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It Takes a Cynic: ‘If I Were Not Obama, I Would Be Diogenes’
Cynics would critically understand the realities of the Palestinian-Israeli crises. By Dallas Darling As a lawyer and one time activist, President Barack Obama should not have lashed out at the Cynics when he asked the United Nations General Assembly and the world to back his plan to forge a Palestinian State and a secure Israel. […]
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South Africa’s Israel boycott
An international boycott helped end apartheid – now South Africans are leading world opposition to racism in Israel o Ronnie Kasrils o guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 29 September 2010 08.00 BST Desmond Tutu Prominent South Africans including Desmond Tutu have endorsed recent moves to boycott Israeli institutions. Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian When Chief Albert Luthuli […]
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SAPA: UJ to mull Israeli university ties
NEWS24.COM 2010-09-29 14:08 Johannesburg – The University of Johannesburg (UJ) senate will hear recommendations from a task team on its relationship with Ben Gurion University (BGU) in Israel on Wednesday. UJ deputy vice chancellor Adam Habib could not comment on the recommendations, saying he did not want to “pre-empt” the meeting. The move followed calls […]
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Cut ties with Israel University, UJ told
September 28 2010 at 07:14pm The Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) on Tuesday added its voice to calls for the University of Johannesburg to cut ties with Israel’s Ben Gurion University. “… we call upon the University of Johannesburg to act in the interest of justice and terminate an agreement between itself and the […]
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Czech public figures call on Václav Havel: “Do not use your name to whitewash Israeli war crimes, human rights violations
[ISM Czech Republic] – In response to news about Václav Havel”s support for an international campaign to fight so-called “delegitimisation” of Israel and to fight against the worldwide boycott movement against Israel initiated by the former Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar, ISM Czech Republic and Friends of Palestine Czech Republic issued an open letter […]
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SA university must reconsider Israel ties – Haidar Eid
As a graduate of the University of Johannesburg and a resident of Gaza, I find it distressing that the university has signed an agreement with Israel’s Ben Gurion University despite the policy of ethnic cleansing and the latest war crimes committed against the people of Gaza by the nation’s government. Israeli academic institutions are known […]
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Why Does Israel Still Occupy the Palestinians?
Weekend Edition September 24 – 26, 2010 Policies Defying Rationality? By SHIR HEVER The majority of Israel”s anti-occupation movement, unfortunately, does not focus on the rights of Palestinians to live free, but on the damage that the occupation causes to Israeli society (Sternhell, 2009). The arguments that the occupation is a major investment of resources […]
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SCORPIONS: “Wind of Change” for Justice or Apartheid?
An Open Letter from PACBI Dear Scorpions, Occupied Ramallah, 28 September 2010 — The Palestinian Campaign for Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) has learned from various sources that you are scheduled to perform in Tel Aviv on October 4, 2010. Your performance in Israel was only recently announced on your official tour website. […]
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200 prominent South Africans sign BGU boycott petition
By RONEN SHNIDMAN 09/25/2010 00:27 Pro-boycott petition letter circulated ahead of University of Johannesburg vote on whether to end ties with Ben-Gurion University set for Sept. 29. Talkbacks (14) Two hundred prominent South Africans have publicly called for the University of Johannesburg to end its relationship with Ben-Gurion University as part of an ongoing global […]
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Eight American Universities Say Yes to Apartheid – An Analysis
Lawrence Davidson A letter from Gaza appeared on the Web dated September 24, 2010. It was from a group of Gaza academics and students and sought to publicize the fact that eight American universities have recently signed agreements with various Israeli universities to offer U.S. students free semester long programs in Israel. Among the American […]
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