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Vancouver 7 March 2013
New alliance expresses solidarity with Idle No More movement of indigenous people. Read more about Canadian students challenge Harper's support for Israeli apartheid
1 February 2013
A weekly news email by the UK’s Zionist Federation has included an extraordinary attack on “Palestinian Moslems” in a style reminiscent of 19th century colonial racism. Read more about UK Zionist Federation email attacks “Palestinian Moslems”
Oakland 16 January 2013
I was accused of “visually and biographically resembling” a man named as a “terror” suspect in a US State Department report. Read more about Why did a rogue group of Occupy activists smear me with "terror" claim?
7 January 2013
Nora Barrows-Friedman squares off against a pro-Israel lawyer behind efforts to silence Palestine solidarity activists and conflate criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism on US campuses. Read more about EI's Nora Barrows-Friedman debates pro-Israel activist, former US government official on Al Jazeera
3 January 2013
Progressive news organization AlterNet has fallen for a story claiming that a prominent Saudi cleric issed a religious edict authorizing sex-deprived fighters in Syria to rape women there. Read more about How progressive AlterNet and Salon fell for “gang rape” fatwa peddled by Islamophobes
29 October 2012
The US Supreme Court announced Monday that it had decided not to hear the appeal of the Holy Land Five; EI interviews Michael Ratner of the Center for Constitutional Rights. Read more about "Justice has fled the country": US Supreme Court won't hear Holy Land Five case
24 October 2012
“Imagine if there were a national candidate whose ads showed Gazan children wounded by Israeli weapons” Read more about As election day approaches in swing state Ohio, my TV keeps blaring 'vote for Israel'
12 October 2012
Palestinians affirm that “the struggle for our inalienable rights is one opposed to all forms of racism and bigotry, including, but not limited to, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, Zionism and other forms of bigotry.” Read more about The struggle for Palestinian rights is incompatible with any form of racism or bigotry: a statement by Palestinians
28 September 2012
Sahar Francis of Addameer warns current and former hunger strikers are not receiving urgently needed medical treatment in Israeli prison. Read more about Podcast: deportation of Palestinian prisoners a war crime, says rights defender
26 September 2012
The Red Hot Chili Peppers weren’t always into crossing picket lines. And if they’re not careful, they’ll find themselves behind the trend. Read more about The Chili Pepper paradox: how can Pussy Riot supporters embrace Israel?