Lectures

The backlash over US Secretary of State John Kerry’s use of the word “apartheid” to describe what would become of Israel if there is no “two-state solution” continues. Leading anti-Palestinian group the Anti-Defamation League, for instance, welcomed Kerry’s craven apology:   “We welcome Secretary @JohnKerry’s clear affirmation that #Israel is not an #apartheid state” ...

If there’s no two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict soon, Israel risks becoming “an apartheid state,” Secretary of State John Kerry told a room of influential world leaders in a closed-door meeting Friday. Senior American officials have rarely, if ever, used the term “apartheid” in reference to Israel, and President ...

FIFA has threatened to expel Israel over its treatment of Palestinian football players and officials in the occupied West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip. The Inside World Football website said in a report on Monday that FIFA gave Israel until summer to improve playing conditions and travel for the ...

Rafah, Gaza Strip – Two men load boxes onto a solitary motorcycle-pulled trailer in an otherwise deserted pavilion. The Gaza Strip’s customs and excise terminal on the southern border with Egypt, once a hive of activity, now sees barely a trickle of imports after the Egyptian military began destroying Gaza’s extensive network ...

Israeli soldiers opened fire on a house in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank early Saturday, killing at least three Palestinians including a 17-year-old, officials said. A large contingent of occupation forces surrounded the northern West Bank home in attempt to abduct Hamza Abu al-Heja, a 22-year-old member ...

Several ancient archeological sites were “destroyed” after the Israeli Antiquities Authority conducted controversial digs in the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem, a Palestinian news agency reported Wednesday. The West Bank and East Jerusalem are part of the Palestinian territories, which have been internationally recognized since 1967. Maan News reported ...

Alaa Moussa remembers a time when Akka’s old city looked much different. Over the last decade, he has watched his hometown’s fabric change significantly: new restaurants, bars, hotels and youth hostels are now wedged between the historic stone buildings, homes and cultural landmarks. Situated on the northern coast of the Mediterranean Sea ...

New research suggests that as many as one in seven Dutch institutional investors have excluded companies involved in the Israeli occupation of Palestine in the course of the last five years. “This is an indication that it is not uncommon,” explains a new report. “Many of these institutional investors did ...

Christian leaders in South Africa have thrown their full support behind Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW), a global campaign to educate and mobilize the public against Israeli violations of Palestinian rights. On Sunday, Anglican Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town Desmond Tutu reiterated his support for IAW and for the Palestinian-led campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions(BDS) on Israel. ...

Hundreds of people joined demonstrations at Sainsbury’s stores across more than 30 UK towns and cities on Saturday. They were protesting the supermarket’s sale of goods exported by Israeli firms that participate in the colonization of Palestinian land. Around 50 people took part in a dabke flash mob inside two central London ...