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    Hilltop marches threaten ethnic cleansing

    Mustafa Barghouti warns of “massacre”

    Apart from stoning and beating little kids on their way to school, Read more…

    Posted September 19, 2011 at 4:44 pm

    Urgent call from “Stop the Wall”

    Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign say: “UN — let’s inspect the goods before we buy”

    At not more than 15 days from the UN General Assembly Read more…

    Posted September 10, 2011 at 11:43 pm

    As PA ditches “1967 borders” to win UN vote,

    It’s time to switch to Civil Rights

    Mark Twain once asked, on hearing news of the death of a less than dynamic US politician, “how did they know he was dead?”. What we are now asking Read more…

    Posted September 3, 2011 at 1:54 pm

    After the UN, “Equality Struggle Ahead”

    As the September UN vote in New York approaches, Palestinian responses have sharply diverged.

    1. The Last Push for Recognition

    Possibly millions of people have been signing petitions, pressuring their Read more…

    Posted August 30, 2011 at 12:36 am

    “Stay on the streets, keep the tents going, refuse Reserve call-up, march as usual on Saturday”Tent 1948

    Tent Struggle to Meet Palestinian September

     Wednesday night (Aug 17) a first meeting of its kind was held by activists who have decided to facilitate an encounter of the ‘tent struggle’ movement and ‘Palestinian September’. Read more…

    Posted August 19, 2011 at 5:29 pm

    Israel’s Protests Part 2: the revolution inside the Revolution

    Stories from the Fringe

    While it’s easy to decry the insistent shunning of “politics” that leads this movement, there’s plenty to find and celebrate if you rummage around. Noam Sheizaf writes in +972 that though it doesn’t touch the big questions of the occupation Read more…

    Posted August 15, 2011 at 2:01 pm

    Israel’s protests Part 1: a tragic wasted chance

    Israel’s social protest movement continues, generating a huge amount of energy and creativity, but not nearly as much clarity or ambition.

    By limiting their “revolution” to economic demands and a vaguely articulated welfare state, the organisers based on Rothschild in Tel Aviv were able to appeal to some 90% of Israeli society, which include a large number who voted for Natanyahu, Barak and Lieberman: “Bibi go home” is Read more…

    Posted August 15, 2011 at 11:19 am

    Has Israel Just Crashed Its Bullshit Barrier?

    The Arab Spring was commonly said to have crashed the Fear Barrier: they knew they hated their regimes, but had been terrified to speak out. In Israel, members of the dominant Hebrew sector have lived in blinkers rather than in fear. When 150,000 marched last week, all across the country, Israel crashed its Bullshit Barrier. Read more…

    Posted August 1, 2011 at 1:05 am

    Norway’s message:

    Never Again for Anyone!

    The shocking and tragic events in Norway have provoked a divided reaction. Most commentators have expressed on all our behalf a universalist horror against the racism Read more…

    Posted July 28, 2011 at 6:27 am

    Will tent activists call for an “equal right to build”?

    Israel has seen in the past week a massive mobilisation with tent cities all over the country, demonstrations backed by thousands, and sit-in protests blocking busy road junctions. Despite concessions from a government that’s keen to buy them off, the protests are growing and have called for a Read more…

    Posted July 25, 2011 at 6:18 pm