Three weeks ago, a group of young American Jews gathered outside the New York offices of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the umbrella organization founded in the 1950s and which claims to speak for a consensus…
Norman Finkelstein has put out a call for at least 100 people to commit civil disobedience tomorrow at the Israeli mission at the UN in New York City. If 100 people agree to do it, it will happen. After writing…
Those dedicated to the Palestinian cause should think carefully about the tactics they choose. The misery caused by Israel’s actions in the occupied territories has elicited serious concern among at least some Israelis. One of the most outspoken, for…
Thousands of businesses across the country join strike in protest over the Israeli offensive on Gaza. The main commercial street in this majority-Palestinian city was shuttered on Monday, as residents joined a general strike and staged protests against the two-week-old…
Rachel Corrie was killed in 2003, but her passion for peace lives on in her writings. «This has to stop. I think it is a good idea for us all to drop everything and devote our lives to making this…
Over the last week or so, The Electronic Intifada’s traffic has been at record levels. People from around the world are wanting to know about events in Palestine, as Israel’s latest onslaught on the people of the Gaza Strip claims…
Amid growing Palestine-Israeli tensions, 12 more EU states have joined European heavyweights – such as the UK, Germany and France – in urging their nationals to refrain from doing business in Israeli settlements in the Occupied…
The bodies of three Israeli settlers who went missing on June 12th were found in a hastily dug shallow grave in Halhul, north of Hebron. Since the teens went missing from Gush Etzion, a Jewish-only colony in the West Bank,…
Bostonians have been checking out the “ONE WORD” campaign in their subway system, describing Israel’s crimes against Palestinians. The ad campaign was launched this week by Ads Against Apartheid (AAA), a local Boston-based nonprofit. The ads are currently running in Boston’s downtown State…
