13 May 2011
The fifth annual Houston Palestine Film Festival opens tomorrow night with a screening of Jaffa, The Orange’s Clockwork with guest appearance by filmmaker Eyal Sivan. The screening will be accompanied by a photo exhibition by Khalil AbuSharekh. Read more about Annual Houston Palestine Film Festival opens tomorrow night!
11 May 2011
An Israeli legal advisor has admitted that the state stripped residency rights from more than 140,000 Palestinians between 1967-1994, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported today. Read more about Policy that cleansed 140,000 Palestinians from W. Bank still imposed on Jerusalemites
11 May 2011
The Stolen Beauty campaign focusing on a boycott of Ahava cosmetics, which are illegally manufactured in the occupied West Bank using Palestinian natural resources, has launched a culture jamming initiative currently underway on Twitter: Read more about AHAVA promotional campaign on Twitter jammed with BDS messaging
11 May 2011
Students in Chicago campaigning to boycott Sabra brand hummus have put out a short and sweet video with a strong boycott message. Here’s the statement accompanying the video: Read more about Video: Chicago students say "Why we refuse to buy Sabra hummus"
10 May 2011
Yesterday, The Electronic Intifada reported that the US government has frozen the bank accounts of Hatem Abudayyeh, a Palestinian community leader in Chicago, and his wife, Naima: Read more about Update on the freezing of the Abudayyeh family's accounts
9 May 2011
Organizers of a national gathering to coincide with AIPAC’s annual policy meeting in Washington, DC are urging people to register soon: Read more about Move Over AIPAC conference 21-24 May in Washington, DC
9 May 2011
In an oped for Al Jazeera English today, The Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah takes a deeper look at the “reconciliation” deal signed by Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah in Cairo last week and argues that contrary to the hopes of many Palestinians it may be a dead end: Read more about EI's Ali Abunimah on "reconciliation" deal in Al Jazeera English
8 May 2011
Amnesty International released an urgent action alert on Friday following Israel’s imposition on an administrative detention order on Palestinian writer and activist Ahmad Qatamesh. Amnesty writes: Palestinian academic and writer Ahmad Qatamesh is being held as an administrative detainee, which allows the Israeli authorities to detain him indefinitely without charge and denies him any real opportunity to challenge the detention order. Read more about Amnesty International: Ahmad Qatamesh a prisoner of conscience
6 May 2011
A year ago today, Palestinian civil society leader Ameer Makhoul, an Israeli citizen, was arrested from his Haifa home after it was raided by Israeli forces. Makhoul, the coordinator of Ittijah, the Union of Arab Community Associations and an advocate of boycott, divestment and sanctions, warned The Electronic Intifada in January of 2010 that Israel was increasingly persecuting the Palestinian community in Israel, attempting to cut the community off from the rest of the Palestinian national movement. “Israel uses its legal system and its laws on citizenship and loyalty to the Jewish state to achieve this,” Makhoul said. Read more about Palestinian civil society leader Ameer Makhoul arrested one year ago today
5 May 2011
The Electronic Intifada co-founder Ali Abunimah participated in last week’s Annual International Al-Awda Convention in Anneheim, California. Anayat Durrani reports for the Egyptian publication Al-Ahram Weekly, “A major focus of the convention was the Arab people’s mass uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa and their relevance to the Palestinian struggle.” Ali Abunimah told the conference: Read more about EI's Ali Abunimah on Arab uprisings at Al-Awda convention
Maureen Clare Murphy is senior editor of The Electronic Intifada.