Italian scholars boycott Israeli academic institutions
A group of Italian professors and researchers are planning to boycott Israeli academic institutions, saying the schools are complicit in “violations of international law and human rights”.
Keeping Yourself Occupied: The Palestinian Authority Guide
Visualizing Palestine launched its new infographic (right) this week, highlighting the Palestinian Authority’s complicity in sustaining Israel’s military occupation.
Al-Shabaka has previously addressed this critical topic from various angles, and invites readers to delve further with these in-depth analyses that complement the latest work of our friends at Visualizing Palestine:
Palestinian workers banned from settlement jobs
For over a week more than 10,000 Palestinians have been barred from working in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, after an Israeli army ban some have labelled as “collective punishment”.
How settlement businesses sustain Israeli occupation
Companies doing business in Israeli settlements contribute to and profit from land confiscations and the violation of Palestinian workers’ rights – and support the settlements which are illegal under international law, according to a Human Rights Watch report.
HRW calls on businesses to withdraw from Israeli settlements
Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called on Israeli and international businesses to withdraw from Jewish-only settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, saying they “contribute to and benefit from” Israeli violations.
Palestinians banned from working in illegal Israeli settlements
Palestinians have been banned from working in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank following recent attacks, Israel’s army said.
UN fiddles while Palestine burns
According to the Palestinian Water Authority, 85 percent of water in the occupied territories is allocated to Israeli settlers. The NGO Al Shabaka reported in December that 599,901 Israeli settlers use six times more water than nearly three million Palestinians living in the West Bank.
Palestine-Israel: Europe Drowning in America’s Failures
On Monday, January 18, 2016, the monthly meeting of the European Union Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels is expected to discuss and decide on next steps to be adopted by the EU on the Israeli-Palestinian issue. Policy-makers in Israel are worried as they fear an expansion of European efforts to isolate Israel’s settlements.
Palestinian teen could face ‘maximum sentence’
Alaa Tartir, programme director at the Palestinian think tank al-Shabaka that examines the role of political parties in the recent uprising, holds the traditional Palestinian political parties responsible for ‘educating’ and spreading awareness about the political situation among young Palestinians.
