Home Office stopped author from speaking at UK festival, says publisher
Visa refusals mean Palestinian Nayrouz Qarmout unlikely to get to Edinburgh book festival
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Israel destroys Gaza cultural center
Israel bombed and destroyed a building housing a cultural center in Gaza City before reportedly agreeing to a ceasefire with Hamas late Thursday. The obliteration of the building in the….
Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour sentenced to 5 months in Israeli jail: Take action for freedom
Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour was sentenced to five months in Israeli prison on 31 July 2018, the culmination of a nearly three-year saga of imprisonment and house arrest following the….
Israeli University Heads Challenge Decision to Open Med School in West Bank Settlement
University heads claim the move to open the school at the Ariel University was a ‘diktat by politicians’ that will pave the way for governmental interference in the educational system
Palestinian Teen Ahed Tamimi, Jailed for Assaulting Israeli Soldier, Released
Tamimi, 17, spent eight months in prison. ‘Resistance will continue until occupation ends,’ she says on release ■ PA President Abbas calls Tamimi ‘role model for Palestinian struggle for liberty’
PayPal censors journalists who criticize Israel
An operative of Israel’s global censorship campaign has admitted to exaggerating claims of anti-Semitism in order to engineer crackdowns on supporters of Palestinian rights. In the latest instance, Benjamin Weinthal….
Shin Bet Breaches Top Court Ruling in Grilling of Left-wing Activist
The security service didn’t inform Daniel Kronberg of the group Ta’ayush that he wasn’t required to show up, while one critic says it’s ‘forbidden for the Shin Bet to function as a thought police’
Member of PLO denounces Israeli closure of Hind Al-Husseini College in East Jerusalem
RAMALLAH, July 14, 2018 (WAFA) – Member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and president of the Arab American University, Ali Abu Zuhri, Saturday denounced the Israeli closure of Hind….
EU Blasts Israeli Minister: You Feed Disinformation and Mix BDS, Terror
The EU’s Federica Mogherini penned a sharp-worded letter to Israel’s Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, accusing him of making ‘unfounded and unacceptable’ allegations that the organization supports terror
2018 Lawrence Bragg Medal and Prize
Professor Bobby Acharya is awarded the 2018 Lawrence Bragg Medal and Prize in particular for his teaching and training in Palestine, more precisely at Birzeit University.