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"Bureaucratic weapons worse than bombs"
September 1, 2010 - 8:50pmFiras al-Maraghi from the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem has been on hunger strike outside the Israeli embassy in Berlin since 26 July. Al-Maraghi is striking in protest of the Israeli Ministry of Interior's refusal to include his German-born daughter and wife on his Jerusalem residency permit. Bridget Chappell interviews al-Maraghi for The Electronic Intifada.
Church boycott calls ring louder
August 25, 2010 - 1:37pmThe world's churches have long been one of the battlegrounds of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement. With the strengthening of the BDS movement, a number of churches across the globe have seen the boycott of Israeli and Israeli settlement goods hotting up, and recent weeks have witnessed some notable victories.
Global boycott movement claims victories, arrests
August 24, 2010 - 7:09pmPalestinians and solidarity activists claimed a major victory as the Norwegian government divested from two Israeli companies involved in settlement construction. Meanwhile, a Chicago activist was arrested days after charges were dropped against UK activists arrested during a boycott action.
Norwegian gov't pension fund excludes more Israeli companies
August 24, 2010 - 4:09pmThe Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) has divested from two Israeli companies, Africa Israel Investments and Danya Cebus, over their involvement in construction of illegal settlements in the West Bank.
Canadian Boat to Gaza to break siege, overcome "aid traps"
August 23, 2010 - 12:41pmCanadian activists looking to assist in the breaking of the siege of Gaza will launch a Canadian Boat to Gaza this fall. However, this Canadian version of the Freedom Flotilla that seeks to break the siege has a twist.
West Bank boycott campaign impacting settlement economy
August 19, 2010 - 9:13pmGrassroots Palestinian boycott campaigns across the occupied West Bank to take Israeli settlement products off the shelves of local stores have made an impact on the Israeli settlement economy, to the unease of the Israeli government, noted the Israeli daily Haaretz this week.
Turkey must oppose Uribe appointment to flotilla probe
August 18, 2010 - 11:00pmMr. Prime Minister, it is an insult to the memory of those killed in the Israeli massacre against peace activists aboard the Mavi Marmara to have their blood "redeemed" by a man who has a record of violations against human rights and international law.
Chick Corea: don't turn your back on Gaza!
August 18, 2010 - 6:25pmWe are a group of students from Gaza, and our only fault is being Palestinians. For that, Mr. Corea, we are imprisoned with our families and loved ones in what major human rights organizations call the largest open air prison in modern history. The state you are planning to entertain committed a process of ethnic cleansing against the indigenous people in 1948.
UK, Irish artists saluted for principled boycott stance
August 18, 2010 - 4:18pmThe Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) salutes the British dance group Faithless for declining to play in Israel this summer. The cancellation of the group's Israeli gig is the latest in a string of cancellations of performances in Israel by artists and musicians of conscience.
Students, boycott Israel's propagandist youth festival!
August 18, 2010 - 3:53pmOnce again, the Brand-Israel machine is in high gear, this time organizing a million-dollar international youth extravaganza in Eilat in September 2010 called "Funjoya." This unabashed propaganda exercise is sponsored by the Israel Ministry of Tourism and the Israeli Student Union, among other official and semi-official bodies.
Palestine's students call on PLO envoy to boycott South African Zionists
August 11, 2010 - 1:25pmWe address you from occupied Palestine urging you to cancel your participation in an event hosted by the South African Union of Jewish Students entitled "Towards Peace in the Middle East -- The Status of Current Democracy" at the University of the Witwatersrand on Thursday, 12 August 2010.
New guide puts Palestine history, debates in activists' hands
August 9, 2010 - 3:48pmThe Veritas Handbook, published free online this month, seeks to provide a comprehensive, accessible guide to Palestine's history and key issues involved activism. Produced independently by activists and students, the book aims to meet a long neglected need.
Al-Quds University flouts own academic boycott
August 6, 2010 - 4:22pmAl-Quds University is maintaining a joint Israeli-Palestinian master's degree program with Haifa, Hebrew and Tel Aviv universities, despite a decision taken by its own University Council in February 2009 to distance itself from Israeli academic institutions. Jillian Kestler-D'Amours reports for The Electronic Intifada.
Activists work to stop tax-exempt donations to Israeli settlements
July 30, 2010 - 2:48pmAs Israel's illegal settlement enterprise in the occupied West Bank continues to be a strain on US-Israel relations, an unflattering light is being shone on US private donations towards the development of the settlements that are increasingly encroaching on Palestinian land. Alice Speri reports for The Electronic Intifada.
Don't deny our rights: open letter to Mahmoud Abbas
July 29, 2010 - 7:33pmNo Palestinian institution or leader has ever accepted an exclusive Jewish claim to Palestine, which is irreconcilable with the internationally recognized rights of the Palestinian people. Our rights inhere in us as a people; they are not yours to do with as you please.
Victories as N. American boycott movement gains momentum
July 26, 2010 - 4:03pmA food co-operative in Olympia, Washington, voted to become the first grocer in the US to ban Israeli-made items from its shelves. Meanwhile, activists in New York delivered more than 15,000 signatures from petitions and postcards to the TIAA-CREF shareholders' meeting on 20 July.
Women prepared to break the siege of Gaza
July 23, 2010 - 11:12amBEIRUT (IPS) - The Maryam, an all-female Lebanese aid ship, currently docked in the northern Lebanese port of Tripoli, is getting ready to set sail for Gaza in the next few days. The ship, which aims to break Israel's siege on the Palestinian territory, will carry about fifty aid workers, including some US nuns keen to deliver aid to the long-suffering women and children of Gaza.
Johnny Rotten: "Rise" against racism, boycott Israel
July 20, 2010 - 5:36pmThe following letter to British musician John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, who is scheduled to perform in Tel Aviv next month, was issued on 18 July 2010 by the Palestinian Students' Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel (PSCABI) and the University Teachers' Association in Palestine (UTAP).
UC Irvine administrators call to Muslim student group for Palestine protest
July 14, 2010 - 11:00pmIn response to intense political pressure by multiple pro-Zionist organizations, administrators at the University of California, Irvine have recommended suspending Muslim students' right to assemble and practice their faith together on campus. Brian Napoletano reports for The Electronic Intifada.
"Life for Palestinians in Israel is complicated in every respect"
July 12, 2010 - 12:30pmBasma Fahoum -- an activist with the organization Who Profits from the Occupation? -- recently sat with The Electronic Intifada contributor Adri Nieuwhof and discussed what it means to be a Palestinian in Israel and her the ongoing efforts for her community to realize their rights.
