Topic: Israel/Palestine

Report: Jay Saper

Of checkpoints and pancakes

Students at Middlebury College set up a checkpoint outside a dining hall to draw attention to the issue of Israeli apartheid. May 21, 2013
Report: Patrick O. Strickland

Catastrophe for 65 years

Every year, Palestinians mark Nakba Day on May 15 to commemorate the 1948 dispossession of the Palestinian people. May 16, 2013
Comment: Alex Schmaus

Double standards at Berkeley

UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau was quick to condemn a student senate vote calling for divestment from Israeli apartheid. May 13, 2013
Comment: Patrick O. Strickland

Is freedom in sight for Samer Issawi?

After months of courageous resistance, Palestinian hunger striker Samer Issawi won a deal for his eventual release. April 30, 2013
Comment: Frank Barat

The "crime" of solidarity

A Palestine solidarity activist describes how he was detained, interrogated and deported by Israeli security agents. April 29, 2013
Report: Micah Love

Standing for those who can't

Activists at the University of California Berkeley gathered for a solidarity protest on Palestinian Prisoners Day. April 29, 2013
Report: Alex Schmaus

A step toward justice at UC

The Student Senate at the University of California Berkeley has voted to call for divestment from Israeli apartheid. April 23, 2013
Report: Katrina Bacome

Ohio invests in apartheid

Ohio purchased $42 million in Israel bonds in early March, the largest single government purchase of such bonds to date. April 4, 2013
Comment: Patrick O. Strickland

Every day is Land Day in Palestine

Palestinians marked the anniversary of Land Day with protests inside Israel's borders and in the Occupied territories. April 3, 2013
Comment: Sherry Wolf

Shoulder to shoulder with apartheid Israel

Obama's first trip to Israel--the praetorian guard of the Middle East oil lake--was aimed at shoring up anxious vassals and reasserting U.S. hegemony. March 27, 2013
Remembering Rachel Corrie

Activists met in Olympia, Wash., the hometown of slain Palestinian rights activist Rachel Corrie, to celebrate her life. March 25, 2013
Report

Peace, love and occupation?

Vermont activists for Palestinian rights are targeting Ben & Jerry's ice cream for its complicity in Israel's occupation. March 19, 2013
Report: Patrick O. Strickland

Wedding in a time of apartheid

More than 200 activists staged a mock wedding at a West Bank checkpoint to draw attention to Israel's apartheid laws. March 18, 2013
Report: Clayton Plake

SFSU protests apartheid

Students and faculty at San Francisco State University expressed solidarity with Palestinians during Israeli Apartheid Week. March 14, 2013
Comment: Eric Ruder

Made in a West Bank sweatshop

Business is booming for SodaStream, the Israeli company that makes home carbonation machines--which makes it a good target for BDS activists. March 12, 2013
Comment

A call to divest from injustice

Stanford students are pushing for the university to divest from companies that profit from Israeli apartheid. March 5, 2013
Analysis: Sarah Levy

Bitter anger at a detainees' death

The death of Palestinian prisoner Arafat Jaradat while in Israeli custody has spurred a wave of protest throughout Palestine. February 28, 2013
Comment: Wesley House

A victory for Palestine activism in NYC

The New York City LGBT Center has lifted a two-year moratorium against hosting events related to Israel and Palestine. February 26, 2013
Report: Eric Ruder

Samer Issawi must be freed

Israel is refusing to release a Palestinian political prisoner who is in critical condition after more than 210 days on hunger strike. February 21, 2013
Report: Yasmine Megahed

When the event is the success

A furious campaign to pressure Brooklyn College to cancel a meeting for Palestinian rights only won the meeting more attention. February 20, 2013
Comment: Sandy Boyer

The liberals who defend Israeli apartheid

The crusade to shut down a Brooklyn College forum on BDS tells us a lot about the attitude the "progressive" Democrats. February 14, 2013
Interview: Omar Barghouti

Tel Aviv is today's Sun City

The boycott, sanctions and divestment campaign against Israel is increasing its global reach and its number of supporters. February 11, 2013
Interview: Omar Barghouti

We won't be silenced about Israel's crimes

One of the leading figures of the global movement for Palestinian rights speaks out about the vile campaign against his appearance at Brooklyn College. February 7, 2013
Analysis: Tristan Brosnan

Who won Israel's elections?

Fewer members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party are in the Knesset, but far right has more influence. January 31, 2013
Report: Mike Anderson

No more money for Israel

The campaign to stop U.S. funding for Israel is picking up steam, including a recent Washington, D.C., march of 600 people. January 23, 2013

Topic: Israel/Palestine

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