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"We won't be silenced," say students arrested over Peres boycott call
January 24, 2012 - 1:40pmYara Sa'di The Electronic Intifada
Three Palestinian students at the College of Engineering in Jerusalem have been put under house arrest for a week after calling for a boycott of a speech by Israeli President Shimon Peres.
Judge dismisses claims of "anti-Semitic climate" at UC Berkeley
January 6, 2012 - 12:27pmDalia Almarina The Electronic Intifada Berkeley
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.
Interview: "Everyone can help Welcome to Palestine 2012"
December 19, 2011 - 2:57pmAdri Nieuwhof The Electronic Intifada
Large numbers of international activists plan to Tel Aviv as part of the Welcome to Palestine 2012 initiative to assert the right of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank to receive visitors.
West Bank village steps up protests against Israel's theft of land
December 12, 2011 - 5:26pmBen Lorber The Electronic Intifada
Palestinians in the northern West Bank village of Kufr Qaddoum have been holding regular protests against the Israeli occupation and settlement encroachment.
Former prisoner, PFLP leader: hunger strike "made revolution in the prisons"
December 6, 2011 - 8:21pmBen Lorber The Electronic Intifada Hebron
Abdel-Alim Da’na, a leader of the PFLP and a professor at Palestine Polytechnic University in Hebron, speaks to Ben Lorber about his experience in Israel’s prisons.
South African activist: "Palestine casts light on our own history"
December 5, 2011 - 5:38pmAdri Nieuwhof The Electronic Intifada South Africa
A South African activist working for the global boycott movement against Israeli apartheid connects the ongoing anti-colonialist struggles from Johannesburg to Palestine.
Boycott Israel campaign grows among UK unions, despite Zionist backlash
November 29, 2011 - 4:35pmAsa Winstanley The Electronic Intifada London
So many UK trade unions have now passed motions in support of the Palestinian boycott, divestment and sanctions movement that even the often conservative Trades Union Congress has been compelled to change policy.
Attempts to break Gaza blockade won't stop, vows Freedom Waves activist
November 28, 2011 - 1:19pmMichelle Gyeney The Electronic Intifada
As the Australian delegate on the Tahrir boat with the recent Freedom Waves initiative, Michael Coleman recently confronted all of the barriers that the government of Israel could muster.
Interview: Why is concert promoter suing Lebanon boycott activists?
November 18, 2011 - 11:30amMaureen Clare Murphy The Electronic Intifada
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.
Israel arrests "Freedom Riders" challenging apartheid road system
November 15, 2011 - 3:02pmJillian Kestler-D'Amours The Electronic Intifada Jerusalem
Several activists were arrested by Israeli forces today while attempting to ride segregated buses serving illegal Israeli settlements.
Activists in Israel arrested for calling for release of prisoners
October 29, 2011 - 7:45pmBudour Youssef Hassan and Michael Treiger The Electronic Intifada
Israeli police arrested 16 activists at a protest at HaSharon prison calling for the release of Palestinian political prisoners
Despite attacks, national conference unites Students for Justice in Palestine
October 21, 2011 - 5:34pmAlex Kane The Electronic Intifada New York City
Hundreds of student activists from dozens of colleges and universities across the US are expanding the grassroots movements for Palestine solidarity activism despite aggressive smear campaigns by pro-Israel groups.
"Our identity is under attack;" Palestinian youth activist interviewed
October 5, 2011 - 12:08pmAdri Nieuwhof The Electronic Intifada
Sawsan Khalife’ is a young woman activist and a Palestinian citizen of Israel. The daily discrimination she encounters in Jerusalem and the tragic killing by Israeli forces of a school friend have been determining factors for her work.
