The International Architects' Union (UIA) may adopt a proposal Saturday to boycott Israeli architects and expel them from the organization over their involvement in the construction of settlements in the territories. ...more

LOS ANGELES (RUSHPRNEWS) JULY 3, 2008 - In an effort to spread some hip-hop love, West Coast MC Snoop Dogg has planned a concert on September 18 in the Jewish state. He is being met with some resistance though as the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) has released a statement urging him to cancel his appearance. ...more

Dubai: The Arab League is considering blacklisting companies belonging to Israeli businessman Lev Leviev and that of his agent in the UAE, the pan-Arab body said just days after Unicef severed ties with the billionaire jeweller. ...more

As seven diverse groups committed to justice, human rights and peace, and representing hundreds of organizations and tens of thousands of people in the US, Palestine and Israel, we call on you as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, to follow the lead of UNICEF which told Reuters on June 20th that it was cutting all ties with Israeli billionaire and diamond mogul Lev Leviev. ...more

A group of Palestinian academics is boycotting an international academic conference in Tunisia because of Israeli participation, according to an Arab newspaper. ...more

AMMAN (AFP) — Arab singers will boycott a music festival in Jordan next month over claims it is being set up by the same company which organised Israel's 60th anniversary celebrations in May, a union leader said on Monday. ...more

Antonio Segura, Gonzalo Boye, Raul Maillo, Juan Moreno,Lawyer have a long experience in cases concerning International Law and Humanitarian Law. These lawyers are very known in Spain because of their fight for human rights in Universal Jurisdiction. The most known case was the one of Pinochet, who was held in Great Britain for more than one year. Also they represented victims of torture in Guatemala; the case of Jose Couso, the Spanish camera that was killed by American soldiers in Bagdad, and many others like Scilingo case or the bombing in Madrid 11M. Their commitment with the victims around the world make them being very known by human rights and solidarity groups. Jointly with Palestinian Centre for Human Righs, in behalf of it his Director Raji Sourani, this lawsuit is the first in Spain and several Human rights Associations have been working together with the group of Lawyers for more than two years now. ...more

Your Excellency Mr. Jose Manuel Barroso,

On the occasion of the meeting of the EU-Israel Association Council on 16 June 2008, the under-signed human rights and humanitarian organizations would like to bring to your attention a number of concerns regarding Israel's non-compliance with international human rights standards, international humanitarian law and therefore also the EU-Israel Association Agreement. ...more

The government's decision last week to extend the validity of the Citizenship Law (Temporary Order), for another year, is evidence that the legal barriers preventing severe discrimination against Israel's Arab citizens and harm to their civil rights have been removed. ...more

Madrid. Six survivors together with relatives of the victims caused by a bomb launched by the Israeli Army on July 22, 2002 against Gaza, will bring a lawsuit in the Audiencia Nacional (National Court). Although this is not the first time people have asked this Court to deal with crimes against humanity, it is the first time that the victims of an Israeli targeted attack in the Palestinian territories have asked the Court by themselves. The lawsuit, 35 pages long, explains in detail why these events should be considered war crimes subject to universal jurisdiction: the attack was disproportionate. ...more