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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….
Trades Union Congress slams Gaza attack, urges Israel arms embargo
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) passed a statement on Gaza at its annual congress Wednesday, urging the UK government to impose an Israel arms embargo and calling for the suspension….
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.
PACBI Guidelines for the International Academic Boycott of Israel (Revised July 2014)
Being the part of the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) tasked with overseeing the academic and cultural boycott aspects of BDS, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott….
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….
Israeli military demolishes West Bank dairy factory benefitting orphans despite court appeal
When 10-year-old Zahur Said and her friends were on their way to school last Monday, September 1st, Israeli authorities had already been surveying the area for hours. When she returned,….
Salaita speaks out and warns of a ‘Palestinian exception’ to the first amendment and academic freedom
At a press conference yesterday afternoon, Professor Steven Salaita spoke publicly for the first time since the termination of his employment. Nearly one year ago, Professor Steven Salaita accepted an….
TUC reaffirms its commitment to the struggle for a free Palestine
On Wednesday 10th September the TUC overwhelmingly endorsed a statement from its General Council supporting Gaza and justice and freedom for Palestine. The statement calls on the UK government and….