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Israeli academics hit back over bid to pass law that would criminalise them
Backlash over threat to outlaw supporters of boycott movement aimed at ending the continued occupation of the West Bank * Rachel Shabi in Jerusalem and Peter Beaumont * The Observer, Sunday 11 July 2010 Palestinian protest against the expansion of the Israeli settlements A Palestinian woman shouts at an Israeli soldier as clashes erupted with […]
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AN OPEN LETTER TO ANNE SOFIE VON OTTER
Dear Anne Sofie von Otter, We are writing to you because we wonder whether a musician who has done as much as you have to make the world remember the Nazi “show camp” of Theresienstadt might be willing to think about the implications of your performances in Israel, scheduled for this October. Possibly among your […]
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UNESCO: Stop Covering up the Israeli Academy’s Complicity in Occupation and Apartheid
— PACBI | 11 July 2010 Occupied Ramallah, 11 July 2010 — The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) condemns the newly announced Master”s program, coordinated by La Sapienza University in Rome, that brings together a Palestinian University, Al Quds, and three Israeli universities, Haifa, Hebrew and Tel Aviv with […]
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Academic Boycott against Israel? Umberto Eco misses the point
Saturday, 10 July 2010 16:04 This opinion piece has a story behind it. When Umberto Eco’s harsh opinion piece against the cultural boycott of Israel appeared in the Italian newspaper L’espresso [1], PACBI decided that a rebuttal was in order. Two PACBI members contacted the newspaper through an Italian colleague to ask that a rebuttal […]
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Rod Stewart Concert not cancelled, but boycott momentum growing
La version franí§aise suit… Dear Friends, Thanks for participating in the action alert to ask Rod Stewart to cancel his Tel Aviv concert last week. Unfortunately, Mr. Stewart did eventually perform in Israel, but only after hearing from thousands of people around the world. Thanks for taking the time to be part of this growing […]
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Boycott, divestment and sanctions in Australia, five years on
Sonja Karkar, The Electronic Intifada, 9 July 2010 It is five years since Palestinian civil society first made the call for a global boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against the apartheid state of Israel. At the time, introducing such action in Australia seemed impossible when the public barely knew anything about the Palestinian struggle for […]
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Children’s group boycotts Israel
By Jessica Elgot, July 9, 2010 A children”s educational movement has voted to boycott Israel at their annual gathering in Sussex. The Morning Star reported that the Woodcraft Folk, which runs weekly sessions for children including singing, dancing, craft and eco-projects, voted for the boycott at their conference in Ashdown Forest, west Sussex. The emergency […]
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IPSC welcomes Irish Government move to block transfer of EU citizen data to Israel
Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign welcomes Irish Government move to block transfer of EU citizen data to Israel Press Release, Thursday 8th July 2010, 6.30pm The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) today welcomed the move by Irish Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern to block a proposed European Commission data-sharing plan with Israel. If adopted the proposal […]
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U.S. Presbyterians urge government to end Israel aid over settlements
Presbyterian Church publishes report on Middle East issues that was approved with 82% of the vote during the church’s annual general assembly in Minneapolis. By The Associated Press Presbyterian leaders strongly backed a proposal Friday calling for the U.S. government to end aid to Israel unless the country stops settlement expansions in disputed Palestinian territories. […]
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Toy Israeli Houses for Italian Kids, Destroyed Homes for Palestinian Children
by Rome Palestinian Solidarity Network / July 10th, 2010 That was the heading on the leaflet distributed at the Iper Coop in Rome, Italy on July 9, 2010, marking the fifth anniversary of the launch campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel. While the systematic demolition of Palestinian homes by Israel continues, the […]
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