Category: News

Life of Bilal Kayed, hunger striker in Israeli prison, hanging by a thread

Bilal Kayed, Palestinian political prisoner, has been on a courageous hunger strike since June 15. He started it on the day the Israelis placed him under administrative detention. This was actually the same day when his release was due, after serving 14 and a half years in the Israeli military prison system of the occupation. Allegedly, the reason for his...

Tariq Ramadan endorses Why the Innocent on social media

Hello, friends and fans. This is a happy blog post, I hope you are willing to read it. Yesterday was a special day for my music, and I would like to share with you why. The reason is: for the first time since I started publishing my music online, which is around the beginning of the century, a truly high-profile...

John Altman

John Altman wears Palestine badge on ITV, Zionists infuriated

Former EastEnders star John Altman apparently has no qualms over expressing his support for Palestinian rights. Dauntlessly, he appeared on the ITV show ‘Loose Women’, sporting a badge of a Palestinian flag on his jacket. Clearly, this went down badly with some Zionist sympathizers among the audience of that show. As was to be expected, they voiced their outrage on...

Carlos Santana

Carlos Santana’s faux pas: worse than just ignoring BDS

Many artists have responded to the call from BDS activists to refrain from performing in Tel Aviv. This call is an integral part of the Palestinian economic, cultural and academic boycott of ‘Israel’. Unfortunately, there also have been many artists who have rejected the call, and went and performed there anyway. But what renowned guitarist Carlos Santana did, really takes...