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9 December 2011
The first Intifada began 24 years ago. One piece of footage in particular had a profound impact all over the world: a group of Israeli soldiers on a hillside in the West Bank systematically breaking the bones of two captive Palestinian, using rocks and sticks. Read more about "Force, might and beatings": Indelible images of the first Intifada
7 December 2011
The Dutch Foreign Minister, Uri Rosenthal, who attempted to stifle The Electronic Intifada last year by pressuring one of its donors, and has directly threatened Dutch civil society for defying his pro-Israel policies, is now supposedly an advocate of “Internet freedom.” Read more about Dutch foreign minister Uri Rosenthal, who tried to stifle The Electronic Intifada, sponsors 'Internet freedom' conference
7 December 2011
Update and resolution: Telemundo contractor terminated after racist tweets exposed Telemundo released the following statement this afternoon, 7 December: We have investigated the matter and have found that the person associated with the twitter handle @hotchulo was a part-time contracted worker. Read more about NBC's Telemundo investigating anti-Muslim tweets by "social media coordinator"
6 December 2011
Danny Danon, a member of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, is proposing that all Israeli citizens – especially the 1.4 million Palestinian citizens of Israel – should be forced to declare an oath of loyalty to the political ideology of Zionism as a condition for obtaining an ID card. Read more about Israel lawmaker wants to force Palestinians to swear "Zionist" oath
4 December 2011
A new Israel propaganda video uses a Facebook motif to present Israel as the eternal victim of unremitting violence and enmity while skipping over Israel’s record of ethnic cleansing, occupation, colonization, violence and official hatred against Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims. Read more about Israel as a spurned Facebook friend: the worst propaganda video ever?
1 December 2011
Controversy has broken out in the UK over alleged anti-Semitic comments made by Labour MP Paul Flynn about the British Ambassador in Tel Aviv. According to The Jewish Chronicle (a publication whose record demonstrates that its accuracy can never been taken for granted) Flynn questioned whether Gould could be properly loyal to the UK because he is Jewish and has declared himself a Zionist: Read more about Row over UK lawmaker's "Jewish" comments a reminder that Zionism is anti-Semitism
29 November 2011
Activists de-shelved huge amounts of Israeli avocados and oranges during a protest action in Montpellier in the south of France on 26 November. Read more about Video: French BDS activists de-shelve huge amounts of Israeli produce at Carrefour
29 November 2011
On 24 November Israeli occupation forces demolished two homes, a mosque and a barn, killing livestock, and arrested two young women in the village of Umm Fagarah, in the South Hebron Hills in the occupied West Bank. Read more about Video: Israeli occupation forces demolish homes and mosque, arrest girls near Hebron
25 November 2011
Israeli officials suspect that France-based megabank BNP Parisbas has pulled out of Israel due to pressure from Palestine solidarity groups, even though the bank itself has denied this. Haaretz reported on 24 November: The powers that be are furious at BNP Paribas for shuttering its operations in Israel, and suspect it is acting due to Arab and anti-Israeli pressure in France, the bank’s home base. Read more about Officials suspect French megabank BNP Parisbas pulled out of Israel due to boycott pressure
24 November 2011
A video taken today by Palestinian photojournalist Fadi Arouri shows Israeli occupation forces demolishing the homes of Palestinians in the village of Beit Hanina north of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Read more about Video: Israeli forces violently ethnically cleanse Bedouin homes in Beit Hanina