The notion that Spain’s government is more favorably disposed to the Palestinians than to the State of Israel falls apart under scrutiny. David Cronin analyzes for The Electronic Intifada. Read more about Spain a bastion of support for Palestine?
Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani26 April 2011
As the Cairo-based Arab League continues to back western military intervention in support of the popular rebellion in Libya, the League’s failure to back similar uprisings in other Arab countries — most notably Bahrain — has led to charges of double standards. Read more about Arab League's double standard
Israel may be forgiven for failing to realize the current fiscal woes of the United States. After all, US military aid to Israel not only sailed unscathed through this month’s passage of the 2011 budget, but reached the record level of $3 billion. Josh Reubner comments. Read more about Costs of arming Israel can no longer be ignored
A recent incident of repression of free speech at the University of Southern California is only one of many examples of the discrimination faced by Arab, Muslim and pro-Palestinian students at campuses around the United States. Read more about US campus activists facing increased repression
Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani12 April 2011
CAIRO (IPS) - Two months since the ouster of longstanding president Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s new transitional government is turning its attention to unpopular Mubarak-era foreign policies — with the ongoing Israeli-Egyptian blockade of the Gaza Strip top of the list. Read more about Post-Mubarak Egypt may end Gaza closure
The EU’s unwillingness to address the treatment of Palestinians within Israel was exposed in a February report published by Adalah, a human rights organization based in Haifa, and the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network. Read more about EU turns blind eye to Palestinian citizens in Israel
Several Israeli soldiers testified at the witness stand in the Haifa district court earlier this week, as trial hearings continued in the case of Corrie vs. the State of Israel. As the trial drags on, years after Rachel Corrie’s killing, Israel’s impunity is being challenged and carefully cross-examined. Read more about Corrie lawsuit challenging Israeli impunity
The racism of the American “war on drugs,” especially in the south, is notorious. So is the racism faced daily by Palestinians. In Atlanta, a university program allows these two manifestations of racism to feed off each other and community activists are organizing to shut the program down. Read more about Police training programs twin US-Israeli racism