Struggle News Worldwide

By Ali Abunimah, Electronic Intifada 14 May 2008
This month Israel marks the 60th anniversary of its founding. But amidst the festivities including visits by international celebrities and politicians there is deep unease — Israel has skeletons in its closet that it has tried hard to hide, and anxieties about an uncertain future which make many [...]

by Omar Barghouti, first published in American Theatre Magazine, May 2008, republished in The Electronic Intifada, 8 May 2008
In 1965, the American Committee on Africa, following the lead of prominent British arts associations, sponsored a historic declaration against South African apartheid, signed by more than 60 cultural personalities. It read: “We say no to apartheid. [...]

First published by Al Mezan, republished in The Electronic Intifada, 6 May 2008
The number of victims killed by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) has increased amid continued escalation of its attacks on, and incursions into, the Gaza Strip recently. According to Al Mezan Center’s monitoring and documentation, IOF stepped up their human rights violations and committed [...]

Report by Al Mezan, republished in the Electronic Intifada, 28 April 2008
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) killed four children and their mother when they shelled their home in Ezbet Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip today. Another man was killed in the attack which occurred during an IOF incursion in different parts of the town [...]