Palestinian Grassroots Anti-apartheid Wall Campaign
May 15, 2019
From Palestine
73 European Palestine and migrants rights groups unite for a #WorldwithoutWalls
73 European Palestine solidarity and migrants rights groups and networks from 17 European states have chosen Nakba Day 2019 – the Day Palestinians reaffirm their commitment to the struggle for the return of their refugees –...
No way to treat a child
Promote Human Rights for Palestinian Children Living Under Israeli Military Occupation – US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (A national coalition of hundreds of groups working together for freedom, justice, and equality).
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Palestinians unanimously condemn German Parliament’s attack on the right to boycott Israel’s apartheid and...
May 24, 2019 by Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
Germany, Palestine
Through statements issued by both the Palestine Liberation Organization, the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, and Palestinian civil society groups, and protests at German Representative Offices in Ramallah and Gaza, Palestinians have unanimously condemned the German Parliament’s May 17 resolution...
Israel’s ethnic cleansing in Palestine is not history – it’s still happening
Ben White
The Middle East Eye / 22 May 2019
What's happening across the West Bank and East Jerusalem is not merely military occupation
Speculation over the White House’s "Middle East peace plan" continues to dominate media coverage of Israel and the Palestinians, the latest example coming with the announcement of a Bahrain-hosted "workshop" in June...
Discrimination, division and demolitions: Life as a Palestinian citizen of Israel
Middle East Monitor / May 18, 2019
Rebecca Stead
Palestinian citizens of Israel – who number around 1.8 million people and amount to just over 20 per cent of Israel’s population – are often ignored by the broader Palestinian narrative. Although unlike their compatriots in the occupied West Bank and besieged Gaza Strip, Palestinian...
The reasons behind Germany’s condemnation of BDS
Nada Elia
Middle East Eye.net / 20 May 2019
Germany's resolution is not a first, but follows in the footsteps of similar earlier resolutions, issued by France and the UK
On 17 May, in a stealth move that took many observers by surprise, Germany’s parliament, the Bundestag, passed a resolution condemning BDS as...
War on nature: How Zionist colonialism has destroyed the environment in Palestine
Ramzy Baroud
Middle East Monitor / February 11, 2019
The latest casualties in the war on the environment in Palestine were 450 olive trees destroyed last week by Israeli army bulldozers. The destruction of the Palestinian-owned trees took place in the villages of Bardala, in the Jordan Valley, and Yatta in the...
Will your European candidate stand with Palestine?
Will your European candidate stand with Palestine?
European Coordination of Committees and Associations for Palestine (ECCP)
March 4, 2019
Challenging local, regional, and national politicians on their position on European complicity with Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people is a very important ongoing activity. Particularly in the run-up to elections, engaging candidates...
Ein Aufruf an die Deutschen Parteien, BDS nicht mit antisemitismus gleichzusetzen
bds-kampagne.de / 15 Mai 2019
Wir, jüdische und israelische Wissenschaftler, von denen viele in den Bereichen jüdische Geschichte und Antisemitismus forschen, äußern unsere Besorgnis über den Anstieg des Antisemitismus auf der ganzen Welt, auch in Deutschland. Wir betrachten alle Formen von Rassismus und Fanatismus als eine Bedrohung, die bekämpft werden muss, und ermutigen...
EU diplomats dance on Palestinian graves
Ali Abunimah
The Electronic Intifada / May 9, 2019
Al-Manshiyya, a once thriving neighbourhood of Jaffa, before its destruction by Zionist militias.
Zochrot
Update, 11 May:
On Saturday, Finnish musician Jaakko Eino Kalevi announced he was withdrawing from the EU-sponsored party on the ruins of the Palestinian community of al-Manshiyya.
Kalevi wrote on Twitter that...
