Wendy Goldsmith, a Canadian member on board the all-female flotilla currently making its way to the besieged Gaza Strip, provided the below update to Al Jazeera’s Laura Burdon Manley.  I am on board the Zaytouna, but not as a crew member. I was expecting to be crew on the Amal II for the first two legs […]

The Israeli Navy has intercepted the Women’s Boat to Gaza bout 35 nautical miles from the coast of the besieged Strip UPDATE: Women’s boat to Gaza has released pre-recorded SOS messages by activists on board, as communication has been lost with the Zaytouna boat suggesting it has been intercepted by the Israeli Navy. Watch all […]

Outside of Facebook’s office at 770 Broadway in New York on Friday afternoon, activists protested Facebook’s recent partnernership with the Israeli government to crack down on “incitements to violence.” Despite the constant heavy rain, nearly two dozen protesters showed up to the event, organized by theSamidoun Palestinian Political Prisoner Solidarity Network and NYC Students for […]

Tell Facebook to end its collaboration with Israel’s regime of censorship, repression and political imprisonment, and demand the freedom of Palestinians detained for their posts on social media! Friday, 30 September 4:00 – 6:00 pm Facebook New York – 770 Broadway, Manhattan Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1692217654438493 On September 12, the company agreed to work with Israel against Palestinian “incitement.” Incredibly, the […]

In breaking news from Barzilai hospital in Asqelan, Palestinian prisoner and hunger striker Bilal Kayed announced that he is suspending his hunger strike on his 71st day without food pending a press conference in which details will be announced tomorrow, as reported by his lawyers in Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association. Samidoun Palestinian […]

JENIN (Ma’an) — Palestinian prisoners held by Israel announced a three-day hunger strike in protest and mourning after a fellow detainee died in Israeli custody on Sunday morning following a fatal stroke.Residents of the occupied West Bank village of Yaabad in the Jenin district, said that Yasser Thiyab Hamduna, a 41-year-old Palestinian from the village, […]

Approximately 100 Palestinian prisoners have started to refuse food in support of 25-year-old Malik al-Qadi,who fell into a coma on 10 September after eight weeks on hunger strike. Al-Qadi, a journalism student, began his strike on 16 July in protest of his administrative detention, the Israeli practice of holding people indefinitely without charge or trial. […]

Investigative Report By Ariyana Love How Israel is framing Palestinian youth to suppress ongoing resistance to occupation, cover up settler crimes and continue the denial of Palestinian humanity. CCTV security footage indicating 13-year-old Ahmad Manasrah and 15-year-old Hassan Manasrah running with knives in Occupied East Jerusalem, has been confirmed by experts as doctored and fake, […]

Al-Eizariya, occupied West Bank – This summer, 18-year-old Yara al-Sharabati was allowed to be in the same room as her father, who is serving a life sentence in an Israeli prison, for the first time in 12 years. She was finally allowed to hug him. Ayman al-Sharabati – affiliated with the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Fatah’s […]

G4S is one among several private security companies protecting the pipeline construction, a spokesperson told teleSUR. G4S, a U.K.-based security multinational, admitted to having personnel deployed at “remote sites” where Native Americans are defending their lands from the planned US$3.8-million Dakota Access pipeline that they say would pollute the drinking water of millions. ANALYSIS: 4 […]