Iain Banks the novelist has died at the age of 59. A committed supporter of the anti-war movement, he tore up his passport in protest over Tony Blair's lies that took Britain into war with Iraq.

To support Palestinian rights means little without the willingness to listen to Palestinian voices explain why they advocate a global, non-violent boycott campaign.

When we look back in a few years, Hawking's decision to respect BDS may be seen as a turning point – the moment when boycotting Israel as a stance for justice went mainstream.

Any real move towards peace in the Middle East would mean ending all aid to Israel (the 26th wealthiest country in the world) until it ends its violations of international law and human rights.

Hard-hitting film by Harry Fear shows how Israel's killing of a 13-year-old Palestinian as he played football with friends led to the Israeli attack on Gaza in November 2012.

The world's most expensive footballer Cristiano Ronaldo shows his support for Palestinians by refusing to exchange shirts with Israeli footballers after a Portugal-Israel match.

A grim anniversary should have sent Obama on a visit to Baghdad with reparations for the Iraqi people, instead he's in Israel conferring on the next American war in the Middle East.

"Rachel's untimely death was an inspiration to become more involved in the struggle for freedom for Palestine. We honour her memory and what she was standing for."

On 17 September 2011 Hugo Chávez wrote to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to confirm the Venezuelan government's support for the establishment of the State of Palestine.

"If I die, it is a victory; if we are liberated, it is a victory, because either way I have refused to surrender to the Israeli occupation, its tyranny and arrogance."

"All settlement activity in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, is illegal under international law." - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Jaradat had been pummelled by repeated blows to his chest and body and had sustained a total of six broken bones in his spine, arms and legs.

The Israel/Palestine conflict was played out at the Oscars -- the entertainment industry’s biggest gala of the year -- but how did Israeli youth react to '5 Broken Cameras'?

Three months after the last major Israeli incursion into the Gaza Strip, the "period of calm" is only "calm" for Israel.

Where was this outrage last month when Israeli soldiers shot dead four unarmed Palestinians, among them children, in under a week?

It is time that more politicians and public figures refused to capitulate to emotional blackmail, and stopped saying sorry to Israel that has a great deal to apologize for itself.