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Law firm pulls $250,000 gift to Harvard over Palestine event (demonstrating Zionism’s pervasiveness)

Feb 18, 2016

Philip Weiss Mondoweiss This disturbing story appeared yesterday in an independent publication at the Harvard Law School. HLS Justice(...)

Mohamed Heikal, Nasser confidant and influential Arab journalist, dies at 92

Feb 18, 2016

Staff writer and AP The Washington Post Mohamed Heikal, a confidant of Egypt’s nationalist leader Gamal Abdel Nasser who later(...)

Why America Turned Off Al Jazeera

Feb 18, 2016

Hussein Ibish New York Times The closing of Al Jazeera America, expected in April, is a sad conclusion to(...)

NY college event with Israeli scholar who said only rape can deter Palestinian militants postponed after protests

Feb 18, 2016

Ben Norton Salon.com Israeli scholar Mordechai Kedar has insisted that only rape can stop Palestinian militants. “The only thing(...)

Pro-Israel Fraternity Scandal Erupts at U of Chicago, Where Authorities Have Long Ignored Its Culture of Racism

Feb 18, 2016

Sarah Lazare AlterNet The University of Chicago was thrust into the media spotlight this month when leaked internal emails(...)

UNHCR to Receive Award for International Commitment at the 2016 Gibran Awards Gala

Feb 17, 2016

Award for International Commitment The amount of courage that goes into the decision to uproot your family from your home(...)

Activists Protest Airbnb’s Listings in Israeli Settlements

Feb 17, 2016

Activists in San Francisco protest outside Airbnb headquarters. (STAFF PHOTO PHIL PASQUINI) Two days after Chris Lehane, Airbnb’s head of(...)

Tell Oscar Nominees: Reject Apartheid!

Feb 17, 2016

The Israeli Tourism Ministry is offering a $55,000 all-expenses paid, 10-day luxury travel pack with first-class air to Tel Aviv(...)

Harvard Law loses 250K after ‘Palestine Exception’ event

Feb 17, 2016

Palestine Legal The law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadely & McCloy reportedly pulled $250,000 from Harvard Law after a(...)

Arab America Picks a President

Feb 17, 2016

BY: Fred Shwaery/Arab America Contributing Writer We are 11 months from inaugurating a new president and vice president. Much(...)

The Hidden Success of BDS

Feb 17, 2016

As the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement enters into its eleventh year, it is clear that 2016(...)

Israel detains Washington Post bureau chief in Jerusalem accusing him of ‘incitement’ –updated

Feb 17, 2016

Allison DegerMondoweissWilliam Booth, the Washington Post’s Jerusalem bureau chief, was conducting interviews by the Damascus Gate outside of the Old(...)