More than 80 Minnesota legislators pressured the president of the University of Minnesota to malign and undermine a student divestment campaign. (Image: #UMNDivest supporters at the University of Minnesota, from UMNDivest Facebook page)

Issa Amro of Youth Against Settlements in Hebron arrested for "incitement" by Israeli army; and activists in Virginia successfully pressure lawmakers to drop anti-BDS bill. For the full story: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-how-palestinian-rights-activists-halted-virginias-anti-boycott (Image: Palestinian protesters hold banners during a demonstration against the closure of Shuhada street to Palestinians, on the 22nd anniversary of the closure, in the West Bank city of Hebron. 26 February. Wisam Hashlamoun / APA Images)

McGill students pass a BDS motion; and professors at US universities form Faculty for Justice in Palestine to support student organizing and protect academic freedom. Music: "Boycott Israel" produced by Don Martin. For the full story: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-canadian-students-back-israel-boycott-government-condemns-it (Image: activists at McGill University, from McGill BDS Action Network's Facebook page)

The student government at the University of Illinois-Chicago unanimously passed a divestment resolution on Monday evening. Also, divestment resolution veto bypassed at the University of South Florida as student-led campaigns grow. Music: "The Emperor's Clothes" by Invincible. For the full story: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-student-organizing-pays-divestment-victories-chicago-and-florida (Image: A student activist wears Chicago-area campus divestment campaign buttons at the UIC divestment hearing, posted by Twitter user @nashalam)

Issa Amro, coordinator of Youth Against Settlements, talks about the ongoing sit-in protest at a checkpoint in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood in Hebron to protest a "closed military zone" order and daily violence against Palestinian residents of the city by soldiers and settlers. For more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-israeli-army-making-our-lives-impossible-says-hebron-activist (Image: Sit-in protest at checkpoint/Youth Against Settlements [@twitter.com/YASHebron])

Rafeef Ziadah is a London-based poet and activist. Her newest CD, We Teach Life, combines poetry and music and makes a deliberate connection between activism and art. Hazem Jamjoum interviews Ziadah for The Electronic Intifada. More here: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-rafeef-ziadah-why-its-difficult-separate-politics-poetry (Photo courtesy of Rafeef Ziadah)

The Electronic Intifada's contributor Budour Youssef Hassan talks about the recent uprisings across Palestine, how youth in particular are self-organizing their resistance protests and the impact of Israel's collective punishment policies. For more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-israel-denies-palestinians-even-right-mourn (Photo: A Palestinian youth throws back a tear gas canister during clashes with the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, 20 November. Anne Paq/Activestills)

Brad Parker, attorney with Defence for Children International-Palestine, says that the current attacks on Palestinians are "part of a trend we've seen since 2014, where Israeli forces have used increasing lethal force, but also the use of excessive force, against Palestinian demonstrators -- particularly children." For more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-killing-palestinian-children-inevitable-outcome-israeli-policies (Photo: Relatives of Ahmed Sharaka, 13, who was killed by Israeli troops on 11 October, mourn during his funeral in Jalazoun refugee camp near the West Bank city of Ramallah, 12 October. Shadi Hatem / APA Images)

Sami Suleiman of National Students for Justice in Palestine says that "It requires personal endurance to do this work and a willingness to face a lot of backfire." The national SJP conference happens this weekend in San Diego. More here: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-why-new-israel-lobby-smears-are-good-news-activists (Image of past SJP national conference courtesy of NSJP's Facebook page)

New York-based poet Remi Kanazi talks about his work and shares some of his poems from his brand-new book, Before the Next Bomb Drops: Rising Up from Brooklyn to Palestine. For more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-israels-massacres-cant-be-erased-says-poet-remi-kanazi (Photo of Remi Kanazi by Christopher Hazou)