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11 June 2012
Will President Obama cave in to Israeli demands that he free Jonathan Pollard, the ex-US naval intelligence officer convicted of spying for Israel against the United States 27 years ago? Read more about For love of money, not Israel: Will Obama cave in to Israel's demands to free spy Jonathan Pollard?
11 June 2012
FIFPro, the association representing professional footballers in dozens of countries, called on Israel immediately to release Mahmoud Sarsak, a Palestinian football player who has been on hunger strike since March to protest his detention for three years without charge or trial by Israel. Read more about World association of professional footballers FIFPro calls on Israel to release Mahmoud Sarsak
11 June 2012
Israel’s West Bank wall has been annexing land and devastating Palestinian lives for 10 years. Al-Haq launches a new campaign featuring stirring videos to help bring it down. Read more about Israel's West Bank wall annexes Palestinian land the size of Chicago: Help bring it down
11 June 2012
The cultural boycott of Israel is beginning to bite, a prominent figure in Israel’s classical music world has admitted. Read more about Cultural boycott biting, but quietly, Israel Festival's classical music advisor admits
6 June 2012
For the first time since their hunger strikes began, an independent doctor has been allowed to visit Mahmoud Sarsak and Akram Rikhawi in Israeli jail, confirming the imminent danger to their lives. Sarsak, once a star athlete, now weighs a little over 100 pounds (51kg) and is close to death. Read more about Time running out for hunger striking footballer as rights groups demand urgent pressure on Israel
5 June 2012
The Attorney General of California has rejected a request by a Zionist group to prosecute a California State University professor for “misuse of state resources” over a website on which he campaigns for boycott of Israel. Read more about In blow to Zionist censors, California backs professor's right to call for Israel boycott on state university website
5 June 2012
As his condition grows ever more desperate, the mother of jailed, hunger-striking Palestinian footballer Mahmoud Sarsak has appealed for his release and safe return home Read more about Video: Palestine footballer Mahmoud Sarsak’s mother speaks out as jailed son’s condition grows desperate
4 June 2012
In an interview on Democracy Now, Norman Finkelstein renewed his attack on Palestinians and the BDS movement in strident terms. A response. Read more about Finkelstein renews attack on BDS “cult,” calls Palestinians who pursue their rights “criminal”
3 June 2012
“There is still enough time and the support that comes late is better than that which does not come at all. It is better that you receive us alive and victorious rather than as lifeless bodies in black bags.” Read more about 'Don't wait until we're in body bags': Two Palestinian hunger strikers' "final distress call"
1 June 2012
BBC World Service’s World Football interviews Mahmoud Sarsak, father of Mahmoud Sarsak, the Palestinian national football squad member whose life is at grave risk after 75 days hunger strike. Read more about BBC's World Football interviews father of gravely ill hunger-striking Palestinian footballer jailed by Israel