Category: Palestine

An Electronic Intifada Editorial September 5, 2014 From the ruins of our towns and cities in Gaza, we send our heartfelt appreciation to all those who stood with us and mobilized during the latest Israeli massacre.In the...

By Ali Abunimah Playwright and actor Wallace Shawn has responded to an Anti-Defamation League (ADL) ad blaming Palestinians for Israel’s mass slaughter of children in Gaza. Shawn’s brilliant “translation” of the ad into plain...

“You need an event along the scale of the current event in order for you to be able to go in. After all, had we gone into Gaza three months ago, out of the blue, everyone would have said: Why are you entering Gaza?” Israeli...

Statement from the CP of Israel July 20, 2014   The Communist Party of Israel (CPI) and the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (HADASH) express their rage and anguish at the brutal, criminal and inhuman assault conducted by...

By Eduardo Galeano This article by the famous Uruguayan writer appeared in late 2012 and again on July 11, 2014. The links are,...

By Ali Abunimah Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today launched a frontal assault on the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement. “One movement that’s definitely on the wrong side of the moral divide is the...

By Ali Abunimah The Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) has declared its support for the Palestinian call for the boycott of Israeli academic institutions. This comes in the same week that members of the...

Update: The cease-fire seems to be holding, but collective punishment of the people of Gaza in the form of illegal closure is still the norm. Learn more at our Israel/Palestine 101 page. JVP continues to call for an end of the...

“Because of the treatment and policies of Israel towards the Palestinian people, we strongly discourage South Africans from going there,” South Africa’s deputy minister of international relations and...

One of the undoubted high points in the latter half of the 20th century was the international campaign against apartheid in South Africa. It was a campaign that saw millions of people from every corner of the globe stand up as...

A proposed Israeli law threatens groups promoting the equal rights of Palestinians in Israel.  Nazareth -  As protests raged again across the Middle East, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, offered his assessment of...

Here comes September. The long-awaited month has finally arrived and brought with it controversy over the ramifications of the Palestinian Authority’s proposal for statehood at the United Nations. The following is just a...