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New legislation fails to give Tzipi Livni protection from arrest

Today, 6 October 2011, former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni visited the United Kingdom . Ms. Livni was Foreign Minister during Israel’s 27 December 2008 – 18 January 2009 offensive on the Gaza...

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PSC update: prisoner hunger strike; Bedouin ethnic cleansing and more

Palestinian prisoner plight continues It looks as if a prisoner exchange has finally been agreed between Israel and Hamas, with over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners (rumoured to include Marwan Barghouti...

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Al-Haq submits formal objection to €1bn public contract for Hermes

Al-Haq has instructed Van den Biesen Boesveld advocates, Amsterdam, to submit a formal objection against the decision of Stadsregio Arnhem Nijmegen, a Dutch local authority, to award a one billion Euro...

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Occupy Wall Street not Palestine!

Occupy Wall Street not Palestine! We are part of the world’s 99% yearning for freedom, justice and equal rights!  If a people one day wills to live                     fate must answer its call And the...

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Leeds: £550m city incinerator plan a step closer UPDATED

Yorkshire Evening Post report By Sam Casey. Published on Wednesday 12 October 2011 08:07 Plans to build an incinerator in Leeds capable of burning 180,000 tonnes of rubbish a year have taken a step...

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An Open Letter from Palestinian Students to Their Peers in Europe

“Time Now to Boycott Israeli Apartheid on University Campuses” Besieged Gaza, Occupied Palestine We Palestinian students of the Gaza Strip wish to send a message to all European student groups in...

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Norman Finkelstein: How to Solve the Israel-Palestine Conflict at Leeds Uni...

Leeds (University) Palestine Solidarity Group presents Norman Finkelstein at the University of Leeds. The author of ‘The Holocaust Industry’, ‘The Rise and Fall of Palestine’ and ‘Beyond Chutzpah’...

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BDS Victory: Alstom loses Saudi Haramain Railway contract worth $10B

The BDS National Committee (BNC) has declared a long sought-after victory as Alstom lost the bid for the second phase of the Saudi Haramain Railway project, worth $10 billion US dollars, after pressure...

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Cambridge University students vote to break contract with Veolia

58% of students vote to break contract with company implicated in Israeli human rights abuses Students at Cambridge University in the UK have voted to call on the University to cut ties with a company...

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For Veolia at London’s Natural History Museum, there’s no place to hide

Veolia, a French multinational, is the official corporate sponsor of the prestigious ‘Wildlife Photographer of the Year’ exhibition that runs until 11 March 2012 at London’s Natural History Museum....

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Edinburgh University Students Vote to Ban G4S

In a victory for the Palestinian Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, Edinburgh University Student Association (EUSA) yesterday overwhelmingly passed a motion through its Student Council to...

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Leeds PSC Statement on Council’s Selection of Veolia for Incinerator Contract

1st November 2011 (for immediate use) Leeds Palestine Solidarity Campaign (Leeds PSC) expresses its profound disappointment at the decision of Leeds City Council officers to recommend to Councillors...

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Leeds council’s selection of Veolia for incinerator deal angers YEP readers

Reply to YEP to counter pro-Israeli letters. Write, email or ring the Yorkshire Evening Post. E-mail: eped@ypn.co.uk Tel: 0113 2388536 Write to: The Editor, Readers Letters, Yorkshire Evening Post,...

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BNC to participate in South Africa session of Russell Tribunal on Palestine

BDS National Committee to participate in South Africa session of Russell Tribunal on Palestine – Cape Town, 5-7 November 2011 Live webcast begins 8am local time Saturday 5 November...

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No Let Up For Veolia At The Natural History Museum London

Report by Isvestia London November 2011 Over fifteen Campaigners for Palestinian Rights were out in force for over two hours on Saturday 5 November protesting outside the Natural History Museum in...

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‘Islam now main far-right target’

A report into far-right extremism across Europe has found that instances of antisemitism are extremely low and hardline Islamophobia dominates most nationalist groups. The report by British think-tank...

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Palestinian Freedom Riders to ride settler buses to Jerusalem

Inspired by the Freedom Rides of the US Civil Rights Movement Palestinian activists will attempt to board segregated Israeli settler buses to occupied East Jerusalem Groups of Palestinian Freedom...

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UNESCO distances itself from Israeli government youth conference

The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), the largest coalition in Palestinian civil society struggling to uphold Palestinian rights, recently discovered that the Israeli Ministry of Education was...

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Poland’s growing Palestine movement faces anti-Semitism smears

Earlier this month, the Polish Nationwide Organization of Jewish Youth, known as ZOOM, withdrew from an alliance of anti-fascist groups and cited the participation of the Polish Campaign of Solidarity...

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YEP Article: Leeds incinerator campaign defeated

YEP Published on Saturday 19 November 2011 07:00 Calls for Leeds City Council to reconsider its decision to build an incinerator to deal with household rubbish have been defeated. The council has...

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