Not a single house has been rebuilt in Gaza since the end of the devastating war 9 months ago, UNRWA reports

Letter to the leading British Jewish organization protesting its denuncation of BDS: “Our relationship to the Palestinian people is the greatest issue the Jewish people and Judaism itself faces in this century. And we are currently making a spectacular mess of it. Your document is just one more example of that.”

Palestinians can always tell their stories better than western journalists, Walaa Ghussein explains. “We’re not less courageous, but a journalist needs to protect himself\herself in order to stay alive to tell the stories of others, and they don’t have that kind of protection.”

Administration after administration, legislator after legislator has gone in a way that “contradicts U.S. interest… international law, human rights, moral values, you name it,” Gideon Levy says. And is all that because of the “corrupting friendship” of the Israel lobby?

London Palestine Action is pressuring Robbie Williams to cancel Tel Aviv performance May 2. The UK pop megastar announced the “Let Me Entertain You” gig days after being named UNICEF ambassador for its high-profile Children In Danger campaign,

Tzvia Thier, a teacher and school principal, has gone from being a fervent believer in the Zionist dream to wanting equal rights in Israel and Palestine. She tells her life story.

At a time when the New York Times is openly reporting on pro-Israel money in the political process, Ed Schultz has questioned his loyalty to Netanyahu on MSNBC, Chuck Schumer would be risking political peril if he undermines Obama on the historic Iran deal.

The UN Relief and Works Agency sent along this first picture of escapees from Yarmouk…

A Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli forces on Friday at the funeral for his cousin in the town of Beit Ummar near Hebron. Ziyad ‘Awad, 27, was killed by Israeli forces and thirteen others injured when soldiers opened fire on mourners at the funeral of Ja‘afar ‘Awad, 22, who died at 2:45 a.m. Friday morning from health complications following long imprisonment by Israel.

Israeli massacres foster anti-semitic violence in Europe, Norman Finkelstein says. And when Netanyahu claims to represent all Jews, and “Muslim youths take him at his word, and they exact revenge on those whom he claims to represent, it might not be right, but it’s not surprising either.”