27 January 2012
One year after a 17-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed by Israeli settlers as he farmed with his father in his West Bank village, his killers remain unpunished. Read more about Demanding justice for Yousef, a quiet boy killed by Israeli settlers
25 January 2012
A year ago on January 23, 14-year-old Islam Dar Ayoub Tamimi was arrested at gunpoint after the Israeli army surrounded his house at around 1:30am. A few days before, on January 17, Islam’s house was one of many in the village of Nabi Saleh that were raided by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), where the soldiers then proceeded to take pictures of all males over the age of 12. Read more about Israel's interrogation of Islam Dar Ayyoub Tamimi, age 14: video reveals rights abuses
22 January 2012
In every video you would see a brutal act by an Israeli soldier that requires accountability, but typically the act passes away at the end of the day without any of the soldiers being held accountable for their crimes Read more about Despite video evidence, Israeli soldiers are never held accountable for their crimes
16 January 2012
Activists in Pennsylvania hold a protest outside the headquarters of Combined Systems, Inc., the company that manufactures lethal tear gas canisters used against people from Palestine to Oakland. Adalah-NY has a full-length report on CSI and its domestic and international contracts. Read more about MLK Day protest at weapons manufacturing company
8 January 2012
A video and written account shows two Israelis, “Shai” and “Doron” being subjected to the kind of abuse by Israeli soldiers more usually reserved for Palestinians. Read more about Video: Israelis arrested in Nabi Saleh subjected to "Palestinian" treatment by occupation soldiers
2 January 2012
In an act meant to replicate what the youth-led Chicago Movement for Palestinian Rights did to commemorate the massacre on Gaza three years ago, the village of Nabi Saleh was once again meant with brutal suppression. Read more about Nabi Saleh's Balloon Release for Gaza
22 December 2011
Holiday shopping-related actions took place around the world as BDS activists encouraged shoppers not to buy Israeli products. And a group in California calls on the state pension fund to investigate its investment ties with Israeli companies and US companies that do business with the Israeli military. Read more about BDS roundup: "Don't put the fruits of apartheid under your Christmas tree!"
16 December 2011
Activists with the Minnesota Break the Bonds Campaign have officially filed a lawsuit against the State Board of Investments, demanding that Minnesota divest from Israel’s illegal military occupation activities in Palestine. Read more about Activists file lawsuit against Minnesota State Board of Investment over Israel bonds
13 December 2011
Linah Alsaafin compiles documentation and witness testimony showing the brute force used by Israeli soldiers against protesters following Mustafa Tamimi’s funeral yesterday in Nabi Saleh, occupied West Bank. Read more about Video and testimony: Israeli soldiers' savagery at Mustafa Tamimi's funeral
12 December 2011
A ten-minute video released today by David Reeb shows moving scenes from yesterday’s funeral for Mustafa Tamimi and the Israeli army’s use of force against protesters following the funeral. Read more about Video: Israeli army violence follows funeral of Mustafa Tamimi, "martyr of popular resistance"