Progressive Jewish groups make New York Times parody issue to protest newspaper’s “biased Israel-Palestine coverage”
EXCLUSIVE: JVP’s satirical publication, handed out on the street and emailed, condemns the Times’ pro-Israel slant
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Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh’s death sentence quashed by Saudi court
Panel of judges downgrades punishment for apostasy conviction to eight years in prison and 800 lashes
Palestinian youths get 15 years in prison for stone throwing they denied
Five Palestinian youths, known as the “Hares boys,” after their home village in the West Bank, have concluded a nearly three-year military trial by agreeing to a plea deal with….
CO’s Tair and Tanya go to prison for refusing to service in the IDF
On Sunday (Jan. 31), at 12:00 noon, Tair Kaminer returns to the IDF Induction Center to reaffirm to officers there her intention to refuse service in the IDF. This is….
Israeli forces storm al-Quds University, seize documents
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Hundreds of Israeli soldiers stormed Abu Dis’ al-Quds Open University early Friday and confiscated equipment and documents belonging to its student union, staff members told Ma’an. Hassan….
170 academics at Italian universities call for boycott of Israeli institutions
Launch of the Stop Technion campaign urges suspension of all academic collaboration with the Haifa-based technical institute Italian initiative part of a growing global trend of scholars taking a stand….
Angoulême Festival of Comics Drops Sodastream
Organizers calling on the Angoulême International Festival of Comics (FIBD) to drop its partnership with the Israeli company Sodastream announced victory today in an email to the signatories of two….
Why Israel’s schools merit a U.S. boycott
At its annual convention this week, the Modern Language Assn., which represents 26,000 language and literature scholars, will become the latest academic body to consider the merits of adopting a….
Birzeit University condemns Israeli ‘military attack’ on campus
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Birzeit University on Monday condemned an Israeli army raid into its campus in Ramallah overnight, during which it said Israeli forces confiscated and damaged university equipment. “Birzeit….
FREE MOHAMMED FAISAL ABUSAKHA, trainer and performer of the Palestinian Circus School
UPDATE December 31, 2015 We are outraged and very sad to inform you all that our friend and colleague Mohammad Abu Sakha was sentenced to six months in administrative detention…..