In his last year as UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon gives a landmark speech saying it is only human nature for Palestinians to respond to 50 years of occupation and illegal settlement activity with violence, but the media are quick to swamp the story with Israeli PM Netanyahu’s reaction
‘This is totally a political arrest. Its sole purpose is to thwart our activity for human rights in the territories, against the crimes and criminals of the occupation. They will not break us, they will not,’ Guy Butavia shouts as he is led through the courthouse in Jerusalem
The National Labor Relations Board has rejected a complaint filed by the Israeli lawfare organization Shurat HaDin against the the United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America (UE) that sought to overturn the union’s historic resolution in support of BDS.
Over the weekend, in a victory for diplomacy, the U.S. lifted sanctions on Iran in place since 2006 as the two countries also completed a prisoner exchange. But no sooner than the plane carrying released prisoners had left the tarmac in Iran, the U.S. Department of Treasury slapped new sanctions on Iran over its ballistic missile testing last fall, breaking the spirit of the agreement with Iran.
A chilling video has been published by Palestinian activists on Youtube showing Palestinians being shot while protesting near Ramallah. The video includes the voices of Hebrew speakers, purportedly an Israeli sniper and his commanding officer, where the officer is heard praising, encouraging, and congratulating the sniper.
The Palestine Information Center (PIC), an independent Palestinian news website and network had their Facebook page temporarily suspended for publishing a 2009 cartoon by Brazilian political cartoonist Carlos Latuff.
Bethany Koval, a 16-year-old high school student in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, was targeted for her political activism yesterday. Koval’s commentary of the Gaza beach bombing resulted in her being called down to the principle’s office, intimidated, threatened with legal action. As Koval tweeted her experience, activists on social media swiftly rallied in support and started a hashtag, #IStandwithBenny. News of her harassment spread like wildfire nationally and internationally.
Brazil is not interested in having a right wing settler envoy as Israel’s ambassador and Israel won’t take “No” for an answer. A diplomatic crisis has been unfolding between the two countries since last August when Netanyahu publicly announced the appointment of Dani Dayan, the former head the Yesha Council from 2007 to 2013, as Israel’s next ambassador to Brazil — without first consulting the Brazilian Foreign Ministry.
“Christmas has no place in the Holy Land … Let us remove the vampires before they once again drink our blood,” the Israeli rightwing leader Benzi Gopstein writes; his racist Lehava organization has been investigated for incitement but it still keeps going
World-famous British artist Banksy has made a bold statement about refugees in his latest artwork depicting Steve Jobs, the visionary CEO and cofounder of Apple, on a wall in “The Jungle” refugee camp outside the port city of Calais in northern France. The piece is simply titled “the son of a migrant from Syria.”