Palestine
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Between the Fleeting Words A Palestinian dance production inspired by the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish
Al Zaytouna is proud to present a new full-length production entitled Between the Fleeting Words, directed by Ahmed Masoud. The production fuses traditional dabke, contemporary dance, poetry, music and digital media. The show is a unique tribute to the work of the late great Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, celebrating his poetry and the musical interpretations… Continue reading
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Ittijah General Director Ameer Makhoul Arrested by Israeli Authorities
This morning at 3:10 a.m., Israeli Security Agency (GSS) agents accompanied by Israeli police raided Ameer Makhoul’s family home in Haifa and arrested him. Mr. Makhoul is a human rights defender and serves as the general director of Ittijah – The Union of Arab Community-Based Associations and as the Chairman of the Public Committee for… Continue reading
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Free Gaza Movement: We’re almost ready By Greta Berlin
We’re almost ready. Our vessels are being loaded with construction materials, specialized medical equipment, generators, pre-fab homes, water filtration units, and school supplies for the children. Israel allows only 81 items into Gaza, forcing the people to use tunnels to bring in supplies, barely keeping their economy at subsistence level. Continue reading
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Sameh A Habeeb – Israel, Judaism and Anti-Semitism
There are moments when I remember the Israeli soldiers storming my home in 1992; they hit my mother and beat my 10-year old cousin. Although I was only 7, I still remember every single detail as if happened yesterday. During the Second Intifada, Israel bombed my neighbourhood several times. Many of my friends were killed.… Continue reading
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Irish Parliamentarians call for “Veto” against Israel OECD membership By Omar Barghouti
Irish Senators and Members of Parliament (TDs in Irish) are leading the way in explicitly calling on the Irish government to VETO Israel’s membership in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an exclusive club of 30 of the richest industrialized states. Continue reading
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It’s political, not personal – Hossam el-Hamalawy interviews Charles Glass
Hossam el-Hamalawy meets up with renowned journalist Charles Glass in Cairo Continue reading
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Another Palestinian Protest Leader Jailed But Not Silenced
Iyad Burnat, a leader in the popular struggle against the Israeli wall, was banned by Israel’s military from crossing the West Bank borders into Jordan on Saturday. Burnat is head of the local committee against the wall and settlement in the central West Bank village of Bil’in. The villagers of Bil’in have been organizing weekly… Continue reading
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Viva Palestina: Flotilla to break Gaza siege
On May 15th, an international flotilla of cargo and passenger ships will depart from various European ports and set sail for Gaza. 3 cargo ships will carry over 5,000 tonnes of medical and building supplies, and 5 passenger boats will carry over 600 people. Continue reading
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Israeli Democracy: Bubble about to Burst? By Inna Michaeli
Just last Wednesday a new poll was published, solicited by the Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, indicating that a vast majority of Jewish Israelis think that human rights organizations that expose immoral conduct by Israel should not be allowed to operate freely. Most of the respondents also stated that Israeli citizens who support international… Continue reading
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Gil Scott-Heron boycotts Tel Aviv, sends powerful message to Israelis By Noam Sheizaf
A small commotion erupted this week among the public that appreciates black music in Israel upon learning that ground-breaking artist, poet and musician, Gil Scott-Heron apparently canceled his Tel Aviv show for political reasons. There was no official statement; However, following protests of some of his pro-Palestinian fans during a show in London on the… Continue reading
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Palestine Return Centre – Report on Israeli Mass Expulsion
Briefing on the Israeli Order regarding Prevention of Infiltration (Amendment No. 2) and the Order regarding Security Provisions (Amendment No. 112) passed on Tuesday April 26th 2010. Behind the euphemism ‘prevention of Infiltration’ lies a truth which Israeli officials are trying desperately to conceal. This simple truth has been cardinal throughout Israel’s existence and continues… Continue reading
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“The Future of Palestine: Righteous Jews vs. the New Afrikaners” with Professor John J. Mearsheimer
“Regrettably, the two-state solution is now a fantasy. Instead, those territories will be incorporated into a Greater Israel,which will be an apartheid state bearing a marked resemblance to white-ruled South Africa. Nevertheless, a Jewish apartheid state is not politically viable over the long term. In the end, it will become a democratic bi-national state, whose… Continue reading
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Palestinian village inspires popular movement
Every Friday for five years, Palestinian, Israeli, and international activists protest the annexation of the lands of the Bil’in village by Israel’s segregation wall. Their grassroots effort won them a major victory in Israeli courts in 2007. Now, at the fifth Bil’in conference, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and representatives of all the major political… Continue reading
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GazaFriends: The Freedom Flotilla Sails to Gaza in May
On May 24, 2010, the Freedom Flotilla sets sail for Gaza determined to, once again, challenge Israel’s blockade of 1.5 million Palestinians trapped in an open-air prison. Under the coordination of the Free Gaza Movement, numerous human rights organizations, including the Turkish Relief Foundation (IHH), the Perdana Global Peace Organization from Malaysia, the European Campaign… Continue reading
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Demonstrators Stop the Wall, Teenager Pepper-sprayed and Arrested
Palestinian, Israeli and international demonstrators managed to stop the construction of the Wall in the village of al-Walaje, south of Jerusalem, for the second time this week. If completed, the path of the Wall in the area will surround the village completely, isolating it from all its lands, the cities of Bethlehem and Jerusalem and… Continue reading
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The Global Movement Spreads: New Wave of Protests in Hebron By Avital Aboody
On April 24, 2010 at around 15:45 a group of approximately 50 Palestinian, Israeli, and International activists gathered in Hebron next to the checkpoint gate separating Shuhada Street from the Casbah. The protest was organized by a Palestinian group in Hebron called “Youth Against Settlements” and the organizers hope to hold these protests every week… Continue reading
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When will time run out for a two-state solution? By Yousef Munayyer
Time has been running out for a two-state solution since the beginning of Israel’s colonial enterprise in occupied Palestinian territory in 1967. Yet despite this reality, analyses of the situation continue to repeat this now-meaningless cliche year after year, decade after decade. It seems that, to many, time in the Middle East can be magically… Continue reading
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What if Bil’in held a demo and the army didn’t show up? By Emily Schaeffer
What would happen if the army didn’t show up one Friday in Bil’in, for instance? If the army hadn’t shown up on Friday, April 23, at the 5th Annual Conference Demonstration, then Eymad Rezqa (also spelled Imad Rizka, dedicated Palestinian-Israeli activist) would not have been shot in the head with a tear gas canister and… Continue reading
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GazaFriends: The Shores of Gaza
The famous Irish singer, Tommy Sands, wrote the song ‘The Shores of Gaza,” that we are using for our video, “Cementing Our Support for Gaza.” It is fitting that we use his song, since the Free Gaza Movement’s cargo ship will be leaving Ireland in the first part of May on it’s way to the… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 