“This victory is for the Palestinians” - US Presbyterians vote to divest
21 June 2014
Church’s historic decision to dump stocks in occupation profiteers caps decade-long activist effort.
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Name Israel an “apartheid state” and divest, Tutu tells US Presbyterians
15 June 2014
“I know firsthand that Israel has created an apartheid reality within its borders and through its occupation.”
Sinead O'Connor says she's trying to cancel Israel gig after boycott calls
13 June 2014
The Irish singer says she was misled by her agent into booking Israel show.
Israel demolishes activist camp, evicts Palestinian returnees from their village
11 June 2014
Police and land authorities intensify a crackdown on Palestinian citizens of Israel who returned to their ancestral villages.
Harry Potter star Jason Isaacs helping Israel “Dig” in to occupied Jerusalem
11 June 2014
Actor is starring in Israeli-government funded NBC show Palestinians say is intended to help Israel drive them out of Jerusalem.
Why is Obama administration prosecuting sexual torture victim Rasmea Odeh?
10 June 2014
Human rights campaigners are calling on the Obama administration to drop charges a Palestinian-American community organizer who was tortured by Israel.
G4S "to end" Israel prison contracts as pressure mounts over torture complicity
6 June 2014
The news comes after dozens of campaigners disrupted the prison profiteer’s annual shareholder meeting in London.
Large majority votes for MLA resolution condemning Israeli restrictions on academics
4 June 2014
It calls on the State Department “to contest Israel’s denials of entry to the West Bank by United States academics who have been invited to teach, confer, or do research at Palestinian universities.”
Bill Gates Foundation sells shares in Israeli prison contractor G4S
29 May 2014
Children are routinely tortured in prisons run with the help of the British-Danish security firm.
"We are the turning point": UC Santa Cruz passes divestment
29 May 2014
Five of nine University of California campuses have now passed divestment resolutions calling on Regents to pull investments from US firms profiting from Israel’s human rights violations.