London 17 July 2012
Major politicians in the UK are increasingly unafraid to talk critically of Israeli policies, and some are even advocating a national ban on products made in illegal Israeli settlements. Read more about Is Palestine going mainstream in British politics?
New York 16 July 2012
The underlying objectives to schemes inviting US university officials on a tour of Israel are to dissimulate legitimate criticism of Israeli policy and to discourage Palestinian solidarity on campuses. Read more about US university chiefs' shameful embrace of Israel
14 July 2012
The Case for Sanctions Against Israel offers background not only for boycott, divestment and sanctions activists, but also for those new to the issue. Read more about Book review: "BDS provides a way to break our collective chains"
Nablus 14 July 2012
A landmark initiative directed toward all Palestinians — in Palestine and in exile — to participate in a civic voter registration drive is intended to reclaim the Palestine Liberation Organization. Read more about Reclaiming the PLO: an urgent call to unite all Palestinians
12 July 2012
In the worst-case scenario, the fate of the Palestinians in Syria could echo some facets of the fate of the approximately 30,000 Palestinian refugees from Iraq following the US occupation of that country. Read more about Uncertain fate for Palestinians in Syria
11 July 2012
In his latest book, Norman Finkelstein superbly criticizes Zionist revisionist historians but ignores Palestinian agency. Read more about Book review: Finkelstein airbrushes Palestinians out of their own struggle
Ramallah 10 July 2012
Is it really “popular resistance” when Palestinians are sometimes outnumbered by Israeli activists at weekly demonstrations? Read more about How obsession with "nonviolence" harms the Palestinian cause
9 July 2012
An exhibition at Amman’s Darat al Funun explores varying responses to decades of conflict in the Middle East, in which the Palestinian people have often played an involuntary and tragic role. Read more about Exhibition review: when lemons have more freedom than humans
Ramallah 8 July 2012
The violence of the Palestinian Authority police is not unexpected, yet it was still shocking to see such unfettered brutality on the streets of Ramallah in the middle of the afternoon. Read more about Palestinians reclaim streets despite PA police repression
7 July 2012
Many Palestinians and external experts say the developments inside the PA and its security services are worrying. Read more about Repressive PA police trained, equipped by Western donors