Death of an Abbas Opponent in Palestinian Detention Stokes Revulsion Toward His Rule
The Palestinian Authority and its security agencies aren’t capable of repairing their contemptuous and alienated approach to their own people
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CPS | The Israeli academy and the Palestinian struggle
Subject: CPS | The Israeli academy and the Palestinian struggle Description: Accounts of recent events on university campuses For eleven days in May 2021, the world watched in horror as….
CUNY Union Passes Resolution Demanding End to All U.S. Aid to Israel
Rank-and-file activists in CUNY’s faculty and staff union fought against bureaucratic machinations to pass a resolution calling for internal discussions of BDS and demanding that Joe Biden end all aid to Israel and other countries participating in human rights violations.
Ireland condemns Israel’s ‘de facto annexation’ of Palestine
After the recent bombardment of Gaza, the Irish parliament passes a motion condemning Israel’s ‘de facto annexation’ of Palestinian land.
Israeli Airstrike Cripples Gaza’s Only COVID Center
Vaccination of 3,000 people a day grinds down; 17 hospitals, clinics reportedly damaged by Israeli strikes
He told his terrified daughters not to be scared. Then an airstrike killed him
Ahmed al-Mansi, who had a YouTube channel with his daughters, died in an airstrike at the weekend
Gaza Lives Erased: Israel Is Wiping Out Entire Families on Purpose
The numerous incidents of killing entire families in Israeli bombings in Gaza – Parents and children, babies, grandparents, siblings – attest that these were not mistakes. The bombings follow a decision from higher up, backed by the approval of military jurists
EU Court Sides With European Citizens in Settlement Trade Case
Ivar Ekeland, President of AURDIP, declared: “The case in question is emblematic of the hostility of governments to citizen initiatives. A group of EU citizens called on the European Commission to pas a law banning commerce with Israeli settlements. The Commission used a specious argument to declare the initiative inadmissible. Once more this shows the extent to which our governments are cut off from the wishes of their populations and dominated by political and industrial lobbies. This growing disconnect can only lead to political upheaval.”
The president of AFPS taken in custody: he must be released immediately
The AURDIP stands together with Bertrand Heilbronn, President of the Association France-Palestine Solidarité (AFPS), and with all those who went to the demonstration today. It was scheduled for 4pm, but the decision to forbid it was notified only at 1pm, when most of the participants were already on the way. Moreover, no incident of any kind occured during the standoff with the police. But when it comes to suppressing expressions of solidarity with the Palestinian people, no holds are barred. In that case, as in so many others, our government meets legitimate demands, grounded in law and simple decency, with repression. What is happening now in Jerusalem, Gaza or Lod is the outcome of years of military occupation and apartheid, and by pretending to ignore that reality our government just makes the situation worse. The AURDIP will keep demanding the implementation of international law in Palestine, the end of colonization and the murderous blockade of Gaza. We will participate in all actions organized towards that end and we demand the immediate release of Bertrand Heilbronn.
The French Association of Academics for the Respect of International Law in Palestine (AURDIP)
Al-Aqsa Mosque: Israeli forces attack Palestinian worshippers leaving dozens injured
The unprecedented violent crackdown at one of the holiest sites in Islam during Ramadan has drawn strong widespread condemnation