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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Can We Talk About Zionism?
We’re delighted to crosspost this transcript of a talk that our board member Alice Rothchild gave recently, in Brookline MA. This is crossposted from the Brookline Chronicle. by Alice Rothchild …
Yousef Aljamal brings his Palestinian witness to U.S. Congress members, public
Writer, translator, and social activist Yousef Aljamal brought his witness as a Palestinian who grew up in a refugee camp in Israeli-occupied Gaza and has spent most of his life …
U.S. tour of Gaza-Palestinian Yousef Aljamal starts soon!
We’re pleased to share the following details of the speaking tour that Gaza-Palestinian Yousef Aljamal is undertaking of the United States, October 14 through November 2. Please be aware that …
Yousef Aljamal to speak on Gaza, detention of Palestinian kids, in USA, October
Just World Ed is delighted that October 13-29 we will be hosting Palestinian rights activist Yousef Aljamal on a speaking tour that will take him to the Greater NYC area, …