On 24 February, the Northeastern University chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) distributed mock eviction notices to dorms around campus to raise awareness of Israel’s systemic demolition of Palestinian homes. The action, which was modeled on similar demonstrations on other campuses and launched in conjunction with the first day of Israel
As the business of journalism evolves and adapts to new digital media, websites like Buzzfeed have captured the attention of millions by combining digestible “listicle”-style articles and user-generated content with traditional reporting. In October 2013, American billionaire Sheldon Adelson launched reThink Israel, a new venture to promote his view of Israel using this
In early December 2013, Calle 13, a Grammy award-winning Puerto Rican hip-hop group, traveled to the West Bank to produce a music video for their new song “Multi_Viral.” The song, featuring a spoken word interlude from Julian Assange, addresses the issue of media manipulation. The video was shot entirely in
In 1920, Palestinian immigrants to Chile founded the Club Deportivo Palestino soccer team in the capital, Santiago. Today, among Chile’s 300,000 Palestinians—one of the largest Palestinian communities outside the Middle East—the team is simply known as Palestino. In December 2013, Palestino introduced new uniforms, which maintained their red-green-white-black color scheme
On 10 January 2014, SodaStream, an Israeli company that manufactures home carbonation devices, announced a new multi-year endorsement agreement with U.S. film actress Scarlett Johansson. SodaStream CEO Daniel Birnbaum explained in an interview with the New York Times that Johansson was going to “demonstrate how easy it is, how sexy
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