On Israeli campuses, Palestinian student activists fear for their safety
A spike in harassment and arrests of Palestinian organizers shows that Israeli universities are far from the liberal bastions they profess to be.
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Catalonia recognises Israel ‘committing crime of apartheid’ against Palestinians
Resolution calls on governments of Catalonia and Spain to hold Israel accountable
How an aid worker disrupted Israel’s apartheid routine
On Wednesday afternoon, the Be’er Sheva District Court convicted Mohammed Halabi, a prominent Palestinian humanitarian aid worker, of funneling funds to Hamas while serving as head of the Gaza office….
Exeter College JCR Passes Unprecedented Motion Condemning Israel, Supporting Palestine
Exeter College’s JCR has recently passed an unprecedented motion condemning Israel and resolving to purchase and display a Palestinian flag in the JCR, and has moved to donate funds in….
European Diplomats: Israel Failed to Submit Sufficient Evidence Against Outlawed Palestinian NGOs
The European Commission’s Anti-Fraud Office is not expected to open a probe into the Palestinian groups Israel declared as terrorist orgs, sources say ■ One diplomat says the evidence submitted ‘doesn’t meet the required threshold of proof’
Israeli forces shoot dead 16-year-old Palestinian boy in the back
Ramallah, June 2, 2022—Israeli forces shot and killed a 16-year-old Palestinian boy in the central occupied West Bank today. Odeh Mohammad Odeh Sadaqa was shot with live ammunition in the….
In the firing zone: evictions begin in West Bank villages after court ruling
Palestinians in Masafer Yatta – or Firing Zone 918 to the Israelis – vow to rebuild as homes are bulldozed
US: CUNY’s law faculty becomes latest university department to endorse BDS
Law faculty at the City University of New York agrees to support the boycott of Israel in support of Palestinian rights
Israeli forces use Palestinian girl as a human shield in Jenin
Ramallah, May 19, 2022—Israeli soldiers used a 16-year-old Palestinian girl as a human shield in front of an Israeli military vehicle while deployed in the northern occupied West Bank city….
German court rules in favour of scholar Dr. Anna Younes in digital surveillance case
On 6 May 2022, the Berlin District Court upheld Dr. Younes’ claims and ordered VDK – the German state-funded organisation that legally represents RIAS Berlin and MBR – to give Anna Younes access to data that the two civil society organisations had gathered on her and passed on to others. The information released so far reveals that RIAS and MBR have been collecting people’s personal data based on their “positions on Israel and BDS.”