Israeli Occupation Archive

No Sanctions, No War, No Dictatorship in Iran

Editor — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:09:00 +0000

Looking for a way to oppose US and Israeli war threats against Iran while at the same time condemning the terrible repression taking place inside Iran? This Saturday, February 4th, New Yorkers can do...

The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...

Norman Finkelstein’s Henley College lecture – VOTE NOW!

Editor — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:50:45 +0000

Henley College should NOT rescind its invitation for Norman Finkelstein to guest lecture. Norman Finkelstein's lecture at Henley College (UK) is threatened by a 'disinvitation' prompted by a letter...

The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...

Noam Chomsky: Remembering Howard Zinn

Editor — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:37:48 +0000

Noam Chomsky remembers Howard Zinn, the great American activist and historian, and his close friend of 45 years. A moving political and personal history of the leading activists of a generation --...

The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...

The Palestine Nakba: decolonising history

Editor — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:32:52 +0000

Rashid Khalidi: 'This book is the most comprehensive and penetrating analysis available of the catastrophe that befell Arab Palestine and its people in 1948, known as the nakba. It shows how the...

The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...

Gideon Levy: God rules all in 2012 Israel, even the state

Editor — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:00:34 +0000

From Jenin to Hebron, we are in the West Bank above all because the majority of Israelis believe that it is not only the land of the patriarchs, but that this fact gives us a patrimonial right to...

The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...

Jewish Voice for Peace statement on BDS

Editor — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:14:05 +0000

JVP has grown dramatically in size and influence in the past two years. As part of the ongoing assessment sparked by this growth, JVP reviewed its BDS policy. On the basis of an organization-wide...

The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...

Leandros Fischer: Left Zionism exposed

Editor — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:46:28 +0000

Herein lies the Zionist left’s main international success: namely the framing of the conflict as being about war and peace between two equal parties, ‘two peoples who fight for the same territory’,...

The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...

Remembering Howard Zinn

Editor — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:45:38 +0000

We remember Howard Zinn, our friend and teacher (and among the first members of the IOA Advisory Board), who passed away on 27 January 2010, leaving a formidable legacy. In the words of his close...

The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...

Anthony Arnove and Noam Chomsky honor Howard Zinn

Editor — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:31:57 +0000

A presentation at SUNY New Paltz entitled "Honoring Howard Zinn: An Historian Who Made History," given on 4 December 2011.

The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...

Pro-Palestinian hackers apologize for bringing down Haaretz’s Hebrew website

Editor — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:00:45 +0000

Anonymous Hackers: "@haaretzprint we are sorry , we didn't know that haaretz is a good newspaper,we sorry about this , and be sure no one will attack u again." IOA Editor: In an interesting...

The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...

Survey: Record number of Israeli Jews believe in God

Editor — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:09:29 +0000

Fully 80 percent of Israeli Jews believe that God exists - the highest figure found since this review of Israeli-Jewish beliefs began two decades ago... 70 percent of respondents believe the Jews are...

The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...

Ben White: “Anti-Semitism” smear is about targeting MK Haneen Zoabi, even though it uses me

Editor — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:31:06 +0000

Despite the focus on my new book and writing, this was not about me; it is all about targeting a Palestinian citizen who is determined to use the legal means available to her in order to fight for...

The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...

Palestinian leader Barghuti demands 1967 borders

Editor — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:02:02 +0000

Marwan Barghuti: "The conflict will be finished the moment the Israeli occupation ends, and there is a full withdrawal to the 1967 borders and a Palestinian state is established... I call on the...

The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...

South Korea looking to buy Israel’s Iron Dome aerial defense system

Editor — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:09:29 +0000

South Korea has offered to buy a significant quantity of Israeli-made weapons and defense systems, including the anti-rocket Iron Dome system, if Israel agrees to purchase South Korean fighter...

The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...

Journalist Chris Hedges sues Obama Admin over indefinite detention of US citizens approved in NDAA (video)

Editor — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:05:22 +0000

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges has filed suit against President Obama and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to challenge the legality of the National Defense Authorization Act, which...

The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...

Human Rights Watch reports ‘serious violations’ in Israel, Palestinian territories

Editor — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:23:06 +0000

Annual report lists Israel's blockade of Gaza Strip, settlement expansion in West Bank, and home demolitions in East Jerusalem; report also accuses Hamas for carrying out judicial executions and for...

The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...

Hala Gabriel: Road to Tantura

Editor — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:00:43 +0000

The Road to Tantura is a gripping documentary film that follows a Los Angeles woman as she delves into the history of her family's past. In 1948, her family was ripped from their homeland of...

The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...

Uproar after Jewish American newspaper publisher suggests Israel assassinate Barack Obama

Editor — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:47:27 +0000

The owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times, Andrew Adler, has suggested that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu consider ordering a Mossad hit team to assassinate US President Barack...

The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...

STOP PIPA (Senate 968) and SOPA (HR 3261)

Editor — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:32:29 +0000

Imagine a world without Google, Wikipedia, craigslist, or the IOA, and [add your favorite sites here]... News Corp, RIAA, MPAA, Nike, Sony, Comcast, VISA and others want to make that world your...

The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...

Amira Hass: The VIPs’ hush money

Editor — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:30:15 +0000

Contrary to the interpretation that this was an intentional humiliation of Abbas, for once it's actually believable that this was a mere technical error. Humiliation is part of the system's DNA, and...

The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...