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Palestinian Unions Endorse Dockworker Unions’ Call to Action on October 30th
The Palestinian labor movement endorses the call for a day of struggle on October 30th against militarisation and genocide organised by a collective of dockworkers’ unions and calls on all global port, transport and related unions to join it. We also call on grassroots and civil society organizations that can support this mobilization to do so following the unions’ leadership and context-specific directions.
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No Room for Genocide Campaign Day of Action - 27th September
UN Tourism observes 27th September as World Tourism Day focusing on the “role of tourism in the international community.”
The Pendulum Swings & A New Era Has Begun
There is a moment, just before a pendulum changes direction, when it is perfectly still. It is precisely that moment that marks the end of an old way...
250 European academics call for exclusion of Ahava and Israeli arms companies from EU research projects
More than 250 European academics from 14 different European countries have signed an open letter to EU research Commissioner Màire Geoghegan-Quinn ...
Church of England ‘backfires’
The British Jewish community’s efforts to stop the Church of England from officially bolstering its ties with a group accused of being anti-Israel...
Jailed Palestinian Footballer freed, Campaign continues for others detained
Campaigners welcomed news of the release of Palestinian footballer Mahmoud Sarsak after three years in an Israeli jail, but vowed to continue working...
BDS at 7! - Celebrating, reflecting and further mainstreaming
Occupied Palestine, 9 July 2012 – Seven years after the Palestinian civil society call for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel was...
Israeli settlements can face trade bans, says counsel
European governments, including Britain's, have received legal opinion from a leading international counsel who argues they would be fully within...
Queer activists disrupt SF Film Festival over Israeli sponsorship
(Photo: Kate Raphael) Twenty Palestine solidarity activists briefly interrupted the screening of The Invisible Men at the Roxie Theater on Saturday...
Israeli settlements can face trade bans, says counsel
European governments, including Britain's, have received legal opinion from a leading international counsel who argues they would be fully within...
Message to Presbyterians: ‘If you truly want to help the Palestinian people, I urge you to listen to what they are asking for’
Anna Baltzer gave the following testimony to the Presbyterian Church (USA) Middle East Peacemaking Committee on Monday, July 2, 2012. Thank you, Mr...
Palestinian civil society welcomes Presbyterian Church (USA) Israel boycott resolution
"There comes a time when silence becomes betrayal." --Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Occupied Palestine, 7 July 2012 – The Palestinian Boycott,...