Shin Bet detention of journalist Majd Kayyal

Nora Barrows-Friedman 15 April 2014

Gabriel Schivone on Israeli arms giant Elbit’s “enormous” contracts with the US government, plus Dina Elmuti on the anniversary of the Deir Yassin massacre. Read more about Israeli arms maker wins "unprecedented" contract at US-Mexico border

Ali Abunimah 15 April 2014

Under the terms of Israel’s draconian censorship, Israeli media are not even allowed to report the exchange that happened at the State Department regarding the detention of Majd Kayyal. Read more about Israel's incommunicado detention of journalist raised at State Department briefing

Ali Abunimah 14 April 2014

Settlers in Hebron are notoriously some of the most violent and racist against Palestinians. Read more about Video: Writers witness Israel's apartheid system in Hebron

Ali Abunimah 13 April 2014

The Electronic Intifada has obtained the closed court transcript and gag order extending the detention and interrogation of journalist Majd Kayyal, which Israeli media are not permitted to report. Read more about Israel places journalist in incommunicado detention