An international rights group says Israel has imprisoned at least five Palestinian minors without being charged in recent months for Facebook posts. According to Defense for Children International Palestine- DCIP, Israeli authorities claim that the social media posts amounted to “incitement to commit violence” against Israelis. This comes amid Israel’s crackdown on Palestinian journalists, media […]

The former UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine talks about his career, his commitment to the Palestinian cause and his hopes for the future “Apartheid, annexation, mass displacement and collective punishment have become core policies of the state of Israel.” Such a clear and uncompromising statement may be unusual for a high-flying academic and former top […]

The International Boycott HP Network is calling for an International Week of Action targeting occupation and prison profiteer HP Mark your Calendars! The International Boycott HP Network and the Palestinian BDS National Committee are calling for an international week of action against HP over its role in Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land. The week of action […]

The following letter was written by the wounded Palestinian teen, Natalie Shokha, to her family and community. Natalie, 15, is imprisoned in HaSharon prison alongside 11 other minor Palestinian girls. Natalie, from the village of Rammun near Ramallah, was shot by Israeli occupation soldiers on 28 April, with a live bullet in her back and […]

Employees leaving Facebook’s New York office on Sept. 30 encountered a boisterous rally outside the social media giant’s plush East Village suites. Chants of “Facebook censors Palestine!” drew attention not only from people in the building and on surrounding sidewalks, but also from a global audience. More than 250,000 viewers watched a live video defiantly […]

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – A group of women will try to reach the Gaza Strip on board a boat on Wednesday in a bid to break a decade-long blockade by Israel, a spokeswoman said. Gaza has been under an Israeli blockade since 2006 but it was tightened in 2007 after the Islamist Palestinian group […]

As the flotilla approaches Gaza shores, one crew member reflects on the journey. I am on board the Zaytouna, but not as a crew member. I was expecting to be crew on the Amal II for the first two legs from Barcelona to Ajaccio and from Ajaccio to Messina, but ultimately the Amal II suffered […]

Soon after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001, the largest Muslim charity in the United States – the Holy Land Foundation – was shut down, its assets frozen and five of its senior staff arrested by the FBI. The charity was founded in California in 1989 and […]

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – A group of women will try to reach the Gaza Strip on board a boat on Wednesday in a bid to break a decade-long blockade by Israel, a spokeswoman said. Gaza has been under an Israeli blockade since 2006 but it was tightened in 2007 after the Islamist Palestinian group […]

Wendy Goldsmith, a Canadian member on board the all-female flotilla currently making its way to the besieged Gaza Strip, provided the below update to Al Jazeera’s Laura Burdon Manley.  I am on board the Zaytouna, but not as a crew member. I was expecting to be crew on the Amal II for the first two legs […]