Local residents on Congressional Accompaniment Tour to Palestine/Israel Local residents Peter Klotz-Chamberlin, Tom Helman, David Furnish, and Joshua Grossman accompanied Congressman Jimmy Panetta's Executive Assistant Rose Leopold to Palestine and Israel April 27-May 4. They visited cities and villages under Israeli military occupation--Jerusalem, Susiya, Hebron, Khan Al Ahmar, and others. They observed Israeli military court proceedings with children. They met Palestinians, Israelis and also UN and US officials. They will report Friday, June 8, 7pm at RCNV, and...
Posted: Sun Jun 3, 2018 3:26PM
500 Palestinian Detainees To Start Hunger Strike Next Week 
Issa Qaraqe’, the head of the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee, has reported that 500 detainees, held by Israel under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders without charges or trial, have decided to start a hunger strike next week....
Posted: Fri Jun 1, 2018 2:30PM
In Legislative Upset, Missouri Anti-BDS Bill Fails 
JEFFERSON CITY, MO — A five-month grassroots campaign led by human rights groups and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Missouri celebrated a win on May 18, 2018, when the Missouri legislative session ended, failing to pass legislation that would have denied state contracts worth over $10,000 to businesses and organizations boycotting Israel over its subjugation and dispossession of the Palestinian people....
Posted: Sun May 27, 2018 1:55PM
Palestinian Journalists Condemn Bill Criminalizing Photography of Israeli Soldiers 
The Palestinian Journalist Syndicate (PCJ) released a statement on Saturday condemning the proposal of a new bill in the Israeli Knesset that would criminalize the photographing or recording of Israeli soldiers while on duty....
Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 7:12PM
Palestinian Nakba (Catastrophe) Commemoration and Demonstration in San Francisco 
Over 1,000 people turned out in San Francisco on May 15 in support of Palestinians, who have been commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Nakba (Catastrophe), when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced and often killed when the State of Israel was established in 1948....
Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 1:39PM
NACCS Passes a Resolution In Defense of Palestinian Academic and in Support of Academic Fr 
The Lawfare Project, self-described as “the legal arm of the pro-Israel community”, filed a frivolous lawsuit against SFSU, the College of Ethnic Studies, and Dr. Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi.
The National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) joined a broad base of groups who have issued multiple public statements, open letters, and resolutions in support of Prof. Abdulhadi and academic freedom by passing a resolution in defense of Dr. Abdulhadi and in support of academic freedom....
Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 10:42PM
Resolution In Defense of Palestinian Academic and in Support of Academic Freedom 
The Lawfare Project, self-described as “the legal arm of the pro-Israel community”, filed a frivolous lawsuit against SFSU, the College of Ethnic Studies, and Dr. Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi.
The National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) joined a broad base of groups who have issued multiple public statements, open letters, and resolutions in support of Prof. Abdulhadi and academic freedom by passing this resolution.
The resolution is below, and available as a PDF, for stud...
Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 10:01PM
Emergency Vigil For Gaza -- 70th Anniversary of al-Nakba 
Santana Row
Stevens Creek Blvd. & Winchester Blvd.
San Jose / Santa Clara, CA...
Event Date: Tue May 15, 2018 6:30PM
Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 3:14PM
Great March of Return: 70th Nakba Anniversary 
Santa Cruz Town Clock, Water and Pacific St, Santa Cruz...
Event Date: Tue May 15, 2018 4:00PM
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 8:46PM
Ten Palestinian Journalists Attacked by Israeli Forces 
About ten Palestinian journalists were injured by Israeli fire on Monday, while covering the Israeli aggression against Palestinian protesters along Gaza border, the government media office reported, according to Al Ray....
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 7:54PM
Gaza: Israel Kills 50+ Palestinians Protesting Nonviolently as U.S. Opens Jerusalem Embassy 
We go to Gaza for a live update from Sharif Abdel Kouddous as tens of thousands of Palestinians have gathered near the heavily fortified border with Israel for nonviolent protests against the U.S. Embassy’s opening in Jerusalem. At the time of our broadcast, the Israeli military had killed at least 30 Palestinians, and least 1,000 had been injured. “No one is carrying any weapons here. There are no bullets being fired by Palestinians on Israeli soldiers. … And yet these killings continue,” Ko...
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 7:49PM
Death Toll 58 in Israeli Military Assault on Gaza Protests 
The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that Israeli soldiers killed, Monday, 58 Palestinians, including six children and four officers of the Palestinian Ministry of Interior and National Security, in the Gaza Strip, and injured 2771....
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 7:17PM
Protest Ehud Barak - War Criminals Not Welcome in the Bay Area 
JCCSF
3200 California St, San Francisco, California 94118
See details below for public transportation....
Event Date: Wed May 16, 2018 6:00PM
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 6:15PM
Report: Ongoing Nakba Must End — Time Has Come for the International Community to Act 
The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council has issued a statement entitled: “The ongoing Nakba must end: the time has come for the international community to act.” (WAFA)...
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 2:26PM
General Strike to Commence on 70th Nakba Day 
Palestinian Authority spokesperson Yousef al-Mahmoud, on Monday, announced a general strike for Tuesday, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Nakba, the day when some 700,000 Palestinians were forced out of their homes and displaced by Israel, in 1948....
Posted: Mon May 14, 2018 2:24PM
Rally to Commemorate the Day of the Nakba 456 Montgomery street, San Francisco...
Event Date: Tue May 15, 2018 5:00PM
Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 10:02AM
17th Annual Palestinian Cultural Day 
Isaac Senter Auditorium
Santa Clara County Government Center
70 West Hedding Street
San Jose, CA 95110...
Event Date: Fri May 11, 2018 3:45PM
Posted: Sun Apr 8, 2018 9:34AM
Protest for Gaza: End the Massacre! 
Office of Rep. Jimmy Panetta
100 W. Alisal Street
Salinas, CA...
Event Date: Thu Apr 12, 2018 4:00PM
Posted: Sat Apr 7, 2018 1:17AM
As Israeli Forces Open Fire on Unarmed Palestinians, Jimmy Panetta Helps "Congratulate" Israel 
Congressman Jimmy Panetta, who represents California's central coast, was a member of a Democratic congressional delegation that visited Israel on March 26 to congratulate the nation on the 70th anniversary of the establishment of its government. “Our delegation is pleased to be able to extend the congratulations of the American people to the people of Israel as we celebrate the 70th anniversary of Jewish state this spring,” Nancy Pelosi, the leader of the delegation stated ahead of the March...
Posted: Fri Apr 6, 2018 10:26PM
Palestinians Hack Israeli Websites 
A group of Palestinian hackers were able to hack a number of Hebrew sites simultaneously, and post on the main pages pictures taken during the attack on the peaceful Great Return March, this past Friday....
Posted: Wed Apr 4, 2018 8:27PM