Palestine activism grows at US campuses despite backlash
“There’s really this deliberate attempt … echoing Israeli state policy, to prevent and stifle any kind of dissent and any kind of honest and critical thinking,” says freelance journalist and….
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Solidarity with the Palestinians: drop the charges against Alain Pojolat and all the accused activists
Filmmakers, writers, philosophers, sociologists, academics, artists, musicians and politicians are calling for charges to be dropped against Alain Pojolat and all the activists who are being put on trial for the demonstrations in support of Gaza this summer in Paris, and for the abrogation of the circular Alliot-Marie that criminalizes the boycott of Israel.
Gaza Situation – UNRWA Report
With 241,000 children back in UNRWA schools to continue their education, UNRWA now has a more accurate picture of the impact of the 50-day war on students and their families. Sadly, it has been confirmed that 138 students attending UNRWA schools were killed since 8 July. An additional 814 were injured and 560 have become orphans as a result of the recent hostilities.
Amira Hass banned from a conference at Birzeit University
– AURDIP condemns the exclusion of Amira Hass from a conference at Birzeit University. We recall that the academic boycott is directed against the Israeli government and its institutions, engaged….
Contradicting its own ruling, Israel’s Supreme Court legalizes segregated communities
The Israeli Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed various petitions against the Admissions Committees Law, which allows admissions committees in hundreds of communities in Israel to reject housing applicants based on their “social suitability.”
Israeli drone conference features weapons used to kill Gaza’s children
Less than one month after killing more than 2,100 Palestinians in Gaza, including more than 500 children, Israel is hosting its annual drone conference. Organized in partnership with the US….
Israeli Supreme Court upholds law allowing housing discrimination against Palestinians
Yesterday, Israel’s Supreme Court dismissed a petition by Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel effectually facilitating the Judaization of more Palestinian owned land inside Israel. According….
Israeli government plans to forcibly relocate 12,500 Bedouin
Plans to expel communities from land east of Jerusalem and move them to new town in Jordan Valley were drafted without consulting tribes.
Protest halts Israeli archaeological dig in Hebron
Activists succeeded in temporarily halting Israel’s archeological dig in Hebron’s Tel Rumeida. As in other occupied Palestinian territory, such as East Jerusalem’s City of David, Israel is using archaeology to expand and legitimise settlements in the heart of the West Bank’s largest city.
University of Illinois trustees vote to reject Salaita reinstatement
The University of Illinois Board of Trustees met today to vote on whether or not to reinstate Professor Steven Salaita to his position with the American Indian Studies department at….