Lebanon

How the 99 percent are cannon fodder for America's wars

Alice Bach 21 June 2012

Reflections on the Occupy movement in Ohio and America’s double standards in the Middle East. Read more about How the 99 percent are cannon fodder for America's wars

Sami Kishawi Chicago 7 June 2012

Dr. Mads Gilbert shares accounts of his work treating patients during Israel’s attacks on Gaza in 2008-09 in order to encourage others to remain steadfast in their solidarity work for Palestinian rights. Read more about "Every third child in Gaza stunted by hunger": interview with renowned doctor Mads Gilbert

Asa Winstanley 23 May 2012

Leila Khaled, an icon of the Palestinian resistance struggle, is the subject of a recommended new biography. Read more about Bio shows why Leila Khaled remains an icon of resistance

Nora Barrows-Friedman 25 April 2012

BDS activists around the world continue to urge popular US rock group the Red Hot Chili Peppers to cancel their gig in Tel Aviv, scheduled for September. Read more about Campaign to urge Red Hot Chili Peppers to cancel Tel Aviv gig heating up

susan abulhawa 14 April 2012

While Palestinians continue to be robbed of their land, heritage and human rights to atone for Germany’s sins, Germany unreservedly supports Israel. Read more about Why are Palestinians paying for Germany's sins?

Moe Ali Nayel Beirut 2 April 2012

Thousands marked Palestinian Land Day in south Lebanon last Friday. Palestinian refugees and Lebanese supporters explain what Land Day means to them. Read more about "We are only guests in Lebanon" - Palestinians look homewards on Land Day

Nora Barrows-Friedman 24 February 2012

This week on global news from the BDS movement: an Israeli dance company faces boycott actions in North America; the Presbyterian Church USA moves one step closer to divesting from three US companies that profit from Israel’s military occupation of Palestine; and more. Read more about BDS roundup: US Presbyterian church one step closer to major divestment policy

Maureen Clare Murphy 18 November 2011

Lebanese concert promoter Jihad el-Murr has filed a lawsuit against four groups over a boycott campaign they organized against the band Placebo in June 2010. Read more about Interview: Why is concert promoter suing Lebanon boycott activists?

Asa Winstanley 1 November 2011

My Life in the PLO: The Inside Story of the Palestinian Struggle, the memoirs of the late Shafiq al-Hout, is historically sweeping, politically critical and fascinating throughout. Read more about Shafiq al-Hout memoirs provide warts-and-all history of PLO

Moe Ali Nayel Beirut 19 September 2011

Palestinian refugees in Lebanon aren’t exactly holding their breath over the upcoming bid to have an independent Palestinian state voted into the United Nations. Read more about Palestinian refugees in Lebanon eye statehood bid with skepticism