Desmond Tutu Challenges Maryland Legislature’s Attempt to Outlaw Boycotts of Israel

Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa released a statement, Wednesday, expressing concern about legislation pending in the state of Maryland…

Because of his vocal support for the Palestinian cause, The South African Zionist Federation demands that Archbishop Tutu be removed…

On Wednesday, the Anglican Archbishop called to cancel the opera ‘Porgy and Bess’ that the Cape Town Opera Company was…

United Nations officials reported Wednesday that Nobel Laureate, Bishop Desmond Tutu, has been named to head a UN fact-finding mission…

Revered Archbishop Desmond Tutu, himself a Nobel Prize recipient, has joined a growing number of people who have nominated Palestinian…

In an interview with the Palestinian Embassy in South Africa, and the Palestinian delegation participating in the Israeli Apartheid Week,…

Chairman of the United Nations probe panel on the Israeli army killing of 19 Palestinian civilians in northern Gaza in…

El Presidente de la Comisión de Investigación de las Naciones Unidas sobre la matanza por el ejército Israelí de 19…

Hosam Salem, a Palestinian journalist in Gaza who put his life in danger many times over the past four years…

GENEVA (25 March 2022) – A UN expert called today on the international community to accept and adopt the findings in…

12-10-19 / Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) / Palestine On the anniversaries of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and…

June 5, 2019 / BDS Italy / Italy Trade unions, movements, artisans, businesses and cultural, recreational and sports centers join campaign for Palestinian…

Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) / Brazil, Brasil In an open letter, Brazilian artists, academics, cultural…

Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters called on Miss Lana Rey to “do the right thing.” Coincidentally, she did. Waters says…

By Afro-Palestine Newswire Service: On Wednesday, South African model and actress, Shashi Naidoo, received a 10-year ban from Israel after…

Adidas responded to the March 12, 2018 letter from more than 130 Palestinian football clubs and sports associations demanding that Adidas drops its sponsorship…

Dozens of Palestinian cultural organizations and local administrations are urging Grammy Award-winning pop star and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Shakira to…

Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, shakes hand with delegates before the opening of the 36th…

Israeli musicians urge Radiohead to reconsider violating the Palestinian call for boycott. Dear Thom Yorke, We are Israeli musicians writing you…

For two decades, some Israeli officials and Israel partisans have worked to embed a new, Israel-focused definition of antisemitism in…

By Christof Lehmann (nsnbc) : The Israeli government formed a ministerial task force to track down any foreigners in Israel who…

Leading British MPs, from all parties, have signed a parliamentary motion calling on the Israeli parliament to release the Palestinian…

Richard Falk is an American professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University. In 2008, the UN Human Rights Council…

More than 30 Brazilian social movements and progressive organisations had called on the Brazilian government to exclude International Security and…

The U.S.-based United Church of Christ voted 508 – 124 on Tuesday to divest from companies involved in the Israeli…

More than 30 Brazilian social movements and progressive organisations have called on the Brazilian government to exclude International Security and…

For Palestinians and people of conscience everywhere, 2014 will be remembered as the year in which Israel carried out its…

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As hospitals now face an increasingly dire situation in the Gaza Strip, the Ministry of Health in Gaza has issued…

Sixty-four public figures, including seven Nobel Peace Prize winners, published a letter in the British Guardian newspaper calling for an…

In the wake of the American Studies Association’s December 2013 endorsement of the Palestinian civil society call for an academic…

In a letter comparing the state of Israel to South Africa under apartheid, long-time rock musician Roger Waters of Pink…

A group of leaders in the African-American community have published an open letter supporting a statement by author Alice Walker…

One of the pillars of my trip to Gaza with the Palestine Literature Festival turned out to be an ongoing…

A delegation from “The Elders” visited Ramallah Monday and met Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and several senior officials, and discussed…

On Tuesday the Middle East Committee of the Presbyterian Church USA voted to divest from three companies involved with the…

Palestinian political prisoners illegally held in Israeli jails are on hunger strike and some are near death. The population of…

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As part of the initiative a press release was issued that stated ‘Welcome to Palestine 2012 will again challenge Israel’s…

The French bank, BNP Paribas, has decided to cease operations inside Israel, after the bank was targeted by the international…

Speaking first was Pastor Jeanne Loveless, Interim Senior Pastor of the First Congregational Church of Oakland. Pastor Loveless introduces Emily…

Israeli Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activists have urged international artists who are slated to perform in the International Red…

Abdullah Abu Rahme was brought to an Israeli court Monday, after completing a one year prison sentence for ‘incitement’ due…

Abdullah Abu Rahma, a leader of the non-violent movement in Palestine currently imprisoned in an Israeli detention camp for “incitement”,…

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The possibility of a viable two-state solution being eroded by settlement expansion, Palestinian home demolitions and deportationsMary Robinson, Ela Bhatt…

Mary Robinson, Ela Bhatt and Lakhdar Brahimi say the isolation of Gaza is not only illegal collective punishment, but also…

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A Palestinian man and his Scottish wife will take a van loaded with 1.5 tons of urgently needed medical supplies…

Un hombre palestino y su esposa escocesa conducirán una furgoneta cargada con 1,5 toneladas de medicinas urgentes de primera necesidad…

Una Misión de las Naciones Unidas, dirigida por el Arzobispo Sudafricano Desmond Tutu, se entrevistó esta semana con organizaciones de…

A United Nations mission, led by South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, met with Palestinian human rights organizations in Gaza this…

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Haifa, Palestine – May 19, 2008 Standing on the beach of Haifa, on the coast of the Mediterranean sea in…

The U.S. President’s visit to the Middle East this week will show once and for all that status quo lives…

Anyone staying long enough in the West Bank comes to realise that the apparatus of the Occupation (prevention of free…

The United Nations Council for Human Rights (UNCHR) criticized Israel Tuesday for impeding the dispatch of a special investigation team…

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Sources at the United Nations in New York reported on Friday that the investigation committee appointed by the United Nations…

Neither Democrats nor Republicans are prepared to say a word in opposition to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's decision to…

With the recent announcement of the Church of England that the Church would divest from companies which profit from Israel’s…

A Message to Caterpillar: Don’t Profit From Human Rights Violations   On Monday, February 6th, the Anglican Church of England…

This evening, the International Nonviolence Conference will open in Bethlehem under the auspices of the Holy Land Trust. The conference…

Mayor of Bethlehem Dr. Victor Batarseh will declare Bethlehem an open city and announce that the city is to issue…

In the early 1960s, Martin Luther King, Jr was being tugged in two different directions.  One segment of the movement…