28 September 2011
I’m very excited and honored to be sharing the podium with Alice Walker at a Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) event in Oakland California next week. You’re invited! Read more about In Oakland, a chance to hear Alice Walker (and me) speak about Palestine
24 September 2011
The Electronic Intifada has obtained a copy of the full text of the application for UN membership for the “State of Palestine” presented yesterday by Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Read more about Full text of "State of Palestine" UN application letter and documents
23 September 2011
Ten University of California students were today found guilty of on charges of “conspiracy” and “disrupting” a public meeting for a February 2010 protest against Israeli ambassdor Michael Oren. The Irvine 11 case (there were originally 11 defendants) became a test of the limits of freedom of speech. The Electronic Intifada’s Nora Barrows-Friedman has been in court for much of the trial and providing full coverage. Read more about Irvine students found guilty for protesting Israel ambassador await sentencing
23 September 2011
Does the Palestinian Authority’s UN bid advance or undermine Palestinian rights? Ali Abunimah of The Electronic Intifada and Mouin Rabbani of the Institute for Palestine Studies and the webzine Jadaliyya discuss its merits on Democracy Now. Read more about Does UN bid advance Palestinian struggle? Ali Abunimah and Mouin Rabbani on Democracy Now!
21 September 2011
The Palestinian Authority (PA) controlled by Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah has ordered all mosques to join its campaign in support of Abbas and the PA’s bid for UN membership. Read more about Palestinian Authority orders mosques to praise Abbas, UN bid
19 September 2011
Illinois Republican Congressman Joe Walsh has introduced a resolution in the US House of Representatives that seems to support formal Israeli apartheid. Or does it in fact support a one-state solution with equal voting rights for Israelis and Palestinians alike? Read more about Is Tea Party Congressman Joe Walsh supporting a one-state solution for Palestine?
19 September 2011
Palestinian analysts continue to hotly debate the Palestinian Authority’s UN “statehood” bid Read more about Palestinian analysts continue to debate, oppose PA "statehood" bid
15 September 2011
A revealing comment lays bare the casual racism of Charley Levine, the business partner of New York Times Jerusalem bureau chief Ethan Bronner. Read more about "Hire an Arab": The casual racism of Ethan Bronner's business partner
15 September 2011
It may be time to recognize that historic Palestine today resembles one giant Northern Ireland, but with a lot more firepower, including, on the Israeli side, nuclear weapons. Read more about Putting away the partitionist's knife: Palestine and approaches to "ethnic conflict"
14 September 2011
In a shocking statement today, Maen Areikat, the “ambassador” of the unelected, unrepresentative Palestinian Authority/PLO leadership, has reportedly espoused Israel’s brutal vision of apartheid and racial segregation. Read more about PLO ambassador Maen Areikat offers tacit support for Israeli ethnic cleansing, apartheid