When: 20-23 April 2011 Where: The Village of Bil'in, Occupied West Bank The 6th Annual Bil'in Conference on the Palestinian Popular Struggle   As nonviolent resistance for freedom sweeps across the Arab world, join us in harnessing the winds of change. When: 20-23 April 2011   Where: The Village of Bil'in, Occupied West Bank From Gaza to Bil’in, popular … [read more]

By The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) & Adalah-NY: The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel, Press Release: Feb 28, 2011 Folk music legend Pete Seeger has come out in support of the growing Palestinian movement for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel as a program for justice for Palestinians and a route to peace in the Middle … [read more]

Day of Action: 30. March 2011 Day of Action: 30 March 2011   The BDS National Committee (BNC) is calling on you to unite in your different capacities and struggles to join the Global BDS Dayof Action on Land Day, 30 March 2011, in solidarity with the Palestinian people's right to self determination on their ancestral land.   Inspired and buoyed by the popular … [read more]

Turkey's report on Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla was released Friday; report says Israel blatantly violated international laws. By The Associated Press A Turkish government inquiry into Israel's raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla that killed eight Turks and a Turkish-American says Israeli soldiers shot five victims at close range.     Turkey released details of … [read more]

Lecture in English, 17.2.2010, Vienna Amerlinghaus, Stiftgasse 8, 1070 Wien   Thursday, 17 February 2011, 19 h     Lecture (in English) with Majed Abusalama     Majed Abusalama is a freelance journalist and photographer for different newspapers, radio and online media (such as International German Radio, Deutsche Welle and online newspapers in Bonn, … [read more]

The Israeli deputy PM expresses his concern over the democratisation of the Arab world, following the dissolution of the Tunisian leadership, by Saleh Naami in Gaza, Saturday 15 Jan 2011 http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/3926/World/Region/Israel-dreading-a-democratic-Arab-world.aspx     (Reuters)     The fall of Tunisia’s regime headed by Zine El … [read more]

Speech by Ilan Pappe, held at the Palestine Solidarity Conference Stuttgart, November 26-28 2010 Transcribed by Claudine Fähndrich, BDS Switzerland http://www.silviacattori.net/article1429.html   I begin by thanking all the organizers; I know it took quite a lot of efforts to bring us all together. It is a great achievement, and as Mazen and Eider mentioned, and Lubna, yesterday, … [read more]

By Jon Donnison BBC News, West Bank The Qalandia checkpoint between East Jerusalem and Ramallah has the feel of a permanent border crossing   The United Nations says it is increasingly concerned that Israel is about to tighten access restrictions to the occupied West Bank.     It has been briefing aid agencies that Israel could soon increase restrictions and … [read more]

Wed Jan 5, 2011 5:39PM http://www.presstv.ir/detail/158808.html Egypt has imposed heavy restrictions on an Asian aid convoy, which is seeking to break a crippling Israeli blockade on the impoverished Gaza Strip. Egyptian authorities have prevented some convoy members, including Iranians and some Jordanians, from crossing into the besieged Palestinian territory and have refused to allow the … [read more]

by Haidar Eid, Wednesday, December 22, 2010 This week marks the second anniversary of the horror inflicted on the people of the Gaza Strip. Nothing has changed! Gaza has returned to its pre-invasion state of siege, confronted with the usual international indifference. Two years after the Israeli assault that lasted 22 long days and dark nights, during which its brave people were left alone to … [read more]

15-22 Jan 2011, Introduction of Speakers, by PRC The 2nd Palestine Memorial Week in the UK and Europe will take place as planned from 15th to 22nd Jan 2011. A number of events will take place during the week. Events will be held in various cities with galleries, workshops and film screening taking place in universities and public places. So far, more than 26 cities and universities will … [read more]

Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 30 December 2010 The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) in Palestine, has expressed its concern following reports that Israeli companies have been contracted to take part in the construction of Rawabi, an already controversial Qatari-financed Palestinian real estate development in the occupied West Bank.     Rawabi … [read more]