The Electronic Intifada

Activestills aims to do more than document protest in Palestine. The Electronic Intifada speaks with Activestills photographer Oren Ziv and co-editors Shiraz Grinbaum and Vered Maimon of the new book "Activestills: Photography as Protest in Palestine/Israel." For more: https://electronicintifada.net/content/photography-solidarity/18421

Law professor Katherine Franke dismisses claims that use of the term is akin to anti-Semitism. Read more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/why-israels-actions-can-be-called-genocide (Photo: Anne Paq/ActiveStills)

The Electronic Intifada interviews Charlotte Kates, a Palestinian prisoner solidarity activist who was interrogated by Israeli forces and denied entry to West Bank; and Students for Justice in Palestine members Rahim Kurwa and Omar Zahzah who talk about the growth of the solidarity movement on US campuses as Israel lobby groups attempt to suppress student organizing.

Activists will put Hillary Clinton's values "to the test" when it comes to advocating for Palestinian children. Interview guests: Rania Khalek (The Electronic Intifada), Josh Ruebner (US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation), Jennifer Bing (American Friends Service Committee, No Way to Treat a Child Campaign). For more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-dnc-delegates-support-palestinian-rights-even-if-democratic-party Photo: US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation Facebook page)

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)