Amman 12 January 2012
The pro-Israel rhetoric of some election hopefuls is so extreme that they make George W. Bush seem reasonable by comparison. Read more about Why is it open season on Palestinians in US presidential race?
Maghazi refugee camp 10 January 2012
Traveling back to Gaza, Fidaa Elaydi finally meets her uncle, who was released from Israeli jail as part of the prisoner swap in October. With his release, and the ability to spend time together, she says it changed the dynamic of her family. Read more about How my uncle in Gaza filled me with hope of return
10 January 2012
US support for Israel, once a carefully nurtured bipartisan consensus, is fast degenerating in the context of the 2012 presidential election into a mud-slinging partisan contest as to which party, in the words of Mitt Romney, who leveled the accusation against Obama, is more guilty of having “thrown Israel under the bus.” Read more about The phony war over which US party loves Israel most
12 January 2012
Nadine Darwish felt a strong urge to do something when she saw Sabra hummus for sale in her school’s cafeteria, knowing Sabra’s mother company gives money to the Israeli army. Read more about I saw Sabra hummus for sale at my high school cafeteria and decided to act
Berkeley 6 January 2012
A lawsuit over anti-Semitism at the University of California Berkley has been dismissed after a judge determined that students alleging a hostile climate on campus failed to support their claims. Read more about Judge dismisses claims of "anti-Semitic climate" at UC Berkeley
5 January 2012
A “terror expert” in the US is trying to entangle an American non-profit organization in a shroud of secretive conspiracy theories intent on branding it a “supporter of terrorism.” Read more about Why is "terror expert" attacking US solidarity groups?
4 January 2012
Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination, and Democracy by Ben White links the struggle of Palestinians within Israel with those in the occupied West Bank and Gaza and the global diaspora. Read more about Delegitimizing discrimination: struggle of Palestinians in Israel focus of new book
9 January 2012
A new book critiques and examines how diaspora Jews articulate solidarity with Palestinians and the Palestine liberation struggle, including the growing boycott movement against Israel. Read more about New book explores Jewish opposition to Israel's occupation
Beit Ommar 5 January 2012
A Palestinian teenager describes the physical and psychological torture he endured while imprisoned in an Israeli jail for throwing stones, and how his chronic illness went untreated in what his family say was a deliberate attempt by the prison authorities as further punishment. Read more about "Sometimes I feel my stomach will explode": Israel subjects teen prisoner to medical negligence
Gaza Strip 3 January 2012
Were 13-year-old Anwar and five-year-old Haneen terrorists? What could possibly explain the Israeli army’s targeting of children during its invasion of Gaza three years ago? Read more about Anwar and Haneen: two beautiful girls murdered by Israel