Duped by Israel: Palestine Drops Bid to Register New UNESCO Heritage Site
Siham Nuseibeh | 19 Jun 2013
Battir, Palestine Reports have come out that Palestine backed down from plans to ask UNESCO to include the ancient West Bank village of Battir, southwest of Jerusalem, on its World Heritage in Danger list during its World Heritage Committee convention in Cambodia this week. The village is home to an ancient 2,000 year-old Roman irrigation network, which is still...An Appeal to Alicia Keys to Stand Against Apartheid
Siham Nuseibeh | 5 Jun 2013
The following is an open letter from award-winning author Alice Walker to Alicia Keys urging the R&B singer to cancel her performance and join the boycott of Israel… Dear Alicia Keys, I have learned today that you are due to perform in Israel very soon. We have never met, though I believe we are mutually respectful of each other’s path and work. It...Danish Security Firm G4S Remains Complicit in Israel’s Prison System
Siham Nuseibeh | 22 May 2013
The below is a statement from the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC)… Palestinian Prisoners Day [in April was] marked with actions in 11 countries protesting the complicity of British-Danish security company G4S in Israel’s prison system. The company provides equipment and services to prisons at which Palestinian political...The Malaga Statement on Compensation for Palestinian Victims of the Israeli Occupation
Siham Nuseibeh | 8 May 2013
[www.palestinecampaign.org]Below is a statement from a gathering of representatives from 13 Palestinian, Israeli, and international organizations, as well as lawyers and legal experts who gathered in Malaga, Spain between the 23rd and 24th of April to discuss Palestinian victims of the Israeli occupation, who seek compensation from Israel for death, injury, and...Excerpts: 2012 US State Department Country Report on Israel & the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Siham Nuseibeh | 24 Apr 2013
A Palestinian boy climbs through an opening in Israel’s controversial barrier in Shuafat in the West Bank near Jerusalem. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (WEST BANK) Last Friday saw the release of the US State Department’s annual country reports for 2012. The following excerpts are from the Institute for Middle East Understanding detailing Israeli human rights abuses...Stifling Civil Society in Egypt
Kelby Olson | 6 Jun 2013
Egyptian officials raid NGO offices in Cairo. December, 2011. (Photo: AP) On Tuesday, June 4, Egyptian courts convicted 43 NGO workers of receiving foreign funding and operating without a license. Despite optimism...The Latest Bribe for Peace: Kerry Offers Palestinians a New “Investment Package”
Siham Nuseibeh | 29 May 2013
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. It seems the Palestinian Authority (PA) may finally be realizing that the occupation actually needs to end. Recent reports reveal...The Nakba: 65 Years and Ongoing
Siham Nuseibeh | 15 May 2013
Today is the 65th anniversary of the Nakba, Arabic for “catastrophe”, which saw between 700,000 and 1,000,000 Palestinians expelled from their homes. The Nakba continues to this day as land annexations, house...Press Release: Shareholders File Response to CREF’s Refusal to Allow Vote on Divestment From Companies Supporting Human Rights Abuses
Siham Nuseibeh | 1 May 2013
(Photo: Daniel Strum/Adalah NY) The following is a press release from the We Divest Coalition… [Monday], lawyers for the We Divest Coalition filed two letters (see here and here) with the U.S. Securities and...2013: Saudi Arabia’s “Dark Year”
Bayan Perazzo | 16 Apr 2013
Saudi women protest in Qassim demanding the release of prisoners who have been held without trial. (2012) On April 10, 2013, Amnesty International published a document predicting that 2013 would be a “dark...
