May 15th, 2011
Several MEPs say they will join the next flotilla to Gaza, believing civil society must take the lead when the political class fails
May 15th, 2011
Ziyad Clot, an adviser to the PLO in post-Oslo negotiations, came to regard the 'peace process' as a destructive farce in which the Palestinian people were being being misled into further entrapment
May 14th, 2011
If Israel's existence depends on racial exclusion and inequality, what does that say about Israel and its US supporters asks Omar Barghouti?
May 13th, 2011
Palestine Solidarity and Middle East Monitor are organising a meeting on Israel and media bias, to be held in Amnesty's Human Rights Centre on May 23rd. Labour Friends of Israel oppose Amnesty 'working with' such 'anti-peace organisations'. Relevant statements are posted here.
May 12th, 2011
Neve Gordon, doctor of Politics and Government at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, argues that 'as the Arab citizens in the region struggle for more openness and indeed democracy, ... the Israeli book of laws is being rewritten so as to undercut democratic values.'
May 12th, 2011
Sponsored by JfJfP, Professor Yakov Rabkin speaks in London, Cambridge, Coventry, Liverpool and Brighton on Zionism, anti-semitism, the Arab spring amongst other conflicts
May 12th, 2011
Mordechai Vanunu, a nuclear technician, was forcibly taken to Israel by Mossad in 1986 after he revealed to the Sunday Times Israel's nuclear weapons programme. Now that the Knesset has passed a law stipulating citizenship will be revoked from any Israeli found guilty of treason, he publishes his letter asking that he be free to leave Israel and his citizenship
May 12th, 2011
Antony Lerman contrasts the clear speaking of truth to power of Professor Naomi Chazan with the confused speeches and propaganda of those who will brook no criticism of Israel's use of power, however true
May 12th, 2011
Fearing 'the negative tide which is aiming to undermine the legitimacy of Israel' people have been invited to gather at a London hotel to learn how to advocate for Israel. The conference invitation, list of speakers, and Reform Judaism's statement of support are posted here.
May 11th, 2011
In an interview on Ma'an radio, Hamas leader Az-Zahhar said they could not recognise Israel becase this would jeopardise the right of return of the Palestinian diaspora
May 11th, 2011
The decisions by the City University of New York to offer Tony Kushner an honorary degree, then to withdraw it, then to offer it again stem from three conflicting forces in American opinion and Middle East life argues Athur Waskow
May 10th, 2011
An article in Ha'aretz discusss the contradictory position of the Israeli state towards its soldiers accused of crimes, followed by an excerpt from the Lords and Commons Human Rights Joint Committee dealing with international crimes and private prosecutions
May 10th, 2011
Israel's withholding of revenue transfers to the PA following the Fatah-Hamas deal prompts first the EU then France to give additional funds
May 10th, 2011
An Arab 'mass march' to Palestine is being planned to mark the Nakba and link the liberation struggles. Egyptian youth movements are marching to Gaza under the slogan of completing Egypt's revolution with the liberation of Al-Quds
May 10th, 2011
JfJfP is supporting a major demonstration on Saturday to 'End the Siege in Gaza' and 'Free Palestine' called by Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War Coalition, British Muslim Initiative, CND, Palestinian Forum in Britain Join us under our banner
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