Video: students "mic check" TIAA-CREF head over investment in Israel's occupation
21 October 2013
Activists at Cornell University called on pension fund giant to divest from occupation-profiteering companies.
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Israel beefs up embassies with dedicated boycott fighters
18 October 2013
Israel is already monitoring Palestinian solidarity campaigns abroad. Now it is ramping up its efforts to stop them.
Jewish students weren’t targeted by Palestine solidarity activists - Rutgers probe
17 October 2013
Statement confirms the university found nothing to support claims that Jewish students were specifically targeted.
UK union head calls on G4S to end Israel contracts
15 October 2013
“Withdraw now,” Dave Prentis of public sector union UNISON tells controversial British-Danish security firm.
Rutgers students face “bias” probe for flyers criticizing Israeli home demolitions
14 October 2013
Campus rabbi demands Rutgers University Palestine solidarity group be “disbanded” amid bogus allegations it distributed mock eviction notices targeting Jews.
Palestine solidarity activists protest US deportation policies in Arizona
11 October 2013
Palestine solidarity activists have chained themselves to buses and a courthouse entrance to protest the Obama administration’s mass detention and deportation policies.
It’s apartheid “clear and simple,” Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters tells his Israeli fans
11 October 2013
Pink Floyd superstar Roger Waters has criticized Israel’s Yediot Ahronot newspaper for distorting an interview he gave to its journalist.
Czech activists denounce president’s proposal for Palestinian refugees
6 October 2013
Israel’s Yediot Aharonot newspaper recently compared the Czech president’s positions to those of Israel’s far-right and called him “the closest European leader to Israel.”
Three books every Palestine activist should read that aren't about Palestine or activism
3 October 2013
Some of the most vital concepts and skills can be best understood and developed by looking beyond the usual sources.
Norwegian union ends G4S contract as "act of solidarity" with Palestinians
2 October 2013
In a bad week for G4S, a major teachers association in London has also passed a motion condemning the firm for equipping Israeli prisons.