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Opinion/Editorial

Demanding justice for Yousef, a quiet boy killed by Israeli settlers

Bekah Wolf
27 January 2012

One year after a 17-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed by Israeli settlers as he farmed with his father in his West Bank village, his killers remain unpunished.

Bunker state cemented by new Israeli law against refugees

Jonathan Cook
Nazareth
19 January 2012

Just as Israel did — and still does — with Palestinians wanting to return to their homeland, thousands of desperate asylum seekers from Africa are being criminalized under the “Prevention of Infiltration law.”

Waging liberation in and outside Israel's prison walls

Ameer Makhoul
Gilboa Prison
18 January 2012

The official Palestinian position on the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails serves to undermine their cause, which is a central component of the Palestinian people’s liberation struggle, comments Ameer Makhoul from Gilboa prison.

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Diaries: Live from Palestine

West Bank couple, deported to Gaza, recount difficult years in Israeli prison

Joe Catron
Gaza City
30 January 2012

A married couple, both former political prisoners from the occupied West Bank, recount their years in detention from Gaza, where the husband was deported to following last October’s prisoner swap.

I saw Sabra hummus for sale at my high school cafeteria and decided to act

Nadine Darwish
12 January 2012

Nadine Darwish felt a strong urge to do something when she saw Sabra hummus for sale in her school’s cafeteria, knowing Sabra’s mother company gives money to the Israeli army.

Human Rights

Palestinian families denied rights by Israel's racist marriage laws

Charlotte Silver
27 January 2012

An Israeli law forbidding Palestinians gaining citizenship upon marrying an Israeli leaves thousands of families in limbo.

Medicines in Gaza are hostage to political rivalry that puts lives at risk

Rami Almeghari
Gaza Strip
23 January 2012

Gaza health facilities continue to suffer shortages of medicines and equipment because of rivalry between Palestinian political parties, as well as the siege Israel has imposed on the Strip.

Activism News

"We won't be silenced," say students arrested over Peres boycott call

Yara Sa'di
24 January 2012

Three Palestinian students at the College of Engineering in Jerusalem have been put under house arrest for a week after calling for a boycott of a speech by Israeli President Shimon Peres.

Art, Music & Culture

Interview: rapper Sphinx on why Egypt uprising had a hip-hop soundtrack

Alexander Billet
24 January 2012

Hesham Alofoq (aka Sphinx) of the Egyptian hip-hop group Arabian Knightz speaks to The Electronic Intifada about the history of hip-hop in Egypt and the Middle East, the future of the Egyptian uprising, and the role that music plays in the revolt.

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