Solidarity and Activism

Seoul, Pyongyang Agree to Compete Together in 2018 Asian Games – Reports

Sputnik – 18.06.2018 North and South Korea have agreed to form joint teams for some competitions within the upcoming Asian Games, and march together under the unification flag during the opening and closing ceremonies of the tournament, the Yonhap news agency reported on Monday. During their Monday’s talks in the truce village of Panmunjom, the […]

Blood Diamonds: Human Rights Campaigners Want ‘Kimberley Process’ to Suspend Israel

Palestine Chronicle | June 16, 2018 Human Rights campaigners say that Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) must suspend Israel and ban Israeli diamonds exports. A global coalition of organizations working for justice and peace in Palestine have called on the EU to seek the suspension of Israel from the Kimberley Process and a ban on […]

HP Faces $120 Million Potential Loss Due to Complicity in Israel’s Violations of Palestinian Human Rights

IMEMC News & Agencies | June 13, 2018 Hewlett Packard (HP) faces over $120 million in potential losses since India’s largest student federation passed a resolution to support the BDS movement and to boycott Hewlett Packard companies over their well-documented complicity in Israel’s grave violations of Palestinian human rights. Apoorva Gautam, the India-based South Asia coordinator for the Palestinian […]

Israel scores painful own goal in run-up to the World Cup

By James M. Dorsey | The Turbulent World of Mideast Soccer | June 6, 2018 Argentina’s cancellation of a friendly against Israel because of Israeli attempts to exploit the match politically is likely to reverberate far beyond the world of soccer and spotlights the risks of Israeli efforts to persuade the international community to recognize […]

Palestinians thank Argentina for cancelling match with Israel

MEMO | June 6, 2018 Palestinians have thanked the Argentinian football team and star forward Lionel Messi for cancelling their friendly match with Israel scheduled for Saturday, according to the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI). Football fans and Palestinian human rights supporters had urged the Argentinian team to cancel the […]

Two-state solution is dead, Palestinian courage should spur international action

Palestinians attend the funeral of paramedic Razan Al-Najjar, 21, shot dead by Israeli forces while healing the wounded during ‘Great March of Return’ [Mustafa Hassona – Anadolu Agency] By Rick Sterling | RT | June 4, 2018 After 70 years, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is still unresolved. The conflict simmers for a few years, then erupts […]

Al Quds Day: Supporting Palestinians against Israeli oppression

PressTVUK | June 1, 2018 Ramadan is an opportunity to show solidarity with the Palestinian cause. Annual Al Quds marches will take place around the world next week, renewing a commitment to resistance against Israeli crimes. See also: Gaza Palestinians call for supporters around the world to mobilize in solidarity, and plan for mass protests […]

Gaza Palestinians call for supporters around the world to mobilize in solidarity

Plan for mass protests to end the blockade and occupation Participants in Gaza’s Great March of Return on the eighth Friday of the demonstration. Contact: U.S.: Pam Bailey | founder/director, We Are Not Numbers | +1 301-518-0199 | pam@wearenotnumbers.org Gaza: Ahmed Alnaouq |+972 567676219 | ahmed@wearenotnumbers.org Protests marking two historic dates are planned along Israel’s massive “security fence” […]