The Bisan Lecture Series
We are pleased to announce the launch of The Bisan Lecture Series (BLS) in concert with Scientists for Palestine and the Bisan Center for Research and Development. It will take….
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BRICUP’s letter to Sheffield Hallam University concerning Shahd Abusalama
[BRICUP’s update (29 January 2022): At a meeting yesterday between Shahd Abusalama, and her UCU branch officers, on the one hand, and Sheffield Hallam management and Human Resources, on the other, Shahd’s teaching was restored, and the management undertook that, from now on, it would follow the formally agreed investigatory procedure to the letter.]
Sportswashing is associated with certain countries – why not Israel?
The soft power objective of Israeli sport is for us to focus on a cycling team or a visit by Lionel Messi rather than Palestine
UK Israel lobby takes aim at Palestinian university lecturer
A British university has suspended a Palestinian graduate student from teaching amid a smear campaign by supporters of Israel. Shahd Abusalama, a longtime activist and contributor to The Electronic Intifada,….
There’s a Mass Palestinian Grave at a Popular Israeli Beach, Veterans Confess
The Israeli veterans of the 1948 battle at Tantura village finally come clean about the mass killing of Arabs that took place after the village’s surrender
Statement Al-Haq about funding suspension imposed by the European Commission
December 2021, members of the S&D Group in the European Parliament submitted parliamentary questions about a funding suspension Al-Haq has been subjected to by the European Commission. NGO Monitor, a….
Al-Haq, Addameer and Habitat Send a Joint Submission on Apartheid to the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
In response to a call from the United Nations Special Rapporteur, Mr Michael Lynk, for his final thematic report on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Al-Haq, Addameer, Prisoner Support and Human….
An international forum has shed light on the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip
A forum in the Gaza Strip sheds light on the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip for 15 years
‘I’m not leaving, even if I die’: Sheikh Jarrah family staves off forced expulsion
The Salhiyeh family’s forced eviction by the Jerusalem municipality seemed inevitable, until a desperate last stand saw their expulsion postponed. But the future remains uncertain.
[AURDIP Update on January 19, 2022: Israel Police Arrest Over a Dozen During Sheikh Jarrah Overnight Demolition
After multiple attempts, Israeli police destroyed before dawn on Wednesday the home of a Palestinian family in the sensitive neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, which has become the symbol of the struggle against Israeli colonization in East Jerusalem.]
Israel Holds Up Vital Spare Parts for Gaza’s Water and Sewage Systems
Israel is holding up the entry of hundreds of vital replacement parts for the proper functioning of Gaza’s water and sewage systems. As a result, partially treated wastewater is being….