Palestinian family among dozens killed in Israel’s onslaught on Gaza Strip
At least 32 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air strikes on besieged Palestinian territory this week
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Israel is turning Palestinian students into criminals
Israeli authorities have arrested at least 64 Palestinian university students since the start of 2019. That number is only growing.
Israeli Face-recognition Startup Used in East Jerusalem, NBC Investigation Finds
Report confirms past Haaretz findings on AnyVision technology used to track West Bank Palestinians – but if used on Israeli citizens, it could be illegal
WhatsApp Sues an Israeli Tech Firm Whose Spyware Targeted Human-Rights Activists and Journalists
This spring, a team of engineers at WhatsApp detected a series of suspicious calls on the messaging service’s networks, many of them emanating from phone numbers in Sweden, the Netherlands,….
Norway’s capital Oslo is banning Israeli settlement goods and services
October 28, 2019 – In a historic step, Oslo’s newly installed City Council is banning Israeli settlement goods and services from public procurements. The ban on goods from Israel’s illegal….
Israeli artist warned in Germany not to support BDS
A German venue is warning an Israeli-German artist that her upcoming concert in Munich will be canceled if she expresses support for the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement for….
Walid Raad Denied Art Prize for Refusing to Denounce BDS Movement
The German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel has reported that Lebanese-American artist Walid Raad has been denied a prize he was set to receive because he refused to denounce the Boycott, Divestment,….
U.S. Orders Duke and U.N.C. to Recast Tone in Mideast Studies
WASHINGTON — The Education Department has ordered Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to remake the Middle East studies program run jointly by the two….
Another German Court rules in favor of supporters of BDS Movement
On Friday 13 September 2019, the Administrative Court of Cologne (Verwaltungsgericht Köln) instructed the City of Bonn to admit the German-Palestinian Women’s Association to the annual Bonn Culture and Encounter….
Kamila Shamsie stripped of German literary prize over support for BDS
British-Pakistani author tells MEE jury for Nelly Sachs Prize, awarded by city of Dortmund, has ‘bowed to pressure’, after decision to award her prize is reversed