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2 May 2012
This year’s Palestine Festival of Literature is scheduled to take place in Gaza from 5-9 May – if only Egypt provides the permits for writers, bloggers and artists – including Ahdaf Soueif, Alaa Abd el‐Fattah, Suad Amiry and others to enter the besieged territory. Read more about All set for 2012 Palestine literature festival in Gaza, except permits from Egypt
2 May 2012
This video shows a Palestinian woman mounting an Israeli military vehicle amid protests near Ofer Prison in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on 1 May, in solidarity with hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners. The video also shows Israeli occupation forces attacking female protestors with pepper spray directed into their eyes from close range as they lie on the ground. Read more about Video: Palestinian woman "takes over" Israeli military vehicle at Ofer protest for hunger strikers
1 May 2012
Two Palestinian hunger strikers are at grave risk of death unless urgent action is taken, two human rights organization have warned. Even with their grave physical conditions, Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh are being denied family and lawyer visits and being subjected to mistreatement and denial of necessary medical care. Read more about Urgent action needed to save lives of Palestinian hunger strikers Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh, doctors warn
30 April 2012
One hundred and forty-eight US college professors signed a letter objecting to an advertisement in The New York Times by notorious racist David Horowitz naming indvidual faculty members at several US colleges and accusing them of inciting murder of Jewish children, and likening the movement to boycott Israel (BDS) to Nazism. Read more about 148 professors sign letter objecting to New York Times Nazi ad, but paper refuses to run it
30 April 2012
The Irish band Dervish announced today that it has pulled out of a series of Irish music concerts in Israel this June, so as not to violate calls for the cultural boycott of Israel. Read more about Heeding boycott call, Irish band Dervish pulls out of Israel concerts
29 April 2012
Palestine solidarity campaigners celebrated news that The Co-operative Group – commonly known as The Co-op – has decided to expand its boycott of goods produced in Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land into a complete boycott of companies that source any goods in settlements. Read more about In BDS milestone, UK supermarket chain to boycott Israel firms doing business with settlements
26 April 2012
Earlier this week, The New York Times published an ad accusing a number of named US college professors of inciting the murder of Jewish children because they’ve supported the boycott of Israel. One of those named shared this response. Read more about Michigan professor named in "Nazi" ad hits at New York Times for "aiding and abetting environment of fear"
26 April 2012
As hostility, intimidation and even death threats mount against students for organizing non-violent actions to educate about Palestine, a number of rights groups have issued a call for their rights to be protected. Read more about Following death threats, rights groups issue call to support US students' right to speak about Palestine
26 April 2012
Last night in Tel Aviv, police forcible prevented a group of Israelis from peacefully and silently commemorating the Nakba – the 1948 ethnic cleansing of Palestine. This came just days after hundreds of Israeli high school students caused consternation by loudly cheering for Nazis as they watched a play on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more about Israeli police forcibly prevent Nakba event and Israeli high schoolers cheer for Nazis
24 April 2012
In a sign of growing desperation among anti-Palestinian groups, a full-page New York Times ad published today likens the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement to the Holocaust. Read more about New York Times ad accuses BDS movement, college professors of inciting murder of Jewish children