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35 Palestinian Organisations Urge the ICC to Issue a Preventive Statement in Light of High Rise of Israel’s Killings and Punitive Measures against Palestinians
On 23 February 2023, in light of Israel’s recent military attacks and escalation of widespread and systematic violations against the Palestinian people, 35 Palestinian civil society organisations [i] sent a….
Civil Society Organisations Welcome Barcelona’s Suspension of Institutional Relations with Israel
The undersigned 88 Palestinian, regional and international civil society organisations welcome the historic announcement by the Barcelona City Council to suspend all institutional relations with apartheid Israel. On 8 February 2023,….
Bisan Lecture Series – Joel Beinin – Egyptian Popular Culture in Late-Ottoman and Mandate Palestine
The next Bisan Lecture webinar will take place on Wednesday, March 8th at 7pm Palestine time (6pm Central European Time, 12 noon US Eastern time). We will have the pleasure to welcome Prof. Joel Beinin (Stanford) who will speak (in English with simultaneous Arabic translation for those who wish) on Egyptian Popular Culture in Late-Ottoman and Mandate Palestine. You can register for the event on Zoom here.
16-year-old Palestinian boy succumbs to Israeli gunshot wound after 12 days
16-year-old Montaser Mohammad Deeb Shawwa is the 12th Palestinian child killed by Israeli forces in 2023, according to documentation collected by Defense for Children International – Palestine. (Photo: Courtesy of the Shawwa family)
Israeli forces shoot, kill 17-year-old Palestinian boy in Al-Far’a refugee camp
Israeli forces shot and killed 17-year-old Mahmoud Majed Mohammad Ayed on February 14 in Al-Far’a refugee camp, according to documentation collected by DCIP. (Photo: Courtesy of the Ayed family)
Israeli sniper kills 14-year-old Palestinian boy in Jenin
Israeli forces shot and killed 14-year-old Qusai Radwan Yousef Waked on February 12, according to documentation collected by DCIP. (Photo: Courtesy of the Waked family)
Palestinian Scientists Urge EMBO to Relocate Workshops from Apartheid Israel, Including at Site of Tantura Massacre
There is no “serenity and tranquility” atop a massacre’s mass grave.
On the 19th of January 2023 and after finding out that the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) was organizing multiple workshops in Apartheid Israel, Palestine Academy for Science and Technology (PalAST) sent the following letter to the organizing board:
American Bar Association removes IHRA definition from antisemitism resolution
The American Bar Association passed a resolution condemning antisemitism but removed a reference to the controversial IHRA definition from its text.
Biden drops candidate’s nomination to human rights post over Israel remarks
Professor says his selection was dropped for describing Israel as an ‘apartheid state’ and accusing Jeffries of being ‘bought’ by Aipac