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The Month in Pictures: May 2012

4 June 2012

A monthly roundup of photographs documenting Palestine, Palestinian life, politics and culture, and international solidarity with Palestine. Read more about The Month in Pictures: May 2012

Sarah Irving 29 May 2012

A proper hiking guide to “off-the-beaten-track” routes in the West Bank offers excellent practical information but ignores the political reality that has changed Palestine’s physical landscape. Read more about Blair aide evades political reality in walking guide to West Bank

Daan Bauwens Brussels 17 May 2012

Some analysts say that Israel is deliberately targeting European Union-funded projects in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip for demolition. Read more about EU denounces Israel's destruction of aid projects in West Bank

Nora Barrows-Friedman 14 May 2012

This week in BDS news around the world: 10,000 signatures delivered to Irish building materials corporation demanding divestment from Israeli business contracts; a call for 24 hours of hunger in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails; and more! Read more about BDS roundup: 10,000 signatures delivered to Irish corporation demanding divestment from Israeli contracts

Sarah Irving 19 April 2012

Mourid Barghouti’s I Was Born There, I Was Born Here is for anyone in your life who needs to understand the pain, the absurdity, the injustice, and the devastatingly predictable unpredictability of life for ordinary Palestinians. Read more about The beautifully-paced rage of Mourid Barghouti's latest memoir

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours Jerusalem 16 April 2012

Thousands of international solidarity activists were set to fly to Tel Aviv in a coordinated effort to volunteer with Palestinian initiatives in the occupied West Bank. However, Israel coordinated with European airlines to cancel many activists’ tickets. Read more about Europe's airlines enforce Israeli travel ban on activists hoping to repair Palestinian schools

Ali Abunimah 11 April 2012

Video captures Israeli occupation forces violently attacking Palestinians and international visitors touring the Old City of Hebron, as they attended the 7th International Bilin Conference on the Palestinian Popular Struggle Read more about Video: Israeli soldiers violently attack Palestinians, international visitors in Hebron's Old City

Uri Horesh 6 April 2012

Israel’s strategy of “pinkwashing” — using its supposedly stellar record on gay rights — to obscure abuses of Palestinian human rights has done more to provoke than to quiet criticism. Read more about Israel's pinkwashing exposed as dishonest at New York debates

Ali Abunimah 3 April 2012

Video shows Israeli occupation forces violently evicting Palestinians from a house in Hebron last Saturday. Read more about Video: Israeli occupation forces violently evict Palestinians from Hebron house

Linah Alsaafin Ramallah 23 March 2012

One year after the 15 March movement’s call for national unity, what has the youth-led mobilization achieved? Read more about Imperfect revolution: Palestine's 15 March movement one year on