The Electronic Intifada

Laila El-Haddad interviews Joudie Kalla, author of the cookbook "Palestine on a Plate." For more, read: https://electronicintifada.net/content/palestinian-cuisine-more-whats-plate/20546 (Photo of Joudie Kalla: Ria Osbourne)

Israel's leaders continue to threaten the entire Lebanese population with another war. Activist, writer and scholar Rania Masri of the Campaign to Boycott Supporters of Israel in Lebanon talks about the banning of Wonder Woman over the role of the lead actor, Gal Gadot, who was an Israeli soldier during the 2006 bombing of Lebanon. For more, read: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-...

Pressure mounts on Radiohead to cancel their planned Tel Aviv gig; and Omar Barghouti and Nyle Fort discuss common resistance in the struggles for Palestinian and Black liberation. Read more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/building-common-resistance-us-palestine (Photos: Barghouti and Fort [top], activists plead with Radiohead at a Berkeley performance in April [bottom]...

Anne Paq and Ala Qandil of Obliterated Families talk about their multimedia project and US tour; Marguerite Dabaie speaks to Palestinian cartoonist Mohammad Sabaaneh about his new book, White and Black: Political Cartoons from Palestine. For more, read: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/stories-gazas-obliterated-families (Photo: Reporter Ala Qandil, courtesy of Obliterated...

Actor and co-writer Tamer Nafar and director Udi Aloni discuss the stories behind the new film Junction 48. Read more: https://electronicintifada.net/content/rapping-amid-palestines-ruins/20031

Young dancers and hip hop emcees from Dheisheh refugee camp are on a US tour. For more, read: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/young-palestinian-dancers-tell-stories-resistance (Photo: Dancers perform in Oakland, 19 March. Brooke Anderson)

Malaka Mohammed has been targeted by Israel lobby groups for her defense of Palestinian rights. For more, read: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-gaza-student-uk-speaks-out-against-harassment (Photo of Malaka Mohammed by Jeremy Abrahams) Read Malaka's post on Medium here: http://bit.ly/2nmLPZH And follow her on Twitter: @malakashwaikh

Youth protesters interrupted the senate hearing of David Friedman as US ambassador to Israel on Thursday, in an action they say was aimed at inspiring others to ensure senators block his confirmation. (Image: C-Span, https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4657125/palestinian-protester-disrupts-friedman-nomination-hearing)

Reporter Charlotte Silver talks about the ongoing push by immigration attorneys to protect the rights of immigrants and refugees under the Trump administration's Muslim ban. (Photo by sarah-ji on Flickr, http://bit.ly/2jCWgHt)

Activists Amanda Weatherspoon and Nadya Tannous highlight strengthening solidarity between Black and Palestinian struggles. For more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-resisting-youth-incarceration-us-palestine (Image: Friends of Sabeel North America, https://nochildbehindbars.squarespace.com)

Hashem Abu Sham'a, who grew up in al-Arroub refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, wins prestigious Rhodes scholarship; a talk on BDS and activism by Omar Shakir and Rahul Saksena. (Photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills)

Journalists and authors Mohammed Omer and Jordan Flaherty join the podcast to talk about Palestine and activism. Music: Naima Shalhoub. For more: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/listen-gaza-fuel-emergency-daily-routine (Photo: A Palestinian man overlooks Gaza's power station in the central Gaza Strip, July 2015. Ashraf Amra/APA Images)

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-delega...

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...

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...

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-vi...

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...

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...

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...

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 court...