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https://www.change.org/p/free-layan-kayed In the early morning hours of 7 June 2023, Occupation forces arrested Birzeit University graduate student and anti-occupation activist Layan Kayed after raiding her home. Layan formerly spent 16 months in Occupation jails after being targeted and arrested in 2020. She was later charged for her student organizing at Birzeit University.  The targeting of… Continue reading Free Layan Kayed – Free all Palestinian political prisoners

Haaretz/Gideon Levy A 47-year struggle over an apartment in Jerusalem’s Muslim Quarter was due to end this week with the eviction of an older Palestinian couple. Red tape delayed that act, but the police continue to harass the couple. The existence of apartheid in Israel can be proved by means of an air conditioner. A… Continue reading An Apartment in Jerusalem’s Muslim Quarter Tells the Story of Israeli Apartheid

by Jonathan Kuttab Over 100 Israeli civilians have died violently since the beginning of this year. They were not victims of rocket fire from Gaza (none this year), nor of what Israel calls terrorism (a handful this year), but of organized crime. The reason these victims never received much attention is that although they were… Continue reading Every Life is Sacred

Below is the testimony of attorney Maher Hanna, which he posted on Facebook: Today, 6.15.2023, marks seven years since the inhumane abduction of engineer Muhammad Khalil Halabi. Today marks seven years since Muhammad Halabi was subjected repeatedly and relentlessly to various forms of blackmail, the most egregious being the threat of taking him away from… Continue reading Maher Hanna: I Hereby Attest

Crikey/Antony Loewenstein The Greens’ new policy accuses Israel of ‘practising the crime of apartheid’ against Palestinians. Labor, meanwhile, is dragging its feet. The Australian Greens announced a new policy on Israel and Palestine this week and it’s already causing conniptions in the pro-Israel lobby. After the party released details about its revised position, stating that… Continue reading Labor should follow Greens on Israel’s apartheid treatment of Palestine

Reuters RAMALLAH, West Bank, June 9 (Reuters) – A Palestinian driver was shot dead at an Israeli army checkpoint near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said, after what Israel’s military said was a confrontation between the man and one of the soldiers. In a statement, the military said a man arrived in… Continue reading Israeli soldier kills Palestinian after checkpoint confrontation

EU nations called out for adopting definition that conflates anti-Semitism with criticism of Israel and fosters ‘anti-Palestinian racism’. By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 7 Jun 20237 Jun 2023 The European Union’s adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism has led to widespread restrictions on the rights of assembly and freedom… Continue reading Adoption of anti-Semitism definition curbs free speech: Report

A quiet bureaucratic maneuver by Netanyahu’s government has begun transferring control over the occupied territory from military to civilian leadership—violating international law. By Michael Sfard, an Israeli lawyer specializing in international human rights law and international humanitarian law. On Nov. 22, 1967, the United Nations Security Council debated a resolution that would become the international community’s… Continue reading Israel Is Officially Annexing the West Bank

World Food Programme beneficiaries protest against aid cuts in front of the UN Development Program office in Gaza City, 21 May. Hashem ZimmoAPA images The UN secretary-general warned of “catastrophic” consequences on Friday with UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestine refugees, “on the verge of financial collapse.” Meanwhile, food assistance to Palestinians from the World Food Programme is… Continue reading UN warns of “catastrophe” for Palestinians as aid dries up

  By SARAH ISON,  8:50PM JUNE 6, 2023 (The Australian, 7/6/2023) Anthony Albanese will be called on in the upcoming ALP ­national conference to reverse language supporting recognition of Palestine as a state, with Jewish lobby groups warning not doing so would be “harmful to the prospects of peace” in the Middle East. Previous national confer­ences… Continue reading Labor is being called to adopt neutral language on the Israel-Palestine conflict at its National Conference in August