Hadeel Abu Kwaik is one of 7 students whose Fulbright scholarships were recently withdrawn, then swiftly reinstated by the US State Dept. But almost 700 other students remain stranded in Gaza

Few days ago, on 1 June, Hadeel Abu Kwaik was sitting in her computer lab at Al-Azhar University in Gaza looking worried, and perplexed. Today, [...]

The news that the US State Department has decided to cancel all previously approved Fulbright grants to Palestinian students in Gaza is deeply shocking. In yet another clear demonstration of US complicity with the Israeli occupation regime, the State Department has decided to withdraw the grants for graduate studies in the US because Israel has [...]

Dear friends,
Remind me again why anyone in their right mind would believe that the U.S. can bring a lasting peace to the region when they can’t even get six U.S.-bound students past an Israeli checkpoint?

If I had to guess, I think Israel may change their stance on this one…using their infamous posture of [...]

A MUST SEE!

Education is a RIGHT!!

I highly urge you all to watch this documentary about how Palestinians are struggling, NON- VIOLENTLY, to get a basic education and remain sane in this insane reality of Israeli occupation. Nablus is in the West Bank. Multiply what you see here by 100 and you can start [...]

By Connie Hackbarth,

An aggressive public relations campaign against military draft evaders is currently being waged on billboards, television sets and computer screens throughout Israel. Entitled “Real Israelis Don’t Shirk the Draft,” the low point of this campaign is a brief video clip featuring secular, European Jewish Israelis in their early twenties, sitting around drinking chai [...]

Video Transcript:
Cameraman: What are you doing here?
Girl: Going back home from school!
Cameraman: Where are you going now?
Girl: Home!
Cameraman: Where is your home?
Girl: Behind the Wall!

Boy: My home is behind this wall. We study at Bet Nabal!
Cameraman: What happened here today?
Boy: They closed the passage, we are not able to go through

Cameraman: Where do you live?
Boy: [...]

Photo by: El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe

Now this is the most disgusting piece of news I’ve read today:

OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. - Officials in Old Saybrook have canceled performances by a Palestinian dance troupe after getting a complaint that it is offensive to Jews and Israel.

The decision involves planned performances at the town’s elementary and middle [...]

Apartheid in the so called democracy of Israel, which the mainstream media totally ignores… the hypocritical New York Times, LA Times, Washington Post, CNN, ABC, CBS… See no apartheid, hear no apartheid, mention no apartheid…

Image by: Carlos LatuffOf course it IS possible, that none of these newspapers have ever had a “journalist” who has seen [...]

We commend the president of St. Thomas University in reversing his decision and inviting Bishop Desmond Tutu to speak (Israel apologists lost this round). Bishop Tutu is a Nobel Peace Laureate who suffered for his work against South African apartheid now speaks eloquently, with humility and passion, on Israeli apartheid. Thanks to many people (including [...]

Now this is NOT a satire post!

Archbishop Tutu barred by U. of St Thomas because of criticism of Israel [via: Muzzle Watch]

Rumors have been circulating for some time that Archbishop Desmond Tutu was banned by the University of St Thomas in Minnesota because of statements he made that some consider anti-Semitic. Now it’s official: winning [...]