Alice Walker Absolutely Does Not Want Alicia Keys to Perform in Israel

by Jamilah King on May 30 2013, 12:41PM

Walker to Keys: Google me. And then visit Gaza instead.

Topics: /NOW

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Romney: Israeli ‘Culture’ Makes It More Wealthy Than Palestine

by Kai Wright on July 30 2012, 10:09AM

Palestinians ask the obvious question about the presumptive GOP nominee’s analysis of poverty in the Middle East: “Isn’t this racism?”

Topics: Economy, Global Affairs, Kai Wright, /NOW

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As U.N. Debates Palestinian Statehood, Palestinian People Still Ignored

by Michelle Chen on September 23 2011, 9:02AM

The Palestinian Authority has set in motion a diplomatic frenzy over its citizens’ right to self-determination. But something obvious remains lost in the maneuvering between the White House, Abbas and Israel: The Palestinian people.

Topics: Global Affairs, Global Justice

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Why We, as Women of Color, Join the Call for Divestment From Israel

by Barbara Ransby on July 13 2011, 9:53AM

On the heels of a controversial new Israeli law challenging boycotts, a group of feminist women of color describe their visit to Palestine and explain their call for divestment.

Topics: Global Affairs

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Alice Walker Doesn’t Mince Words in Challenging Israeli Blockade of Gaza

by Asraa Mustufa on June 28 2011, 10:35AM

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author is set to sail to Gaza, and compares the treatment of Palestinians to her own childhood in the American South.

Topics: Global Affairs

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Images From Behind the Gaza Blockade

by Hatty Lee on June 4 2010, 12:00PM

Almost 1.5 million people struggle for basic necessities.

Topics: Global Affairs

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The Gaza Blockade is the Real Problem

by Hagai El-Ad on June 4 2010, 12:00PM

An Israeli human rights advocate says the flotilla raid is but the latest reason why the siege is as self-defeating as it is inhumane.

Topics: Global Affairs

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Another Ship Heads to Gaza, Israel Again Vows to Protect Blockade

by Seth Freed Wessler on June 4 2010, 10:00AM

A new ship is headed to Gaza today, and the Israeli government has once again vowed to stop the vessel. The boat, which flies the Irish flag, is named the Rachel Corrie, after the young American student crushed to death…

Topics: Global Affairs

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Will American’s Death in Gaza Flotilla Change U.S. Stance on Israel?

by Seth Freed Wessler on June 3 2010, 11:50AM

An American citizen is reported to be among the 9 people killed by Israeli solders aboard a flotilla of ships headed to Gaza on Monday. Turkish investigators have identified one of the bodies flown from Israel to Turkey yesterday as…

Topics: Global Affairs

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Israel, Gaza and the ‘Lynching’ of Morality

by Seth Freed Wessler on June 2 2010, 12:00PM

The U.S. conversation about Israeli violence is still bound by false equivalencies and feigned victimhood.

Topics: Global Affairs

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