A petition has been created to have a discussion about Apartheid Israel and Palestinian civil rights at the Netroots Nation convention next July.
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A petition has been created to have a discussion about Apartheid Israel and Palestinian civil rights at the Netroots Nation convention next July.
Jennifer Lopez’s scheduled performance in Tel Aviv this upcoming summer isn’t confirmed but if true it would be her first time doing so in the Apartheid State.
More than 20 Academy Award attendees—25 directing and acting nominees and host Chris Rock—will receive a VIP goodie bag that includes a free 10-day trip to Israel sponsored by the Israeli Tourism Ministry.
The United States has begun to enforce a long dormant policy which requires that all products sourced from occupied territories in Palestine be labeled as “West Bank” and or “Gaza Strip,” according to a message released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection Jan. 23.
Student at Columbia University and Barnard College formed Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CAUD), which demands the university remove its investments from companies that are profiting from Israel’s ongoing occupation of Palestine.
Earlier this month, U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro, criticized Israel’s settlement policies and suggested Israel employs “two standards” of law in the West Bank, during his speech at the ninth annual International Conference of the Institute of National Security Studies in Tel Aviv.
A memorandum released by Palestine Legal, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the New York branch of the National Lawyers Guild, opposes two anti-boycott bills currently in the New York state legislature.
Airbnb is now the target of an activist campaign that seeks to pressure the online accommodations rental giant to stop listing illegal Israeli settlement homes on its website.
The Rasmea Defense Committee released a statement calling on supporters to join a social media campaign to show support for Palestinian-American activist Rasmea Odeh, who is waiting on a decision on her appeal.
Last Friday, a groups of protesters at the Creating Change Conference in Chicago called for the organizers and the National LGBTQ Task Force to be accountable following their decision to allow a reception sponsored by a Zionist organization—A Wider Bridge.
Al-Awda, the Palestinian Right to Return Coalition and Act Now to Stop War and End Racism Coalition (A.N.S.W.E.R.) are teaming up to hold a national march to support Palestine and protest the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in Washington D.C. on March 20.
United States Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) received a $960,250 donation from a pro-Israel advocacy group, then spearheaded the signing of an open letter written in opposition of the Iran deal. The payoff has raised allegations that the senator was bribed to sabotage the deal.
Add another “W” in the win column for the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)movement.
Abdelhameed Kouk, an 18-year-old Palestinian male who was reported missing early Tuesday morning was located at an undisclosed location after calling his parents from a bystanders phone later that night, according to a family member who requested to remain anonymous.
Abdelhameed Kouk, an 18-year-old Palestinian male, has been reported missing in Chicago on Tuesday.
In a letter addressed to the President and administration of Loyola University-Chicago (LUC), Palestine Legal and the National Lawyers Guild of Chicago (NLG-Chicago) called for the repeal of the school’s demonstration policy, which they say unfairly targets Students for Justice in Palestine and students of color.
Airbnb, the online rental service that allows travelers to “book unique accommodations around the world,” has come under scrutiny for listing homes located in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Benny Koval, an Israeli Jewish student at Fair Lawn High School in New Jersey, was threatened and harassed by her school’s administration for speaking out against Israeli apartheid, according to her tweets.
Last December, a group of U.S. citizens filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Treasury, which alleges that 150 non-profit groups illegally sent $180 billion in aid to the Israeli army and Illegal settlements in Palestine.
While the movement on U.S. campuses to divest from companies complicit in the Israeli occupation of Palestine grows, large American-Zionist organizations have taken a new messaging approach to attempt to stem the growing grassroots tide.