Global Palestine Solidarity has launched a petition urging the Kimberley Process to widen its definition of conflict diamonds to include all diamonds that fund human rights violations.

Wikimania, the annual conference of the Wikimedia community, is set to be held in Haifa in August.

Five of Norway’s largest PR firms have said ‘no’ to offers to improve Israel’s global public relations campaign, reported the Norwegian newspaper Dagens Naæringsliv.Israel is attempting to widen its global public relations campaign by hiring foreign PR firm to improve its reputation abroad.