For the second time in 16 months, Israelis arrested a renowned Palestinian astrophysicist, Imad Barghouti. The last time it was because of his Facebook posts, and an international campaign helped to free him over the issue of freedom of expression.

Israeli forces killed two Palestinians, a woman and a minor, Wednesday morning at Qalandia checkpoint in Jerusalem after the female threw knife at border officials, according to a preliminary Israeli police investigation.

Students at the American University of Beirut have been organizing on campus since AUB President Fadlo Khuri canceled the hiring of Professor Steven Salaita based on accusations of ‘procedural irregularities’ during the hiring process. As a #StudentsforSalaita press release explained, “Students are concerned this controversy follows Salaita’s persecution at UIUC, as well as the changing perspectives within the administration on the legitimacy of pro-Palestinian scholars.”

This past week the NYU Graduate Employee Union (GSOC-UAW 2110) and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst Graduate Employee Union (GEO-UAW 2322), both representing 2,000 members each, endorsed by full membership vote the call from all major Palestinian trade unions and civil society groups to impose Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel. These resolutions by aspiring educators of future generations significantly contribute to the already evolving discourse on justice for Palestinians.

Hillary Clinton’s views of Israel are dictated by AIPAC and have nothing to do with the “mythology” of shared values, says Miko Peled; but a grassroots movement of Palestinian solidarity and BDS activists is changing the US conversation and in the end will force politicians to adopt more evenhanded views.

Netanyahu claims that Israeli killings of Palestinians wielding knives are in self-defense and not extrajudicial executions. So why do Israelis treat a knife-wielding Jewish killer so differently?

The Freedom2Boycott in Maryland coalition won a significant victory when the 2016 Maryland legislative session ended April 11 with no anti-boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) bill being introduced into the General Assembly.

Israeli photojournalist Miki Kratsman has documented the effects of Israel’s brutal occupation on Palestinian life for over three decades. Since 2011, he has uploaded over 6000 facial portraits to his ‘People I Met’ Facebook page. Taken over decades from all over Gaza and the West Bank, the faces are uploaded with just the date, location and Kratsman’s simple question: “What happened to the people in the photographs?”

The New York Times says that Dima al-Wawi, a 12-year-old Palestinian girl, “tried” to stab a security guard at an illegal settlement; in fact she was charged with the intention of doing so. The Times does hasbara for Israel yet again.

A new report called, No Way to Treat a Child, compiled by Defence for Children International – Palestine (DCIP), says the 440 children currently in military detention are the highest total since the Israeli army started issuing figures in 2008 and more than double the number from a year ago.