Professor David Miller fired after Israel lobby smear campaign
The University of Bristol has fired Professor David Miller, a leading UK critic of Israel and its lobby. After a years-long campaign of smears by that same lobby, the university….
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Israeli Diplomat Pressured UNC to Remove Teacher Who Criticized Israel
An Israeli consul general baselessly accused a graduate student of antisemitism and said she shouldn’t teach a course on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
UK Labour Party votes for motion calling Israel an apartheid state
The UK Labour Party Conference has today voted in favour of a motion to identify Israel as a state practicing the crime of apartheid, making it the first major political….
Legal victory against the European Commission paves the way to stop trade with illegal settlements
On 8 September 2021 the European Commission registered a European Citizens Initiative (ECI) that calls to end trade with illegal settlements in occupied territories such as Palestine and Western Sahara…..
Textbook hypocrisy: EU’s new low point on Palestine
Unlike the US-funded study, which compared both Israeli and Palestinian textbooks (and found broadly similar levels of bias on both sides), the EU set out to examine schoolbooks on the Palestinian side only.
Times 100 Most Influential People of 2021 : Muna El-Kurd and Mohammed El-Kurd
Through online posts and media appearances, sibling activists Mohammed and Muna El-Kurd provided the world with a window into living under occupation in East Jerusalem this spring—helping to prompt an international….
Palestine: First woman elected as head of Engineers Association
Nadia Habash has been celebrated for preserving historical buildings and was named among the 50 most influential architects in the Middle East
The Palestinian Authority Is Quashing Legal Protests – Again
The arrests of nearly 30 people protesting the killing of anti-PA activist show that the PA is hewing to its tactics of suppression and refusing to take steps to address crimes committed by its security apparatus
Manchester University puts Palestinian solidarity statement back in gallery
The University of Manchester has reversed a decision to remove a statement of solidarity with Palestine’s “liberation struggle” from an exhibition of works by a human rights investigations agency. Alistair….
Senior Israeli Official’s Appointment Approved Despite Demolition Order for His Settlement Home
Attorney General Mendelblit argues the demolition order does not violate the integrity of the new Interior Ministry director-general