23 December 2011
StandWithUs, the anti-Palestinian group that works closely with the Israeli government to smear, sue and censor the Palestine solidarity movement, attempted to smear me today but instead ended up with egg on its face. Read more about Anti-Palestinian group StandWithUs attempts to smear me but ends up with egg on its face
22 December 2011
One of the largest shareholders of high-end French fashion firm Lacoste is a major donor to Israel and Zionist causes. Lacoste has been at the center of a scandal over the company’s insistence that Palestinian artist Larissa Sansour be forced out of the prestigious Lacoste Elysée Prize in Photography. Read more about Owner of Lacoste, which censored Palestinian artist, is major donor to Israel, Zionist causes
21 December 2011
The Musée de L’Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland has suspended the 2011 Lacoste Elysée Prize, a presitigious international photography contest, over the sponsor’s decision to expel Palestinian artist Larissa Sansour. The following press release was issued by the museum. Read more about Swiss museum suspends Elysée Prize to protest Lacoste's exclusion of Palestinian artist Larissa Sansour
21 December 2011
Susan Youssef’s new feature film Habibi has won the award for Best Arab Feature Film at the 8th Dubai International Film Festival. This achievement comes after a decade-long struggle by Youssef to make the film. Last year she wrote for The Electronic Intifada about the trials of making a feature film set in Gaza and what inspired it: Read more about Susan Youssef's Habibi, a Gaza feature film a decade in the making, wins major award
21 December 2011
Earlier today, I wrote about the scandalous expulsion of Palestinian artist Larissa Sansour from the prestigious Lacoste Elysée Prize shortlist at the request of Lacoste, the high-end French fashion company that sponsors the contest. Sansour, who was born in Jerusalem, said in a press release that Lacoste wanted her out because she was too “too pro-Palestinian.” The press release also stated: Read more about Evidence of Lacoste's censorship of Palestinian artist Larissa Sansour captured by Google cache
20 December 2011
The high-end French clothing chain Lacoste has demanded the removal of work by Palestinian artist Larissa Sansour from the shortlist for the €25,000 Lacoste Elysee Prize that is awarded by the Swiss Musee de l’Elysee with sponsorship from the firm. Read more about French clothing firm Lacoste censors, expels Palestinian artist Larissa Sansour from prestigious contest
18 December 2011
Twelve French activists from a group called Boycott 68 have been acquitted on charges of “inciting discrimination and racial hatred” for calling on French shoppers to boycott Israeli goods. Read more about In blow to Israel, French BDS activists acquitted of crime in calling for boycott
15 December 2011
Israel’s Reut Institute, which notoriously called on Israeli government agencies to “sabotage” and “attack” the Palestine solidarity movement – and then tried to conceal it – is claiming credit for “price tag” attacks on The Electronic Intifada, the Palestine Return Centre, the Irvine 11 and others. Read more about Israel's Reut Institute claims "price tag" attacks on EI, Irvine 11 and Palestine Return Centre
12 December 2011
The Israeli newspaper Haaretz mysteriously removed from its website an article exposing atrocious Israeli racism against black people just hours after it was published. The rally itself was caught on video. Read more about Israeli Jewish hate rally against Africans in Tel Aviv caught on video as Haaretz deletes article about it
11 December 2011
US presidential hopeful and former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich, has said that he would instruct the CIA to hunt down Palestinian prisoners released last October in an exchange negotiated by Israel and Hamas, presumably to kill them. Read more about Gingrich would "instruct" CIA to "hunt down" freed Palestinian prisoners