28 December 2011
Electoral Commission in UK asked to investigate omissions in financial information for influential Zionist groups. Read more about Complaint filed over secret donors to "friends of Israel"
27 December 2011
The One Democratic State Group in Gaza has issued this statement: We, Palestinians of Gaza, 3 years on from the 22-day long massacre in Israel’s operation ‘Cast Lead’, are calling on international civil society to make 2012 the year when solidarity with us in Palestine captures the spark of the revolutions around the Arab world and never looks back. On this anniversary we demand an international liberation movement that eventually leads to just that, liberation for us Palestinians from 63 years of brutal military occupation and ethnic cleansing that pours shame on any organisation or government claiming to endorse universal human rights. Read more about Open Letter from Gaza: Three Years after the Massacre, Justice or Nothing!
26 December 2011
Being a Muslim, I never celebrated Christmas myself, but having lots of Christian friends inside and outside Palestine has connected me to this day. I’ve always shared it with them one way or another, since I believe that religion shouldn’t stand as a barrier between human beings. Here, I describe how I celebrated Christmas and how Christians in Gaza celebrate it. I recall some of my childhood memories from my only visit to the Church of Nativity since I was 9 years old. Read more about Merry Christmas from Gaza
London 24 December 2011
Three years ago, Israel began its savage 22-day long bombardment of Gaza. Looking back, Mohammed Suliman recalls that there seemed to be “no beginning and no end to the bombing.” Read more about Three years ago: A "normal morning" turns to horror in Gaza
Gaza City 23 December 2011
Charities are struggling to meet the needs of an estimated 53,000 orphans in the Gaza Strip; more than 2,000 children were orphaned during the 2008-09 Israeli war on Gaza. Read more about Israel's siege punishing Gaza orphans
8 December 2011
Belgian police protect Yitzhak Ben-Israel, a military strategist who helped developed some of Israel’s nastiest weapons. Read more about My attempt to arrest Israeli weapons chief
6 December 2011
Yitzhak Ben-Israel, a representative of Ariel, a university in an illegal Israeli settlement, takes part in EU-funded science conference. Read more about Settler "professor" top attraction at EU-Israel science show
3 December 2011
A civil suit filed by the family of Tristan Anderson, a US activist seriously injured by the Israeli army during a protest, has been delayed due to the revelation of new material evidence. Read more about Tristan Anderson civil suit delayed as new evidence emerges
3 December 2011
Artwork made by Palestinian children after Israel’s attacks on Gaza in 2008-09 — and subsequently censored by the Museum of Children’s Art in Oakland — is now available in book form. Read more about Book of censored Gaza children's artwork published
14 November 2011
Palestinian poets Rafeef Ziadah and Remi Kanazi spit fire with two extraordinary poems, performed last weekend in London. Read more about WATCH: Palestinian poets Remi Kanazi and Rafeef Ziadah -- "We teach life, sir"