Brown University Passes Student BDS Vote
Dear Brown University Community, It is with immense honor and excitement that we announce the successful passing of the Brown Divest referendum today on March 21st, 2019. The referendum passed….
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Israel demolishes school building in Shufat refugee camp
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli bulldozers demolished an under-construction building belonging to a Palestinian school in the Shufat refugee camp of occupied East Jerusalem, on Tuesday. Dozens of Israeli soldiers escorted….
‘I Feel Exploited’: African, Asian Students at Tel Aviv University Put to Work on Farms for Degree
Students in a 15-month degree program were required to work for at least 12 hours at jobs that contributed nothing to their professional knowledge, with only one month devoted to studies at the university
For Six Months, These Palestinian Villages Had Running Water. Israel Put a Stop to It
For six months, Palestinian villagers living on West Bank land that Israel deems a closed firing range saw their dream of running water come true. Then the Civil Administration put an end to it
Students say Manchester university complicit in murder of Palestinians
Students at the University of Manchester in the UK on Wednesday crashed a board meeting to demand governors divest from Caterpillar, a company involved in Israeli war crimes against Palestinians…..
Dutch-Palestinian Sues Benny Gantz in Hague for War Crimes in 2014 Gaza Operation
In civil suit before Dutch district court, complainant blames the former IDF chief and then-air force commander of killing six family members in bombardment of their Gaza house
Netanyahu ends mandate for international observers presence in Hebron
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to allow international observers to continue their mission in Hebron, where they have been present since a spike in Israeli-Palestinian tensions in the 1990s…..
Palestinian genetics doctor wins medical research award in Switzerland
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Lina Osama Quteineh, a doctor in genetics from occupied East Jerusalem, won the second prize in Switzerland for best published research in organ transplant in 2018. In….
Palestinian Is Shot in the Head by Israeli Police on His Way to School, and Lives to Tell the Tale
Somehow, 16-year-old Fawaz Abed wasn’t killed. Border Police shot him in the head at short range near his home in El Bireh, and may also have kicked him, eyewitnesses say. Emergency surgery saved his life
Israel Said a Palestinian Was Killed in Clashes. A Video Shows He Was Shot in the Back
While the army says Mohammad Khossam Khabali was shot during violent clashes, video shows him walking with friends on a main street