A friend shared a New Year’s resolution card with me (pictured); it was originally published in 1946 in an Argentinian Jewish newspaper in the Yiddish language. It features a bandaged figure labelled “the world” (die velt), shaking hands with an angel labelled “Peace” (frieden). The card read: A New Year Blessing! It is the will of all that lives forever: This year, you shall make peace with each other! Amen!”

This old card my friend sent tells me only one thing; 66 years later, Palestinian suffering continues, and peace has not yet been realized in the region.

In early September 2012 over 60 Australian pro-Palestinian activists met in Adelaide for a Solidarity Weekend which included the 8^th Edward Said Memorial Lecture presented by Ilan Pappe, the 3^rd National BDS conference, the inaugural APAN (Australia Palestine Advocacy Network) AGM and a concert by Phil Monsour.

January:

• Noted French philosopher and political theorist Jacques Rancière canceled a visit to lecture at Tel Aviv University after an appeal by PACBI, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel.
• Leading LGBT activists, artists and cultural workers http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora/leading-lgbt-activists-artists-...
  

Ikea shows no intention of ending delivery of its products to Israel’s illegal settlement colonies in the West Bank, a 10 December letter from the furniture giant shows.

For years, Ikea has been facilitating the delivery of products from its Israeli stores to residents