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Israel raids Birzeit University, arrests students
Israeli forces stormed the Birzeit University campus in the occupied West Bank disguised as Palestinians on Tuesday, and abducted three students. “The kidnappers entered the campus breaking the university’s main….
‘Endless Trip to Hell’: Israel Jails Hundreds of Palestinian Boys a Year. These Are Their Testimonies
They’re seized in the dead of night, blindfolded and cuffed, abused and manipulated to confess to crimes they didn’t commit. Every year Israel arrests almost 1,000 Palestinian youngsters, some of them not yet 13
Brown University Passes Student BDS Vote
Dear Brown University Community, It is with immense honor and excitement that we announce the successful passing of the Brown Divest referendum today on March 21st, 2019. The referendum passed….
Israel demolishes school building in Shufat refugee camp
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli bulldozers demolished an under-construction building belonging to a Palestinian school in the Shufat refugee camp of occupied East Jerusalem, on Tuesday. Dozens of Israeli soldiers escorted….
Dr Tarek Loubani, medic shot in Gaza, addresses UN Human Rights Council
At the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva today, emergency physician Dr Tarek Loubani addressed assembled states to share his testimony of being shot through the legs while providing medical care to wounded protesters taking part in the “Great March of Return” demonstrations. His testimony came as states discussed the full, 252-page report of the UN Commission of Inquiry established in May 2018 to investigate violations of international law in the context of the protests.
Dr Loubani’s case is highlighted in the report as a case of an attack on health workers, amid the Commission’s finding that it had “reasonable grounds to believe that Israeli snipers intentionally shot health workers, despite seeing that they were clearly marked as such.”
Dr Loubani’s statement to the Council is below, and the video can be viewed here (at 29m45s).
Ilhan Omar Exposes US Hegemonic Positioning and Takes on Both Political Parties
Somali-American Ilhan Omar is a member of the US House of Representatives from Minnesota’s 5th district. Elected to the United States Congress in November 2018, Omar is a critical and….
Pitzer College Council Approves Resolution Suspending Study Abroad Program with the University of Haifa
On Monday March 14th, 2019, Pitzer College Council voted to conditionally suspend Pitzer College’s exchange program with the University of Haifa. This is a historic vote, as it makes Pitzer….
Do No Harm! Palestinian Call for Ethical Tourism/Pilgrimage
Palestinian civil society calls on all international visitors, especially pilgrims, and people of conscience to do no harm to our nonviolent struggle for our rights under international law by respecting our ethical tourism guidelines.
‘I Feel Exploited’: African, Asian Students at Tel Aviv University Put to Work on Farms for Degree
Students in a 15-month degree program were required to work for at least 12 hours at jobs that contributed nothing to their professional knowledge, with only one month devoted to studies at the university