Category Archives: Occupation

UC Berkeley student president announces he will not veto divestment bill

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Annie Robbins and Adam Horowitz

UC Berkeley student president Connor Landgraf has announced that he will not veto the divestment bill that bill passed last week that divests ASUC funds from companies affiliated with the Israeli military and encourages the UC system to do the same.

Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Occupation, US Politics | 13 Comments

State Dept human rights report on Israel: ‘most significant human rights problems during the year were terrorist attacks against civilians; institutional and societal discrimination against Arab citizens’

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Adam Horowitz

Last Friday the U.S. State Department released its Country Reports for Human Rights Practices, including one for Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, Settlers/Colonists, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 15 Comments

Updated: Refusing exile: Palestinian prisoner Samer Al-Issawi ending hunger strike in ‘victory’ deal

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Annie Robbins

After refusing food for more than 265 days legendary Palestinian Hunger Striker Samer Al-Issawi has struck a deal with Israeli military prosecutors described by his lawyer, Jawad Bulous, as “a big victory for Samer.”

Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation | 8 Comments

‘Arabs, I hate Arabs!’–Independence Day and just another day in Jerusalem

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Allison Deger

Allison Deger writes from Jerusalem about a racist encounter she had on Yom Haatzmaut, and the tension that is seen everyday in interpersonal interactions across the city.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Occupation, On the ground reports | Tagged | 57 Comments

Israeli settlers take over church in Christian village near Ramallah

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Kate

Land, property theft & destruction / Judaization / Ethnic cleansing / Restriction of movement Settlers raise Israeli flag over West Bank church RAMALLAH (Ma‘an) 19 Apr — Israeli settlers on Friday took over a monastery in a village near Ramallah … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Occupation, Today in Palestine | 7 Comments

Palestine and the Left

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Jacobin Magazine

Read the introduction to Jacobin magazine’s special section on Palestine and the Left.

Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Occupation, One state/Two states, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 17 Comments

Johannesburg demo against Israeli Independence Day ends in violence

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Annie Robbins

BDS South Africa says that several demonstrators against Israeli birthday celebration in Johannesburg were attacked by supporters of Israel, and one suffered a concussion

Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Nakba, Occupation | 20 Comments

Entering Gaza by ‘subway’

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Miko Peled

Miko Peled describes entering Gaza by tunnel.

Posted in Activism, Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Occupation, On the ground reports | 17 Comments

In photos: Palestinian Prisoners’ Day in Gaza

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Joe Catron
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Thousands demonstrated in Gaza this morning, marching and rallying to mark the fortieth Palestinian Prisoners’ Day.

Posted in Activism, Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Occupation | 1 Comment

UNICEF stifles its own report on Palestinian children in Israeli detention

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Annie Robbins

The Australian reports on a bizarre press conference that took place in Jerusalem about the findings of UNICEF’s report. The press conference was greeted enthusiastically by journalists but the manner in which it was conducted indicates a fix was on to stifle the truth of the report.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation | 11 Comments

A plastic stomach fights the battle of empty stomach

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Orouba Ayyoub Othman

His body is fraught with countless bullets, his heart beats to sound an alarm for his exceptionally grave health condition, and his plastic stomach starves for the sake of Palestine’s dignity. Sitting in his wheelchair and desiring life, Palestinian detainee Mansoor Mowqeda from Salfit has fought in the battle of empty stomachs since April 1, 2013, hoping to change the bitter reality healthy people cannot.

Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, Occupation | 3 Comments

Exile and the Prophetic: Judith Butler’s Israel

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Marc H. Ellis

Contemporary formations of Zionism cannot accomplish this task. Butler believes a Jew “cannot be a Zionist and struggle for a just end to colonial subjugation.” From here she is off and running. The question is to where?

Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation | 8 Comments

Al Haq: Palestinian prisoners subjected to war crime of deportation

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Adam Horowitz

Al Haq: As Palestinians mark an emotional Prisoner’s Day, the Israeli authorities are currently coercing Samer al-‘Issawi to accept a deal that would see him deported to a United Nations (UN) Member State in exchange for ending his hunger strike. Samer has repeatedly refused to accept any such deal, which constitutes a grave breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention and therefore qualifies as one of the most serious war crimes. As an organisation dedicated to the promotion and protection of Palestinian human rights, Al-Haq would like to take the opportunity of Palestinian Prisoners’ Day to condemn, in the strongest terms, Israel’s repeated use of deportation rather than addressing the legitimate concerns of Palestinian prisoners.

Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation | 12 Comments

Prisoners’ Day: Palestine remembers loved ones in the Israeli gulag

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Center for Political and Development Studies, Palestine
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April 17 is Palestinian Prisoners’ Day. The Center for Political and Development Studies explains the day is about “expressing the continuity of struggle to liberate detainees in the occupation jails. It’s a day of freedom. A day of refusing injustice, chains, and the dominance of occupiers over their life and dignity.”

Posted in Activism, Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Occupation | 5 Comments

Israeli reporter seeking birthday wishes for his country in NY gets comments about Palestinians and media brainwashing

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Philip Weiss

Man on the street interviews in the US on Israel’s birthday by Israeli TV reporter elicits comment about Jews controlling the media and influencing Americans to believe in Israeli struggle

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Occupation, US Politics | 19 Comments

10 takeaways from the Boston University Right of Return conference

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Elisha Baskin

Insights, takeaways and powerful points made by the speakers and presenters at the Right of Return conference held April 6 & 7 2013 at Boston University Law School.

Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Nakba, Occupation | 31 Comments

Israeli military refuses to investigate deadly Gaza strike that killed 12 civilians

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Alex Kane

The Israeli attack on the al-Dalou family home killed 12 people, and instantly became a grim symbol of Israel’s Operation Pillar of Defense. But the Israeli military will not open a criminal investigation, according to a report in Haaretz. The decision to not open an investigation comes despite the fact that Israel repeatedly changed its story on who they were targeting in the strike.

Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation | Tagged | 15 Comments

Exile and the Prophetic: Throwing stones

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Marc H. Ellis

What a Jewish world we live in. Soon we will celebrate the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising – it was during Passover no less – and the debate is about the right of Palestinians to resist Israeli occupation – with stones?

Posted in Features, Israel/Palestine, Occupation, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 13 Comments

‘Obies’ urge Ben & Jerry’s to end complicity with occupation

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Adam Horowitz

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 | 10 Comments

Palestinian cartoonist Mohammad Saba’aneh sentenced to 5 months in prison

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Annie Robbins

Mohammad Saba’aneh, the acclaimed Palestinian Cartoonist who was detained February 16th at the Allenby Bridge checkpoint, was sentenced by the Israeli Salem Military Court on April 4th to 5 months in an Israeli prison for “contact with a hostile organization”.

Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation | Tagged | 25 Comments

Obama’s speech in Israel and the realities on the ground for Palestinians living near settlements

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Katie Miranda

A cartoon illustrating one line from President Obama’s recent speech to Israeli students.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Occupation, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 12 Comments

Forget SodaStream, help Palestinian workers by boycotting settlements and ending the occupation

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Pamela Olson

I’ve heard this already a couple times on my book tour: “Hey, we shouldn’t boycott settlement goods. It’ll hurt job prospects for Palestinians!” An excellent article in the Electronic Intifada picked up this theme and thoroughly demolished this ridiculous argument.

Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Occupation | 28 Comments

Call to Action: Join Addameer’s global end administrative detention campaign

Posted on April 10, 2013 by International Solidarity Movement

Addameer calls on activists and people of conscience to stand in solidarity with all political prisoners and join Addameer Prisoners’ Support and Human Rights Organization’s upcoming global campaign against administrative detention.

Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, Occupation | 5 Comments

What we talk about when we talk about violent resistance–a funeral in Hebron and the 21-gun salute

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Allison Deger

The contradiction between the presentation of force and a policy against it was no clearer than last week at the Hebron funeral of Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh, a Palestinian prisoner who died of cancer while in Israeli detention.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Occupation, On the ground reports | 55 Comments

Former Palestinian hunger striker Thaer Halahleh re-arrested by Israeli military forces

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Annie Robbins

This morning, Israeli forces abducted 33 year old former Palestinian Hunger Striker Thaer Halahleh for the 8th time. He is being held without charge. Thus far Halahleh has never been charged with a crime, he is being imprisoned by Israel … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation | 3 Comments