4 January 2012
Israel’s national students union has launched a program to pay Israeli university students $2,000 to spread pro-Israel propaganda online for 5 hours per week from the “comfort of home.” Read more about Israeli students to get $2,000 to spread state propaganda on Facebook
4 January 2012
It’s difficult to avoid, especially in the frenzy of consumerism and gift-giving which washes over the West at the end of every year: “I meant to boycott that company,” I’ve had friends tell me, “but it was a gift.” Or, “I bought it before I knew.” But like it or not, our unwitting purchases, or receipt thereof as gifts, play a role in preventing Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaigns against Israel from achieving their full potential. Read more about It's Never Too Late to Boycott Israel: The Proper Disposal of Already-Purchased Goods
4 January 2012
I woke up this morning to read a distorted and misleading piece in The Washington Post, the headline reads: ”Palestinians block performance of Israeli Arab singer under pressure from boycott movement.” Read more about The cancellation of Sharif Dorzi's concert
3 January 2012
It is becoming a trend among influential GOP candidates to call out the Palestinian people as “invented” or even “non-existent”. First we had Republican candidate Newt Gingrich calling the Palestinians an “invented people”. Another rising star, Republican candidate Rick Santorum, has also said “There is no Palestine”. Read more about Film footage from Palestine back in 1896
3 January 2012
This is the translated English version of عفواً، بس ليش خطأ؟ which appeared earlier in Arabic on Ma’an Arabic news service. Read more about Abbas: "Arab refusal of Partition Plan was a mistake"
2 January 2012
In an act meant to replicate what the youth-led Chicago Movement for Palestinian Rights did to commemorate the massacre on Gaza three years ago, the village of Nabi Saleh was once again meant with brutal suppression. Read more about Nabi Saleh's Balloon Release for Gaza
2 January 2012
The United States is subsidizing an all-expenses paid sushi-making courses for Israeli soldiers while Congress cuts a vital nutrition program for low-income infants at home. Read more about While America shuts down fire houses, cuts infant nutrition, US subsidizes Israel army sushi courses
1 January 2012
At the Palestinian New Year’s festival at Arafat Square in Ramallah, musician Basel Zayed and his group Turab were prevented from completing their music concert by the Palestinian police because the group sang “El-Doleh” ; a satirical song about the Palestinian promised state. Read more about Concert interrupted by PA police over song critical of UN statehood bid
1 January 2012
An attempt to justify Israel’s war crimes in Gaza avoids the evidence, and instead plays a flawed numbers game. Read more about The numbers speak for themselves
1 January 2012
Yesterday in Chicago, more than 300 balloons were released in downtown Grant Park — one balloon for each child killed during Israel’s 22-day assault on the Gaza Strip three years ago. Read more about Photos: Chicagoans release balloons for each child killed during Gaza massacres