November | 2008

Public Launch of the Palestinian Civil Society Strategic Position Paper Towards the UN Durban Review Conference

BNC News, Palestinian Boycott Initiatives | The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) | Press Release Posted on November 29, 2008

Today, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Palestinian civil society, represented by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Campaign National Committee (BNC), launches its strategic position paper as a basis for anti-racist intervention at and beyond the UN [...]

Leeds University referendum threatens to silence Palestinian activists

News and Opinion | Leeds Student Palestine Solidarity Group | The Electronic Intifada Posted on November 29, 2008

The motion, shrouded in the language of combating anti-Semitism, is a reversal of a motion passed two years ago which gave Palestinian activists at Leeds University the rights enjoyed by their counterparts throughout the country. If passed, organizations which have [...]

UNGA head accuses Israel of apartheid

News and Opinion | The Jerusalem Post Posted on November 25, 2008

During Monday's UN Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, Brockmann, of Nicaragua, also claimed "our Palestinian brothers and sisters are being crucified" by Israel. Brockmann made the apartheid allegation twice on Monday, once in the morning at the annual [...]

Fireworks Light Up Dubai as Gaza Sleeps in Darkness

News and Opinion | Nadia W. Awad | Miftah Posted on November 25, 2008

Two thousand celebrities accepted an all-expenses-paid invitation to join the celebrations, with Hollywood stars such as Robert de Niro, Lindsay Lohan, Wesley Snipes, and at least one Olsen twin found sipping Dom Pérignon with Dubai's royal family. Kylie Minogue was [...]

Building for peace in the Middle East

News and Opinion | Palestinian public figures | The Guardian Posted on November 22, 2008

We welcome the recent decision by the British government to take action against Israeli settlements by cracking down on settlement exports. However, renting space for the embassy from a settlement-builder would send a contradictory message, signalling clear and active complicity [...]

UK protestors call Peres ‘war criminal’

News and Opinion | Hagit Klaiman | YNet News Posted on November 19, 2008

Peres was expected to address the two houses of the British parliament on Wednesday. The Israeli president spoke before some 1,000 British students at Oxford, while dozens of other students protested outside the lecture hall. They carried signs reading, "A [...]