The right to educate
The 2016-2017 academic year has just started in occupied Palestine, and with it come the hopes and dreams of young students, but also the daily challenges of walking to school….
Source: Mondoweiss
[The War of Ideas in the Middle East->http://mondoweiss.net/] par Philip Weiss et Adam Horowitz.
#PayPal4Palestine campaign urges PayPal to serve Palestinians, not just Israelis
PayPal refuses to do business with Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, but allows Israelis and Israeli settlers to use their digital payment service. After PayPal ignored their….
After Israeli military clears soldiers of killing families in Gaza, Palestinians call on Hague to investigate
Israel’s military cleared soldiers of criminal wrongdoing in alleged human rights violations committed during the 2014 summer war in Gaza, according to [an army report published yesterday PDF]. Investigations closed….
‘Why do you have Arabic in this notebook?’: 17-year-old American student strip searched and interrogated in Ben Gurion airport
I am a 17-year-old American girl. I grew up in a small town in Massachusetts. My mother is from the U.S. and my father is a U.S. citizen born in….
A French, a Palestinian, and a black woman all wade into a pool
Simone Manuel’s gold medal win in the Rio Olympics is no minor feat, and not just in the athletic sense. As Manuel herself acknowledges, her achievement is a slap in….
Obliterated Families: Gaza family submits complaint against French weapons manufacturer for complicity in war crimes
The Shuheibar family, whose story constitutes one of the ten chapters of the upcoming Obliterated Families web documentary, is the plaintiff in a complaint submitted today on their behalf to….
‘Love of country fills his soul’: Daughter of imprisoned Palestinian astrophysicist speaks out on her father’s case
Palestinian astrophysicist Imad Barghouthi, a professor at Al-Quds University, is currently being held in Israeli administrative detention – imprisonment without charge or trial. His three-month sentence is indefinitely renewable on….
Italian students launch the “Studenti Contro Il Technion Campaign” to support BDS
The “Studenti Contro Il Technion” campaign
Feminist Palestinian legislator’s letter from an Israeli jail on International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is celebrated across the globe today, March 8th, and is most commonly associated with advancements for the role of women in the workplace and workers’ rights and….
European legal experts call on EU to stop trading with settlements
The following letter has been sent to all Members of European Parliament, to the office of High Representative Federica Mogherini, and to the office of Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström.