By Raed Jarrar (@raedjarrar) For years, many Palestine solidarity advocates have been hesitant to call for US sanctions on Israel because it has been considered too “unrealistic.” Instead, most have …
Algerian protest movement update
by William B. Quandt* On December 12, 2019, Algeria held a presidential election. Americans may not have noticed, since hardly any news from Algeria reaches our shores. And the election …
Omar Barghouti on BDS Success and How to Respond to Criticism of the Movement
By Eli Gerzon (@EliGerzon) In part one I wrote about participating in an Eyewitness Palestine tour this fall 2019. Twenty-two of us met with many amazing people, but when Omar …
BDS: History, Misconceptions and Successes – Omar Barghouti Speaks with Tour Group (Part I)
By Eli Gerzon For about twenty years Eyewitness Palestine has organized travel tours for people to see first-hand what is happening in Israel/Palestine. I attended the Climate Change and Olive …
Algeria’s popular movement opposes the Dec. 12 elections!
by JWE President Helena Cobban The mass reform movement that has swept Algeria for the past 42 weeks is united in opposing the presidential elections that the powers-that-be have scheduled …
Hoodlums tried to hide Mohammad Sabaaneh’s art– at the ICC!
On December 2, Palestinian artist Mohammad Sabaaneh was delighted to travel to the headquarters of the International Criminal Court in The Hague to open an exhibition of his art mounted …
Nearly 50 years since the Kent State Massacre
On May 4, 1970, the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio was the site of one of the key moments in the broad movement in the United States …
What Do Iraqi Protesters Want?
By Raed Jarrar (@raedjarrar) During the last 6 weeks, over 300 Iraqis have been killed and over 15,000 injured in a bloody uprising that has been absent from US headlines. …
Congressional progressive leader on caucus’s commitment to Palestine
Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) recently told an audience in his Madison WI district that the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), of which he is co-chair, is planning (depending how Israel’s government-forming …
Yousef Aljamal completes tour of mainland USA
At the end of October, our star speaker from Gaza, Palestine, Yousef Aljamal, wrapped up his hectic speaking tour of the mainland USA. Now, he is Hawai’i– where he also …