Updates:
18 June 2013, 10.11 by Kenya Palestine Solidarity Committee
kenya-solidarity-calls-to-cancel-israel-festival-As Kenyans and people who support the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice and the end of apartheid, we are urging the Alliance Française to cancel the Israeli film festival and to find ways to raise awareness about the occupation in Palestine. It is ironic that the Israeli embassy wants to use this festival to ‘celebrate 50 years of its relations with Kenya’ and to ‘enhance Kenyan’s view of Israeli life and culture’.
by Alternatve Information Center (AIC) aicafe-18-june-
Please join us at the AICafe on Tuesday 18 June from 7.00 p.m for Palestinian Refugees and World Refugee Day with Badil. Palestinian refugees during...

Jerusalem

by Lea Frehse, Alternative Information Center (AIC) israel-tightens-grip-on-jerusalems-old-city-
Since mid-May, Palestinian businesses in Jerusalem's Old City are raided daily by municipality officers and police checking tax records and compliance with municipal regulations. Shopkeepers and residents complain that inspections are disproportionate, intimidating and hamper business. With the Muslim...

Hebron

by Emma Mancini for the Alternative Information Center (AIC) culture-palestinian-identity-and-resistance
It’s not easy to define the identity of a people, the characteristics that transform a community into a recognisable nation. Often, identity passes for culture and  the memory of tradition and history. The past that is still present. A tour in Dura, a Palestinian village located near Hebron in the...

Opinion

by Alternatve Information Center (AIC) netanyahu-vs-netanyahu-lying-isnt-easy-
Does anyone in the international community believe what Benjamin Netanyahu says, or are they only playing a kind of poker where everyone knows that lying is part of the game? And does it even matter? Does the international community really believe...

West Bank and Settler's Violence

The struggle for Palestinian freedom, self-determination, and for the rights to their land has been underway for more than a century. The ol
Palestinians from the village of Ur al-Tahta briefly blocked road 443 to Jerusalem on Tuesday to protest the uprooting of olive trees by set
Settler attacks continued over the summer with great frequency.  The attacks were directed, often premeditated, and more violent than e

Israeli Society

4,000 people gathered in Beer Sheva Thursday to protest a government bill that would forcibly displace at least 40,000 Bedouin in Israel’s
On 4 June, Israeli conscientious objector Natan Blanc was released from military jail. He spent 178 days in prison for refusing to serve in
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu distanced himself from a draft official communiqué with the Polish government regarding the future of the

Economy of the occupation

As Kenyans and people who support the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice and the end of apartheid, we are urging the Alliance França
The Palestinian BDS National Committee is organizing a strategic conference in Bethlehem University on Saturday, June 8th This initiative is
An official document circulated by Israel's Foreign Ministry claims that current European initiatives to label settlement products will harm

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