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
Category: Columns
‘In our teens, we dreamed of making peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Then my friend was shot’
At a summer camp for kids from conflict zones, I met my brave, funny friend Aseel. He was Palestinian. I was Israeli. When he was killed by police, my hope for our future died with him
Joint call by Israeli civil society organizations to donors of designated Palestinian NGOs
In a joint statement published in Haaretz on 5 November 2021, we called on the international community to unequivocally oppose the Israeli government’s designation of six Palestinian civil society organizations….
Al-Haq Condemns Attack by the Israeli Occupying Forces on Birzeit University Students
On Monday afternoon, on 10 January 2022, the Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF) raided Birzeit University campus, north of Ramallah, arresting five students in front of the eastern university entrance. Approximately….
PNGO condemns the Dutch government decision to end funding for UAWC
The Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network (PNGO) unites and represents the leading and oldest NGOs in Palestine. One of PNGO’s respected members is the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC). All….
When Desmond Tutu stood up for the rights of Palestinians, he could not be ignored
After visits to Israel and Palestine, Tutu used his moral authority to speak out and, despite abuse, refused to back down. He wanted liberation for everyone
Academia for Equality: Protesting the denial of entry to foreign academics
To: Honourable Ayelet Shaked, Minister of the Interior Government of the State of Israel Honourable Yair Lapid, Minister of Foreign Affairs Government of the State of Israel Re: Protesting the….
How Israel Expelled Me, a German Ph.D. Student, for Something I Had No Intention of Doing
At Ben-Gurion Airport they yelled at us and threatened us as we were accused of ‘planned participation in human rights demonstrations’ – something that should be allowed in a democratic country anyway
Freeze Israel’s Participation In Horizon Europe, a Group of 60 MEPs Say
A cross-party group of 60 MEPs sent a letter to High Representative of the EU, Joseph Borell, expressing their concerns over formalisation of the Horizon Europe agreement with Israel. Association….
‘I thought I was a free man’: the engineer fighting Texas’s ban on boycotting Israel
Rasmy Hassouna, a Palestinian American, is suing the state over a provision that bans him or his company from protesting Israel or its products