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Jonathan Ben-Artzi: Yes, apartheid
Jonathan Ben-Artzi Guest columnist Published: Thursday, April 22, 2010 Updated: Thursday, April 22, 2010 In their recent columns, Simon Liebling “12 and Ethan Tobias “12 debated the comparison of the contemporary struggle against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories and the struggle for divestment from the apartheid state of South Africa in the 1980s […]
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How the Wayne State Vote for Total Divestment from Israel has led the way
From Wayne State, the divestment movement spread to the University of Michigan-Dearborn, to Wisconsin, and to Berkeley.
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CRH, Divest Now from Apartheid Israel!
April 22, 2010 To CRH plc management, Dublin, Ireland We, at BOYCOTT!*, a group of Israeli citizens, strive to stop our government’s human rights and international law violations, which have been facilitated by the cooperation of international companies. Your company has gone to great lengths in getting involved with the Israeli land and resources annexation, […]
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Petition to Support Divestment at UC Berkeley
Every so often, we get a moment when a remarkable future unfolds before our eyes. And when it happens, it’s our responsibility to do everything within our power to help it along. One of those moments is happening right now on the University of California’s Berkeley campus. Berkeley professors and students of every color, religion, […]
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Protest: Gil Scott-Heron: Don’t Play apartheid Israel!
Date: Saturday, April 24, 2010 Time: 6:15pm – 8:30pm Location: outside Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London Meet at 6.15pm outside Royal Festival Hall, London (to protest as people go into the concert that starts at 7.30pm) Bring banners. placards, flags, drums, etc Gil Scott Heron was part of the United Artists Against Apartheid in the […]
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UC Berkeley Student Senate Set to Vote April 28th on Historic Divestment Bill
***For Immediate Release*** For More Information Contact Ali Glenesk. 805.610.3889. ali.glenesk[at]gmail.com from: Students for Justice in Palestine Dina Omar. 510.283.8487. dinnaomar[at]gmail.com [Berkeley, CA] – On Wednesday April 28th, the UC Berkeley Student Senate will make a final attempt to pass a bill calling for divestment of University funds from companies that profit from Israel”s war […]
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Open letter to Gare St Lazare Players Ireland: Cancel Tel Aviv University!
PACBI | 23 April 2010 Occupied Ramallah, 23 April 2010 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) urges through this letter the Irish touring theatre company Gare St Lazare Players Ireland to cancel their scheduled performance of Samuel Beckett”s “First Love” at Tel Aviv University on May 26, 2010. We […]
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STUC REAFFIRMS ISRAEL BOYCOTT
Thursday 22 April 2010 Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Media Release The Scottish Trades Union Congress reiterated its commitment to a campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel at it annual meeting in Dundee yesterday, just days after a BBC poll described international attitudes to the country as “widely negative”. The motion, presented by the […]
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Letter to Gil Scott-Heron
Rap pioneer Gil Scott-Heron is scheduled to go to Israel for one performance on May 25 in Tel Aviv’s Barbie club. Dear Gil, We write to urge you not to perform in Israel next month. This is done in the name of millions of Palestinians living under an Apartheid system no different (and probably worse) […]
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My Investment in Israel
April 21, 2010 Are You an Anti-Semite? By VIJAY PRASHAD I”m not Israeli. I”m not Palestinian. Nor Jewish, nor Arab, nor Muslim. I”ve never been to Jerusalem, nor Ramallah. I”m not sure if I”ll ever go there. I have no relatives who live there, no family who ever went there, or came from there. I […]
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