With over 600 signatures, UMN Divest referendum may reach ballot
UMN Divest has gathered over the required number of signatures for a divestment referendum to be added to next week’s ballot, despite complaints.
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How the Israeli Army Got a Teen Who Was Shot in the Head to Say He Fell Off a Bike
COGAT chief Yoav Mordechai wants us to believe that friends, relatives, doctors and left-wing activists cooked up a huge lie about Mohammed Tamimi. But he was just telling investigators what they wanted to hear
Joint Open Letter to the High Commissioner for Human Rights
On 22 February 2018, 33 international, regional and Palestinian organisations sent a letter to the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein, welcoming the report of the Office….
Honda event in Israel with Joe Roberts is canceled
Palestinians are welcoming the cancellation of a racing event sponsored by Honda in Israel. The event, due to feature rising US motorcycle racing star Joe Roberts, had been condemned by….
South Africa to cut diplomatic ties with Israel
South Africa has been a staunch ally of the Palestinian struggle and regularly spoken out against the atrocities committed by the Israeli government
Israel propaganda festival canceled at French university
Activists are celebrating a victory for Palestinian rights after a festival to promote Israel was canceled at the University of Lille in northern France last week. Meanwhile, the French government….
New York bookseller bowed to Israel supporters after violent threats
A New York City bookseller faced threats of violence from Israel supporters before it caved in to demands to sign a statement repudiating the nonviolent BDS – boycott, divestment and….
PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi on the Knesset’s extension of Israeli law to academic institutions in the illegal settlements
“We condemn the Israeli Knesset’s vote to extend Israeli law to academic institutions in the illegal settlements and place them under the authority of the Council for Higher Education in….
Over 10 Million Indian Women Demand Freedom For Ahed Tamimi, Endorse BDS
As Ahed Tamimi, a Palestinian teenage girl enduring unjust detention in an Israeli prison, begins trial today, major organizations from the Indian women’s movement, representing over 10 million Indian women, demand her release alongside all Palestinian child prisoners. These organizations have also heeded the Palestinian call to endorse the BDS movement as the most effective form of solidarity with Ahed and other child prisoners.
Israel’s creeping annexation: Knesset votes to extend Israeli law to academic institutions in the West Bank
Law might break agreements Israel has made with the EU to maintain a separation between academic institutions in the West Bank and those in Israel proper