USA (The Inside Palestine)-Brooklyn councilwoman Inna Vernikov says she will pull $50,000 in funding earmarked for CUNY Law School in response to the faculty endorsing a BDS resolution. “It seems as if antisemitism is the only politically acceptable form of racism which exists. We must stop handing out free passes […]
Over BDS calls, Argentina football team cancels match with apartheid Israel
Argentina (The Inside Palestine)- In the face of intensive local and international pressure, the Argentine national football team has cancelled its match against Israel scheduled for 6 June at the Sami Ofer Stadium in Haifa. The decision has been taken despite lengthy preparations in Buenos Aires and the raising of […]
Evidence shows Israeli occupation using Palestinians as human shields
Occupied Palestine (The Inside Palestine)-On 13 May, a 16-year-old Palestinian girl named Ahed Mohammad Rida Mereb was left traumatised after being used by Israeli soldiers as a human shield, according to a report from Defence for Children International Palestine (DCIP). Mereb said that during the incident – which took place during an […]
Palestinian administrative detainees continue to boycott Israeli Military Courts for 151 days
Occupied Palestine (In Palestine Today)- Over 600 Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli prisons have been boycotting Israeli Military Courts for 151 consecutive days. Palestinian prisoner advocacy groups said this move comes in protest against Israel’s administrative detention without charges or trials. The Palestinian detainees have been boycotting the Israeli Military […]
Colonial Israeli settlers set fire to tracts of Palestinian-owned lands in Nablus
Nablus (The Inside Palestine)- Israeli settlers today evening set fire to large tracts of land belonging to Palestinian residents in the village of Burin to the south of Nablus, according to a local activist. Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors Israeli settlement activities in the north of the West Bank, said that […]
Israeli far-right “Flag March” paves way for religious war, says Islamic-Christian body
Occupied Jerusalem (The Inside Palestine)- The Islamic-Christian Committee in Support of Jerusalem and its Sanctuaries said yesterday that the “unprecedented” violations of Israeli settlers in Jerusalem pave the way for a religious war, Quds Press reported. In a press release, the Islamic-Christian Committee said: “The permission issued by the occupation […]
Far-right Israelis want to advance bill banning raising of Palestine flag on universities
Occupied Palestine (The Inside Palestine)- Israel is close to banning the display of Palestinian flags at universities and public buildings in the country, according to reports. The government’s legislative committee approved a draft law on Sunday that could make it illegal to wave “enemy flags” in Israeli government-funded institutions – […]
Colonial Israeli settlers attack BBC reporters during “Flag March” in occupied Jerusalem
Occupied Jerusalem (The Inside Palestine)- BBC reporters were assaulted during an extremist Israeli ‘Flag March’ in Jerusalem on Sunday, a journalist for the broadcaster said on social media. Tom Bateman, a Middle East correspondent for the British broadcasting giant, said the BBC team had their equipment broken during an attack […]