Palestine Expo, the largest Palestine event in Europe was held in London on 6-7 July. Among those invited to talk was the grandson of Nelson Mandela and South…
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SkatePal: Joy, freedom and development through skateboarding
SkatePal is a non-profit organisation that works with communities throughout Palestine to provide alternatives to sports and personal growth to the lives of young people through skateboarding. They are run…
US envoys lend a hand at controversial tunnel inauguration in occupied East Jerusalem
US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman and the White House Middle East envoy, Jason Greenblatt, attended the inauguration of a contested tunnel underneath the Palestinian neighbourhood of Silwan in occupied…
Jerusalem Square inaugurated in Paris amid pro-Palestine request
Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion attended the inauguration of the “Place de Jérusalem” (Jerusalem Square) in Paris together with his Parisian counterpart Anna Hidalgo on 30 June. Paris mayor, addressed anti-semitism,…
Palestinian Minister arrested by Israeli forces in occupied East Jerusalem
Jerusalem Police briefly arrested Palestinian Authority Minister for Jerusalem Affairs, Fadi al-Hadami, at his home in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday 30 June, for what his lawyer said was connected…
German authorities stop speech of Palestinian activist
The German authorities have banned Palestinian-Canadian journalist Khaled Barakat from speaking at a public event in Berlin, stating his speeches are “anti-Semitic” on 22 June. Barakat was supposed to present…
Jewish-American organisation aims to highlight occupation in 2020 elections
American-Jewish NGO, IfNotNow, has launched a new campaign aimed at highlighting the Israeli occupation of Palestine in the upcoming US elections in 2020. The campaign aims at addressing American presidential…
Critical LGBTIQ+ Pride in Madrid mobilises against Israeli occupation
The Spanish branch of Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) participated in the LGBTIQ+ Critical Pride event in Madrid on 28 June. The BDS group in Spain stated their decision to…
Gender, occupation and advocacy: Palestinian women claiming their voices.
Today, women’s rights and those of gender and sexually diverse (queer) people are under the spotlight in mainstream media. With movements like the #metoo campaign and highly covered “Pride” events…
Lebanon hosts ‘anti-Manama’ summit and conferences in support of Palestine
In the wake of the Manama Summit held 25 – 26 June to discuss Trump’s so-called “Deal of the Century”, Lebanon has become the centre of Arab rejection to the…