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New Jerusalem Arts Festival must be Boycotted (including participating artists)
New arts festival aims to put Jerusalem on global cultural map By Danielle Zilberberg Tel Aviv may be considered Israel’s cultural capital, but a new arts festival scheduled to kick off in Jerusalem next month aims to draw attention to the city’s “artistic atmosphere,” one of the event’s organizers told Haaretz on Monday. The organizers […]
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Statement from California Faculty Members in Support of SB118
To the ASUC, We the undersigned faculty members from California educational institutions call for reaffirming the ASUC Bill in Support of UC Divestment from War Crimes. We stand united in support of the right of the Palestinian people to be free of the repression and violence that the Israeli military policy is inflicting upon them. […]
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Statement of Support from Nobel Peace Laureates
To the ASUC Senate, We the undersigned Nobel Peace Laureates support your courage and call on you to reaffirm the ASUC Bill in Support of UC Divestment from War Crimes. We stand united in our belief that divesting from companies that provide significant support for the Israeli military provides moral and strategic stewardship of tuition […]
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Divesting from Israel is a Moral Imperative
By Eyad Kishawi “Gilad Shalit” is a recognizable name that rolls easily off the tongues of many Americans. This is a testament to the power of the media, consolidated over the years, and spoon-fed from embedded journalists in Iraq and Afghanistan about what the power structures agree to be in the best interest of the […]
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Abbas orders ban on goods produced in Israeli settlements
By Reuters Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday banned trade in goods made by Israelis living in West Bank settlements, stepping up a campaign to build support for an international ban. “President Abbas today issued a law banning trade in goods made in settlements,” Abbas’s legal adviser Hassan al-Awri told Reuters. Offenders will face jail […]
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Hour: Canada and Israel Building Apartheid
April 26th, 2010 Hour March 2010 by Stefan Christoff. Yves Engler”s new book, Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid, is a stunning examination of the history of Canada-Israel relations and a key read for anyone interested in Canadian foreign policy of all political stripes. Engler”s commitment to critiquing injustices linked to Canadian government and corporate policy […]
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APN on Criticism of Israel and BDS – New Policy Language
By Lara Friedman on April 23, 2010 10:41 AM APN today released new policy language on the recently increasing growing public criticism of Israel, including the efforts to boycott Israel, divest from it and sanction it (known as the BDS movement). The purpose of the new document is to clarify the often foggy discussion over […]
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H&M make your choice Brixton or Jerusalem Not both
H&M, the Swedish fashion chain, are opening a new store in Brixton in the old Woolworth”s store at midday on 29 April. That would be fine except: H&M are in the middle of a large expansion programme in Israel, including a new store in Jerusalem. By opening that store H&M are supporting the Judisation of […]
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Palestinian Queers for BDS (PQBDS) salute Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA) for their courageous stance against Apartheid and condemn the City of Toronto for its blunt threat to freedom of speech!
[Occupied Palestine – April 23rd 2010] According to the Toronto Star (April 18, 2010) the city of Toronto may pull funding from next year”s Pride Parade (2011) if Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA) is allowed to march in the parade this year (2010). City bureaucrats have claimed that QuAIA”s rhetoric contradicts the city”s anti-discrimination policy. […]
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Israeli Queers for Palestine supports QuAIA following censorship attempts from the City of Toronto
We are Israeli queers trying to bring about an end to Israel”s apartheid and occupation of the Palestinians in any legitimate non-violent way open to us, including supporting the Palestinian-led BDS campaign. We are appalled by attempts made at the City of Toronto to use censorship measures against the pride parade”s participation of Queers Against […]
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