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ACLU files lawsuit against state of Kansas over bill against Israel boycotts
‘The state should not be telling people what causes they can or can’t support,’ said a teacher rendered unemployable by the bill on whose behalf the lawsuit has been filed
The Occupied Territories Are the Biggest Prison on Earth
Fifty years after the Six-Day War, the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip shows no end in sight. Acclaimed historian Ilan Pappé provides a comprehensive and damning account of the occupation in his new book, The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories, based on groundbreaking archival research and eyewitness accounts.
In this Truthout interview, Ilan Pappé, author of The Biggest Prison on Earth, argues that Israel’s model for the occupied territories is not an eventual two-state solution. Rather, Israel has built a model of a permanent open-air prison for Gaza and the West Bank.
Cornell University : Professor Has No Regrets After Controversial Chant
“I never assume that most people share my politics,” Prof. Russell Rickford, history, told The Sun. Activist and scholar of black American history, Rickford joined Black Lives Matter in Ithaca….
Israeli anti-Zionist expelled from Labour amid anti-Semitism smear
A renowned Israeli anti-Zionist was expelled from Labour on Tuesday, as the party bureaucracy falsely accused him of anti-Semitism. Retired philosophy professor Moshé Machover told The Electronic Intifada that the….
Award-Winning Filmmaker Ken Loach Donates Film Screening Proceeds to BDS Movement
Award-winning British filmmaker Ken Loach has donated all proceeds from screenings of his latest film in Israeli venues to the BDS movement as a gesture of support for the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice and equality.
‘Where there is a wall there are holes’: Issa Amro’s non-violence and Israel’s injustice
Some encounters, however brief, remain unforgettable. My meeting with the Palestinian non-violent activist Issa Amro in June 2016 was one of those. It was the end of a long day….
Checking settlement exports “impossible,” EU admits
The European Union has admitted that it cannot monitor whether producers working from Israel’s settlements in the occupied West Bank are fraudulently taking advantage of trade privileges. Since 2000, the….
UN Takes First Concrete Step To Hold Israel Accountable For Violating Palestinian Human Rights
September 27, 2017 — Today’s media reports revealed that the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights began sending letters two weeks ago to 150 companies in Israel and around the….
BREAKING NEWS: UN sent warns 150 companies against doing business in Israeli settlements
Israeli officials say some of the companies responded to the UN human rights commissioner by saying they won’t renew their contracts in Israel