On this episode of The Electronic Intifada Podcast: The Episcopal Church takes action to support Palestinian rights; Germany implements municipal and national crackdowns on Palestine activism. More here: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-episcopal-church-votes-refuse-profits-israeli-crimes (Photo: Members of the Episcopal Church join a protest outside an immigrant detention center in Texas. Photo by Jennifer Bing)

Activists with the Virginia Campaign for Human Rights talk about how they are fighting the proposed changes by Israel advocacy organizations that deliberately distort or omit Israel's historic and current violations of Palestinian rights. Read more here: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-israel-lobby-seeks-erase-occupation-virginia-schoolbooks (Photo: Israel's illegal wall in the occupied West Bank could be described as a "security fence" if Israel lobby groups are allowed to edit Virginia's textbooks. Najeh Hashlamoun / APA images)

On this episode of The Electronic Intifada Podcast: Human rights activists keep up pressure on Philadelphia Orchestra over its Israel tour; Ehud Barak protested in San Francisco. Read more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/philadelphia-orchestra-teams-israeli-soldiers

Dr. Tarek Loubani describes being shot in the legs by Israeli sniper as Gaza hospitals are forced to improvise with lack of basic supplies. Photo courtesy of Tarek Loubani (in blue scrubs, in a photo taken on 11 May. His colleague, Mousa Abu Hassanein, second from right, was shot and killed on 14 May). Read more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-clearly-marked-gaza-medics-shot-israeli-snipers

On this episode of The Electronic Intifada Podcast: A report from the Great March of Return, after Israeli forces kill dozens of Palestinians in Gaza; excerpts of talks by Ghada Karmi, Joseph Massad, Ilan Pappe and Salman Abu Sitta. Read more here: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/horrific-unprecedented-israel-massacres-almost-60-palestinians-gaza (Photo: Palestinian protesters demand their rights during the Great March of Return, Rafah, Gaza Strip, 14 May. Photo by Mahmoud Bassam/APA Images)

Israel denies entry to the executive director and board chair of the Center for Constitutional Rights, using false information from Zionist blacklisting websites; author Sunaina Maira explains why the academic boycott is growing in popularity across US universities despite lawfare campaigns aimed at silencing scholars. For more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-israel-scans-troll-websites-decide-who-can-enter

Two young activists with the Demiltarize! Durham2Palestine coalition talk about the significance of banning local police training programs with Israeli forces. For more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-how-durham-activists-led-city-ban-police-training-israel(Photo: Ajamu Dillahunt of BYP-100 addresses a rally outside Durham city hall, 16 April. https://twitter.com/Durm2Palestine/status/986005261939769345)

"Every Palestinian was a target" at March of Return in Gaza; Scholars call for an end to Study Abroad in Israel programs at US universities. Photo: Palestinian protesters take part in a mass protest demanding the right to return to their homeland, Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, 30 March. (Ashraf Amra / APA images)

On this episode of The Electronic Intifada Podcast: Israeli lawfare "backfires" in New Zealand; Bay Area supporters of imprisoned Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi rally for her release. (Photo: Protesters in Oakland, California, protest the imprisonment of Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi, 31 January. Image by Bill Hackwell)

On The Electronic Intifada Podcast: Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi denied bail in an Israeli military court; Activists celebrate the closure of a New York City diamond store owned by Israeli billionaire and settlement profiteer Lev Leviev. Read more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-how-israel-couldnt-bear-ahed-tamimis-slap (Photo of Ahed Tamimi, Ofer prison, 20 December: Oren Ziv/ActiveStills)