Activist to face trial after unfurling Palestinian flag at Israel basketball game in France
27 October 2012
Video shows the activist running onto the pitch with the flag before being tackled by security officers.
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Over 150 former international anti-Apartheid activists tell South Africa's ANC to boycott Israel
27 October 2012
“We once galvanized world opinion against Apartheid South Africa, the time is to now galvanize world opinion against Apartheid Israel.”
Huge police force fails to stop students disrupting Israeli diplomat's speech at Scottish university
26 October 2012
On Wednesday evening Edinburgh University’s Students For Justice in Palestine (SJP) manged to attend and disrupt a lecture by Daniel Taub, the Israeli ambassador to the UK. Taub was hosted by the university’s student politics society, and protected by what one activist told EI was the largest police presence anyone could remember.
French police take orders from Mossad as protestors arrested at Maccabi-Chalon match
26 October 2012
The Turkish Airlines Euroleague match was also sponsored by occupation profiteer Veolia.
BDS roundup: Alice Walker, Roger Waters call on Carnegie Hall to cancel Israel Philharmonic Orchestra performance
23 October 2012
Artists call on Carnegie Hall to cancel the upcoming performance of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Indian, Israeli BDS campaigners call on a Delhi arts festival to rescind Israel’s Cameri Theatre invitation to perform, and more!
Professor pulled lecture from Austria's Salam.Orient festival after learning of Israel sponsorship
19 October 2012
“Thanks to Electronic Intifada’s articles we received the information about the co-sponsorship of the Israeli embassy”
The risky business of profiting from occupation
19 October 2012
Caterpillar, Africa Israel, Veolia, and other companies may be guilty of willfully misleading their own investors.
Palestine footballer, ex-prisoner Mahmoud Sarsak calls on UEFA to strip Israel of hosting tournaments
17 October 2012
“I call on all those who spoke out for my release and the release of the Palestinian hunger strikers, to once again show their commitment to justice and equality by insisting that UEFA move their competitions away from Israel.”
More evidence corroborates that Israeli Ofer Engel faked Palestinian activists online
16 October 2012
We reaffirm that Ofer Engel deceptively operated accounts impersonating Palestinians and insinuated himself into activist networks.
Activists in Europe urged to lobby MEPs to vote against new EU-Israel trade protocol
16 October 2012
The European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine (ECCP), a network of solidarity groups and NGOs, is calling on supporters of Palestinian rights to lobby their MEPs to vote against a new EU-Israel trade protocol.