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‘Obies’ urge Ben & Jerry’s to end complicity with occupation
Oberlin Students and Alumni urge Ben & Jerry’s to End Their Complicity in Israel’s Occupation and Illegal Settlements
Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Occupation
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Teachers’ Union of Ireland endorses academic boycott of Israel in unanimous vote
From an Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign press release: At its Annual Congress on Thursday 4th April 2013, the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) became the first academic union in Europe to endorse the Palestinian call for an academic boycott of … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Occupation
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‘Do not stand silent. Do not retreat. Do not back down’: Desmond Tutu and Roger Waters call on UC Riverside to stand behind divestment vote
Tonight the University of California Riverside Associated Students will vote on whether to rescind a March 6th vote in favor of divestment from Caterpillar and Hewlett Packard for their involvement in the Israeli occupation. This move comes after a month of intense pressure from pro-Israel activists and organizations. Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Roger Waters have issued statements in support of the divestment vote.
Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Occupation, US Politics
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New nationwide ad campaign to call for end of US aid to Israel
Tomorrow, American Muslims for Palestine is launching a new nationwide outdoor advertising campaign calling for an end to US aid to Israel.
Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, Occupation, US Politics
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‘They have stones, we need drones’: Israeli activists tell Obama ‘thank you for supporting our Apartheid state’
From the YouTube page: President Obama thank you for supporting and protecting our Apartheid state. And a special thank to the American people for donating over the years more than 230 Billion Dollars of your tax money for enabling our … Continue reading
Day Two of Obama in Israel/Palestine — Obama visits Ramallah and addresses the Israeli people
A rundown of the second day of President Barack Obama’s trip to Israel/Palestine.
Infographic — Obama: Welcome to occupied Jerusalem
In anticipation of President Obama’s arrival today in Jerusalem, the International Campaign to Protect Palestinian Residency in Jerusalem published the following infographic detailing rights violations against Palestinians living in East Jerusalem.
Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, US Politics
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Benjamin Netanyahu vs. The Two-State Solution
Excerpts from the Institute for Middle East Understanding fact sheet “Does Netanyahu Really Support the Two-State Solution?”
Adalah launches comprehensive online ‘Discriminatory Laws Database’ to monitor racist Israeli legislation
Israeli NGO Adalah published online database that “collects text, analyses, and legal action for present and proposed discriminatory laws in Israel and the OPT.”
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government
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On the tenth anniversary of Rachel Corrie’s death her parents urge supporters to take action, change US policy in Israel/Palestine
Ten years ago today American activist Rachel Corrie was killed by an Israeli Caterpillar D9 bulldozer as she tried to protect a Palestinian home from demolition in Rafah, Gaza. Her death, and selfless act of heroism, has galvanized and inspired millions worldwide in the decade since her death. Yesterday, her father Craig Corrie shared a request for President Obama as he heads to Israel/Palestine next week — “ten years on I want answers for my daughter Rachel Corrie.”
New Faces, Same Agenda: Incoming Israeli government will intensify push to colonize the West Bank
Benjamin Netanyahu has finally put the finishing touches on the new Israeli government as President Obama prepares to visit to Israel/Palestine next week. Although there are some new faces and parties in the ruling bloc, the situation on the ground will look like more of the same for Palestinians. In fact, all signs indicate the settler movement are the big winners in the new government.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, Settlers/Colonists
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NYC coalition calls on elected officials to stop fueling Islamophobia and suppressing criticism of Israel
A historic coalition of LGBT, Muslim, Jewish, Arab, Iranian, South Asian and university groups today delivered a letter to New York City elected officials, calling on them to stop impeding their constituents’ free speech on Israel’s apartheid policies, the “Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions” (BDS) movement and the movement against Israeli government “pinkwashing.”
UN report finds errant Palestinian fire responsible for child’s death during Gaza fighting, but parent and human rights group maintains Israel is responsible
The U.N. Human Rights Council has issued a report on the November 2012 Israeli attack on Gaza. Although the 17-page report excoriates both Israel and Palestinian forces for numerous violations of international law during the fighting, the headline from the report has been a finding that BBC employee Omar al-Masharawi’s 11-month-old son Omar was most likely killed by an errant Palestinian missile rather than Israeli fire. Masharawi’s grieving photo was one of the most indelible images of the fighting and the story behind the photo is becoming another battle over the narrative of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation
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Chuck Hagel meets Ehud Barak (and wants to make sure the Israel lobby knows it)
Haaretz’s Barak Ravid reports on today’s meeting between Chuck Hagel and Ehud Barak. Looks like Israel doesn’t have to worry about the sequester.
Advertising campaigns target AIPAC and US aid to Israel across Washington DC
Two separate advertising blitzes have welcomed the AIPAC conference to Washington, DC. One organized by the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and Visualizing Palestine calls for end to U.S. aid to Israel while highlighting Israeli human rights abuses and the budget tradeoff for U.S. citizens. The second from Jewish Voice for Peace and Avaaz says AIPAC can’t claim to represent the American Jews and push a right-wing agenda not endorsed by the majority of the community.
Shared Values Watch: US honors Rosa Parks, Israel announces segregated buses
This week President Obama dedicated a statue of Rosa Parks in the U.S. Capitol while the Israeli Transportation Ministry initiated plan to create segregated Palestinian-only buses in the occupied territories.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, US Politics
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Handshake on the West Bank lawn (Updated)
A photo taken today in the South Hebron Hills showing the Israeli military cooperating with the radical violent settlers.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation
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Preliminary Arafat Jaradat autopsy report: ‘Reason of Death: nervous shock as a result of extreme pain from the intensity of the injuries described above, which resulted from multiple direct and extensive acts of torture’
Read an unofficial English translation of the preliminary autopsy report on Arafat Jaradat.
Anatomy of a Falsehood: Roger Cohen recycles pro-Israel attack against Omar Barghouti
Roger Cohen has an International Herald Tribune column today titled “Zero Dark Zero” that outlines the dire state of the two-state solution. In the process of making his case Cohen recycles an out-of-context quote from Omar Barghouti that has become popular among Israel supporters looking to smear the BDS movement. Cohen and the ‘New York Times’ are standing by the quote, further discrediting the paper of record when it comes to honestly discerning fact from simple propaganda.
Posted in BDS, Israel/Palestine, Media, US Politics
38 Comments
Latest NBC/WSJ poll shows American sympathies with Israel at lowest point since 1989
The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll is primarily focused on U.S. domestic politics, but contains some interesting numbers pertaining to Israel/Palestine.
State Dept. refuses to accept Palestinian autopsy showing Arafat Jaradat died from Israeli torture
Although the Palestinian Authority has already announced the results of an autopsy showing Arafat Jaradat’s death was the result of torture in an Israeli prison, this is not good enough for the U.S. State Department which refuses to comment until it sees the “Israeli results.”
AIPAC takes on the latest threat to Israel — sequestration
Palestinians aren’t mentioned once in AIPAC’s legislative agenda for its annual policy conference but there is a palpable fear that the aid spigot to Israel is about to turn off, or at least slow down, given the budget face off taking place in Washington.
Israel is Dodge Country
Here’s how U.S. aid to Israel works. The Israeli military is switching from Ford to Dodge trucks.
Existence is Resistance does the Harlem Shake
Harlem Shake videos from New York and Palestine.
Posted in Reports/Video
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Tomorrow: UC San Diego students to vote on endorsing divestment from ‘companies that profit off the military occupation of and violence inflicted upon the Palestinian people’
The UC-San Diego chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine has announced that tomorrow the UC San Diego Associated Students will vote on a resolution calling on the University of California system to divest from “companies that profit off the military occupation of and violence inflicted upon the Palestinian people.”
Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine
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