Not many of us have heard of #Ihbid194 prior to April this year. And no one thought that a simple act of mobilization on social media by a small group of Palestinian youth would turn […]
Germany has banned Palestinian writer and journalist Khalid Barakat and his wife Charlotte Keats from attending pro-Palestine events for their support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Barakat has lived in the German […]
Protesters will target Puma stores on Saturday, urging the sportswear brand to end its deal with Israel’s football association, Palestinian activists said on Saturday. Protesters argue that Puma’s decision to become the main sponsor of the Israel Football […]
“Until the lion learns how to write, every story will glorify the hunter” is a popular adage within the African decolonial literary movement, and according to Palestinian author, Ramzy Baroud, it accurately describes how the […]
Last week members of Quebec Movement for Peace disrupted a speech by Irwin Cotler on “Canada as a Human Rights leader” (at the last-minute ‘deputy’ foreign minister, Rob Oliphant, canceled his participation). With “Free Palestine” […]
People in 30 countries around the world have organized demonstrations to mark Al-Quds Day, the last Friday of each Ramadan. #Kenya marches for #Palestine#QudsDay#FreePalestine Posted by Romana Rubeo on Friday, May 31, 2019 Several Palestinian and […]
At a recent Palestine conference in Istanbul, many speakers talked of ‘the Palestinian cause’. Many also spoke of ‘solidarity’ with the Palestinians. What do these words mean? Although I’ve been active in solidarity with the […]
Thousands of people marched through central London on Saturday to mark the seventy-first anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (Catastrophe), which coincides this year with plans for a new deal that will liquidate the Palestinian issue. […]
For over 20 years, Vancouver activists have been picketing the fund-raising galas of the Jewish National Fund JNF and exposing its racist and discriminatory policies. The JNF in Canada, as in many other countries, receives […]
The US has denied entry to the co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, Washington-based advocacy group the Arab American Institute (AAI) said Thursday, Anadolu reports. AAI said Omar Barghouti, a Palestinian activist, was barred […]
South Africa has downgraded its embassy to Israel, the first phase in reducing diplomatic relations between the two countries at the request of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party. In this first phase, […]
British band Slovo who declined offers to play in Israel has released a song highlighting Israeli apartheid and calling for a boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest. The song, which contains the lyric: “I don’t […]
Harvard University’s Undergraduate Council (UC) voted to allocate the Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) $2,050 to host Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) at Sunday’s general meeting. According to student newspaper the Crimson, “The bill to fund IAW passed […]
It has been a long journey, but with your support, it continues to be possible Challenging the skewed and biased corporate media’s coverage of the Israeli occupation, Zionist colonialism and Apartheid in Palestine is not […]
In September 2004, Arun Gandhi’s visit to Palestine revived conversations about the role of nonviolence in the Palestinian liberation struggle. In March 2019 he will return, only this time he will give a lecture at […]
Over eight thousand Palestinians and international visitors from around the globe set off, on Friday morning, to participate in the seventh annual Free Movement Palestine Marathon, in the southern occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem. […]
Twenty-three-year-old American peace activist Rachel Corrie was killed by an Israeli bulldozer that was preparing to demolish a Palestinian home in the Gaza Strip in 2003. Corrie has since become an icon of global solidarity with […]
Democratic representative Rashida Tlaib is backing a pro-Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) move by an American university. The Council of Pitzer College in Southern California voted overwhelmingly to suspend its study abroad program in conjunction […]
Israeli soldiers held a Palestinian journalist and an activist in the al-Shuhada Street in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil), on Wednesday, as they were documenting the soldiers’ violations against Palestinians. Palestinian […]
Three Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) activists have gone to trial Monday in Germany for protesting at an event featuring an Israeli political representative in the capital city of the country. The charges are related […]
Head of the British Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn has called for the UK government to condemn Israel’s killing of Palestinians as well as to freeze arms sales to the occupation state. His remarks came in […]
By Ronnie Barkan, Stavit Sinai & Majed Abusalama We are three human rights activists, two Jewish-Israeli dissidents and a Palestinian survivor of several Israeli onslaughts on Gaza, who will soon be facing trial in Berlin […]
The African National Congress Youth League has affirmed its support for the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Speaking to Middle East Monitor on Monday, the Secretary-General of South Africa’s ruling party, Njabulo Nzuza, stressed that […]
In 1976, the late Shafik al-Hout sat in the living room of a house in Vancouver, Canada with local supporters and passionately tried to mobilize them to be active for Palestine. Give the Palestinian people […]
A legal battle is underway in the US state of Maryland to reverse an anti-Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) legislation denounced as “unconstitutional”. Syed Saqib Ali – a former Maryland state representative – today filed […]
Details of how pro-Israeli lobby groups have fabricated accusations of anti-Semitism on US college campuses in order to incite official crackdowns against Palestine solidarity activism were revealed earlier in the week during a political talk […]
Israel’s top court enables and validates the disposition of Palestinians and the demolition of their homes in the occupied West Bank, a new report has found. According to the report, which was released on Wednesday […]
Ireland has advanced a bill which will prevent the sale of goods from Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. The lower house of the Irish parliament – the Dail – yesterday voted in […]
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said that there is “no place for Israeli athletes in Malaysia,” refusing to issue entry visas for the Israeli swimming team. Mohamad stressed on Thursday that his country would not […]
Israel will deport the Director of Human Rights Watch (HRW)’s regional office, Omar Shakir, refusing a Supreme Court petition. On Thursday the Israeli government submitted its response to a Supreme Court petition previously filed by […]
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