Hamas-Fatah feud stalls Gaza higher education
Ahmad Abu Hasira has decided against joining his two older siblings at Gaza’s Al-Aqsa University, one of the biggest publicly funded Palestinian higher education facilities. Abu Hasira, 18, was about….
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Palestinian astrophysicist Imad Barghouthi sentenced to 7 months imprisonment
Dr. Imad Barghouthi, professor at Al-Quds University in Abu Dis, was sentenced to seven months in Israeli prison at the Ofer military court on Sunday, 9 October. Barghouthi was sentenced….
Smear tactics targeting Palestine activists get personal
Palestine solidarity activists in Indiana are being subjected to a new kind of online harassment. Beginning in March, about two dozen websites emerged targeting at least three organizers for Students….
Over 1,000 faculty members sign statement condemning ‘Canary Mission’ blacklist
Over the past few years, as support for Palestinian rights has grown across the United States, student members of SJP chapters nationally have been facing intense online harassment for speaking….
Colloque de CVPR PO au Sénat: « Cent ans après les accords Sykes-Picot » « L’Orient arabe trahi »
Le CVPR PO (Comité de Vigilance pour une Paix Réelle au Proche Orient), en partenariat avec le site ORIENT XXI, organise un colloque, à l’occasion du centième anniversaire du “soulèvement….
VICTORY : UC Berkeley Reinstates Course on Palestine
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September 19, 2016
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Before firing at a Palestinian, the Israeli sniper asked: Where do you want to be shot?
Four rounds of sniper fire hit Mohammed Amassi, a young Palestinian baker standing on the roof of his home in the Al-Fawwar refugee camp. As he tries now to recover from his wounds, he still remembers the mocking words of the soldier who shot him.
Israel linked to suspension of Palestine course at UC Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley – an institution synonymous with free speech protests in the 1960s – has shut down a student-led course on Palestine. The censorship is one of….
Birzeit University Condemns Denial of Entry to UK Academic
Birzeit University condemns in the strongest possible terms the denial of entry to Dr. Adam Hanieh, who was invited by the Ph.D. Program in the Social Sciences at Birzeit University….
Suspension of controversial Palestine class at UC Berkeley sparks debate
The university argued that the course, which studied Palestine ‘through the lens of settler colonialism’, was anti-Israel and antisemitic