Palestine
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PA, Israel host fake peace rally | Palestine as neoliberal laboratory | UK bans settler rabbi | And more …
15 August 2011 — UPDATE FROM THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA RECENT BLOG POSTS ON THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA: Continue reading
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Electronic Intifada 15 August 2011: Women in Hebron | Rafah closure frustration | Throwing rocks | And more …
15 August 2011 — Update from the Electronic Intifada RECENT BLOG POSTS ON THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA: Continue reading
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BDS campaigners declare victory as international bidders for Agrexco drop out
It emerged Thursday that Irish company Total Produce was no longer in the running to buy troubled Israeli exporter Agrexco. The Irish fruit company dropped out of the running after pressure from Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigners, who had written because of Agrexco’s involvement in illegal West Bank settlements. Continue reading
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Video: Dozens of olive trees were uprooted in Walaje – and it seems many more will be uprooted
Dozens of olive trees were uprooted in Walaje – and it seems many more will be uprooted Continue reading
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Tent 1948 by Abir Kopty
If you are Palestinian, it will be difficult to find anything to identify with in Tel Aviv’s tents’ city on Rothschild Boulevard, until you reach Tent 1948. My first tour there was a few days ago, when I decided to join Tent 1948. Tent 1948’s main message is that social justice should be for all.… Continue reading
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Video: Jenin's Freedom Theatre Attacked
The Freedom Theatre was attacked by the Israeli army at the early morning of the 27th of July. The army spokesperson has claimed that the Israeli army did not raid the theatre. Photo and film documentation confirms that the army raid resulted in the shattering of most of the windows of the theatre’s multimedia centre… Continue reading
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Video: Jenin’s Freedom Theatre Attacked
The Freedom Theatre was attacked by the Israeli army at the early morning of the 27th of July. The army spokesperson has claimed that the Israeli army did not raid the theatre. Photo and film documentation confirms that the army raid resulted in the shattering of most of the windows of the theatre’s multimedia centre… Continue reading
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Video: Israelis Chant: "Mubarak, Assad, Bibi Netanyahu"
Tens of thousands of Israelis in nine cities pour onto the streets, demanding Israeli PM Bibi Netanyahu resign Continue reading
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Video: Israelis Chant: “Mubarak, Assad, Bibi Netanyahu”
Tens of thousands of Israelis in nine cities pour onto the streets, demanding Israeli PM Bibi Netanyahu resign Continue reading
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The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and the Arab Awakening By Joel Beinin
The ‘Palestine Papers’ published by the pan-Arab satellite channel Al Jazeera in early January confirm that, under US pressure, PA negotiators offered concessions to the government of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert well beyond the Palestinian national consensus. Nonetheless, these offers were insufficient to reach an agreement. Continue reading
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Protests in Israel. Why and how much they matter
This is without a doubt the influence of the “Arab Spring.” While Israel has been one of the most viciously neo-liberalized societies in the Western world, and the level of pain inflicted cuts wide and deep, this wave of protests would have been unimaginable before Mubarak fell. Continue reading
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Narratives under siege: stranglehold on farmers tightens
Between 1991 and the second intifada in 2000, Hate’em exported various produce, including tomatoes, potatoes and flowers, to Israel and Europe. He notes that since then, however, the “borders have become impossible” and he is unable to export his produce. Continue reading
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Palestine, Israel, Germany- The Boundaries of Open Discussion
The conference ‘Palestine, Israel and Germany – Boundaries of Open Discussion’ will elaborate on some ‘contentious’ topics such as suppression of truth, history, narration, mainstream-media complicity and media coverage, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism vs. criticism of Israel and responsability. We will also try to show practical solutions for Palestinian self-determination. Continue reading
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Israeli Army storms Freedom Theater in Jenin
Special Forces of the Israeli Army attacked the Freedom Theater in Jenin Refugee Camp at approximately 03:30 this morning. Ahmad Nasser Matahen, a night guard and technician student at the theater woken up by heavy blocks of stone hurled at the entrance of the theater. As he opened the door he found masked and heavily… Continue reading
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Update from the Electronic Intifada 25 July 2011: Oslo horror | Israeli left’s belated awakening | Gaza women | Nakba Day eyewitness | Women prisoners
25 July 2011 — Electronic Intifada RECENT BLOG POSTS ON THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA: Norway suspect laid out detailed plans for violence against “traitors,” Muslims http://electronicintifada.net/blog/ali-abunimah/norway-suspect-laid-out-detailed-plans-violence-against-traitors-muslims Continue reading
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Gilad Atzmon: Was the Massacre in Norway a reaction to BDS?
I am not in a position at present to firmly point a finger at Israel, its agents, or its sayanim — but assembling the information together, and considering all possibilities may suggest that Anders Behring Breivik might indeed, have been a Sabbath Goy. Continue reading
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Update from the Electronic Intifada 22 July 2011:Pappe on statehood bid | Finland arms deal | Cook on boycott law | Beer Sheva mosque struggle
22 July 2011 — Electronic Intifada RECENT BLOG POSTS ON THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA: Palestinian artist Khaled Jarrar wants to stamp your passport http://electronicintifada.net/blog/maureen/palestinian-artist-khaled-jarrar-wants-stamp-your-passport Continue reading
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Sign the petition to recognize a Palestinian state
AFTER A LONG TIME AVAAZ THE LARGEST WORLDWIDE PETITION SITE AGREED TO POST A PETITION ON RECOGNIZING A PALESTINIAN STATE. ALREADY ITS COLLECTED OVER 40,000 signatures Continue reading
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Gaza: The Blockade Runners: Pro-Palestinian activism to break the illegal siege By Julie Lévesque
The following article by Julie Lévesque is Part I of a review of the lone humanitarian ship to Gaza, “The Spirit of Rachel Corrie” which reached Palestinian territorial waters before being brutally intercepted by The Israeli Navy. Continue reading
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New York Times stands by Ethan Bronner’s Facebook fabrications By Ali Abunimah
The New York Times has told The Electronic Intifada it stands fully behind an article by its Jerusalem bureau chief Ethan Bronner despite compelling evidence that the article contains fabrications, misleading statements, and gross exaggerations. Continue reading
