February 02, 2012 - Bill will turn Bedouin dispossession into Israeli law
A new bill seeks to turn the controversial Prawer Plan into Israeli law. If the Knesset passes the legislation, it will pave the way for Israel to step up its efforts to disposess the Negev's Bedouin and relocate them to impoverished townships. Thi...

February 02, 2012 - Professor petitions NC Supreme Court
After criticizing Israel's treatment of Palestinians and US policies towards Israel-Palestine, Dr. Terri Ginsberg lost her tenure track position at North Carolina State University. The following Open Letter will be sent with signatures to the Supreme...

February 01, 2012 - US scholars call for academic, cultural boycott of Israel
Five faculty from U.S. universities who recently completed a week-long visit to Occupied Palestine and Israel are calling on academic colleagues everywhere to support the United States Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (...

January 31, 2012 - AIC video: Bedouin demand end to disposession
A small but spirited group of Bedouin and Israelis demonstrated outside of the Jewish National Fund's Jerusalem offices on Sunday. The protesters, who numbered in the dozens, called for the JNF, a quasi-governmental organization, and the state of Isr...

January 31, 2012 - Palestinian prisoner may die from hunger strike
Khader Adnan, an imprisoned Palestinian activist and a spokesperson for the Islamic Jihad party, has been on an ongoing hunger strike since December 17. He is facing severe health consequences for his 45-day hunger strike and needs international su...

January 30, 2012 - The global struggle for freedom, justice, and dignity
The international Social Movements Assembly, now meeting in Porto Alegre, Brazil--and buoyed by the spirit of the Arab Spring and the Occupy Wall Street movement-- issues a declaration for a global struggle against capitalism, colonialism, occupati...

January 25, 2012 - Gaza economy crushed by Israeli export restrictions
Why are Gaza residents allowed to market goods via Israel and the West Bank to Jordan but not market goods in those places? Since June 2007, not a single product from the Gaza Strip has been allowed to be sold in Israel or the West Bank – on...

January 24, 2012 - Israel locking up Palestinian legislators
In recent days, Israeli forces have detained five Palestinian legislators; Israel is currently holding 26 members of Palestinian Parliament. Hamas says the string of detentions are an attempt to stop Palestinian reconciliation efforts ...

January 24, 2012 - Live ammo fired at peaceful demo in Gaza
In a peaceful demonstration into the Gaza buffer zone that began around 10:30am today, January 24 2012, demonstrators report that [the Israeli military fired] at least 50 rounds of live ammunition directly at Palestinian and international solidarit...

January 24, 2012 - Activists call on Globe Theatre to cancel performance
Responding to Palestinian civil society's call for boycott, divestment, and sanctions against Israel, the Israeli group Boycott from Within has issued an open letter to Shakespeare's Globe Theatre asking it to cancel the May 2012 performance by thesp...

January 23, 2012 - Child dies of wounds from Israel's 2008 attack on Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported on Sunday that Hanin Kamal Abu Jalala, 16, died of wounds suffered during the Israeli offensive on Gaza, known as Operation Cast Lead, that took place three years ago. The child was severely wounded by phosphorous...

January 22, 2012 - Editor of Jewish paper calls for Obama's assassination
The editor and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times, Andrew Adler, has come under fire, and on Friday issued an apology, for an op-ed in which he surmised that the Israeli Prime Minister should “order a hit” on US President Barack Obama in order...

January 19, 2012 - Republican party appears to back one-state solution
A brilliant piece of reporting from Mitchell Plitnick, former director of the US office of B’Tselem. According to Plitnick, the United States Republican National Committee has adopted a resolution supporting one state in Israel-Palestin...

January 19, 2012 - Michael Warschawski book launch tonight at AIC
Join us for the launch of Michael Warschawski's new book, Al HaGvul (On the Border), tonight, January 19 at 7:00 pm at the Alternative Information Center's Jerusalem office (Shlomotzion HaMalka 4, First Floor). The evening will be jointly hosted by A...

January 16, 2012 - "Miles of Smiles" aid convoy arrives in Gaza
The eighth in a series of vehicle convoys from European and Arab countries, known as "Miles of Smiles," reached the Gaza Strip on Saturday, bringing medical equipment and vehicles for the disabled. The Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, which is ill...

January 18, 2012 - Israeli court upholds ban on family reunification
Last week, the Israeli Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law, which severely restricts Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel from living together in Israel with their Palestinian spouses from the...

January 15, 2012 - New plan criminalizes Palestinian citizens of Israel
On the request of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Minister of Internal Security, Yitzhak Aharonovitch (Israel Beteinu), presented a plan to the government today that will essentially criminalize Palestinian citizens of Israel under the guise...

January 10, 2012 - New law punishes African refugees
Yesterday, the Israeli Knesset passed the Prevention of Infiltration Bill. Under the new law, African refugees will be subject to lengthy prison sentences without trial. Israeli citizens who assist them may also be subject to punishment.  ...

January 09, 2012 - New comprehensive BDS booklet
Corporate Watch has just published a new, comprehensive booklet for those who are partcipating in the Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) movement. Titled "Targeting Israeli Apartheid," the publication details who is profiting from the illegal Israeli...

January 09, 2012 - Israeli policeman calls interrogating child "a joke"
Police interrogator tells Court intimidating a 14-year-old suspect "was a joke" during trial of West Bank protest organizer, Bassem Tamimi. ...