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ASU students protest study abroad in Israel program
The following article was written by Arizona State University student Oday Shahin, and published in the State Press, ASU’s student newspaper. Study abroad program sends wrong message By Oday Shahin October 10, 2010 at 5:33 pm ASU”s Study Abroad Office announced an Israel study abroad program in conjunction with Ben-Gurion University last month. However, a partnership […]
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Open Letter to Jon Bon Jovi: Don’t Play Apartheid Israel
http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1442 It is with great disappointment that the undersigned organizations learned of your scheduled performance in Israel set for 2011 as part of your “Circle Tour” [1]. Given that Israel is involved in grave violations of international law and human rights, particularly as indicated in the UN Goldstone Report, we urge you to cancel this gig […]
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PACBI: The Challenge for 2011: Start implementing the academic boycott of Israel
http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1438 If 2010 witnessed an exceptional growth of the global BDS movement, especially in the cultural and consumer products fields, one of the main challenges facing the movement in 2011 will be to start putting into effect concrete boycott measures against Israeli universities and to further spread the artists” boycott of Israel. With world renowned […]
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New PACBI Newsletter: Risala December 2010
PACBI, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, recently released its December 2010 newsletter, with many informative updates and articles. It is available here: http://www.pacbi.org/newsletter/december2010.php The newsletter includes important editorials from PACBI on academic boycott in 2011 and from the BDS National Committee on the second anniversary of the war on Gaza. […]
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Stuttgart Declaration: Closing Document of Palestine Solidarity Conference
Stuttgart Declaration Closing Document of the Palestine solidarity conference “Separated in the past – together in the future”. Stuttgart, 26-28 November 2010 Equality – or nothing (Edward W. Said) From 26-28 November 2010, over 200 participants came together for a “Palestine Solidarity Conference”. The theme of this three-day conference, with the title Separated in the […]
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Tell Felix Da Housecat: Don’t Play Apartheid Israel!
We have learned that American artist, Felix Da Housecat, is scheduled to perform in Tel Aviv on December 12th, 2010. We have sent a letter asking him to join the BDS movement but we need your help in getting the word to him, since his performance is scheduled in only a week. Please help us […]
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USACBI on Professor Lisa Taraki’s US Visit
The U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel [USACBI] is proud to host Professor Lisa Taraki during her tour of the United States. In addition to her academic work as a sociologist at Birzeit University in Palestine on aspects of Palestinian society, politics and urban social history, she has been an activist […]
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Radio Intifada interviews student divestment advocates
Radio Intifada on KPFK interviewed Ibrahim Shikaki of Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of California at Berkeley on April 1, 2010. The program also spoke with Gabriel Schivone of the University of Arizona about the campaign at his university calling for divestment from Israel. Click here to download the program. The segment […]
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Urgent Plea from UC Berkeley Students for Justice in Palestine: Support Divestment
From UC Berkeley Students for Justice in Palestine: Thank you so much to all of the people who joined us on Wednesday night to support the ASUC bill urging divestment from companies that directly fund Israel’s illegal occupation and war crimes (General Electric and United Technologies), and to all who sent letters in support of […]
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Montreal: 500 Artists Against Israeli Apartheid
February 25, 2010 – A call from Montreal artists to support the international campaign for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions against Israeli apartheid… Today, a broad spectrum of Montreal artists are standing in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom and supporting the growing international campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against the Israeli state. […]
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