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Israel, South Africa, Academic Boycotts
September 27, 2010 The Faculty Senate at the University of Johannesburg will vote this week on whether to end an academic relationship between the South African university and one in Israel, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The vote has set off an intense debate among South African academics and intellectuals, with Archbishop Desmund Tutu last […]
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Gestures From an Explosive Movement Palette
By CLAUDIA LA ROCCO Published: September 26, 2010 The big hook for the Batsheva Dance Company”s Joyce Theater engagement is that two casts perform Ohad Naharin”s “Project 5″ sampler program, one all-female and the other all-male. Audiences can compare and contrast, seeing just what a difference gender makes in this Israeli choreographer”s intensely physical work. […]
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WHY UJ SHOULD SEVER RELATIONS WITH ISRAELI UNIVERSITY
By Professor Ran Greenstein Sunday Independent – South Africa – [26_09_2010] Can one live a normal life in an abnormal society? The anti-apartheid movement believed that you could not, and must not. It set out to disrupt the comfortable lives of white South Africans, to force them to understand that change was necessary. One tactic […]
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Israeli ties: a chance to do the right thing
Sep 26, 2010 12:00 AM | By Archbishop Desmond Tutu The University of Johannesburg’s Senate will next week meet to decide whether to end its relationship with an Israeli institution, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, on the grounds of that university’s active support for and involvement in the Israeli military. Archbishop Desmond Tutu supports the […]
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Full text of the interview with Richard Falk, U.N. Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Israeli-Occupied Territories of Palestine
C. Gouridasan Nair Interview with Richard Falk, U.N. Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Israeli-Occupied Territories of Palestine Richard Falk, the United Nations Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Israeli-Occupied Territories of Palestine, is sceptical whether the negotiations between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, guided by the U.S., would produce […]
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CEO of TIAA-CREF confronted by shareholder-activists at UMass Boston
Pro-divestment activists from the UMass faculty and student body brought their concerns to TIAA-CREF CEO Roger Ferguson as he delivered a convocation in September, 2010. Jewish Voice for Peace (a member group of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation) has launched a national campaign specifically at TIAA-CREF, to divest from several companies who […]
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Fashion Week soiree hosted by Israeli settlement builder draws protest
For Immediate Release September 21, New York, NY – More than a dozen human rights activists surprised an end of New York Fashion Week shindig hosted at the Madison Avenue diamond boutique of the notorious Israeli settlement builder Lev Leviev. Acting on an anonymous tip, activists from Adalah-NY gathered outside Leviev’s store shortly after highly-coutured […]
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New Yorkers call for boycott of Israeli dance troupe Batsheva
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY, September 22, 2010 – About 40 protesters gathered this evening to call upon New Yorkers to boycott the Israeli dance troupe Batsheva Dance Company during their performances at the Joyce Theater in Manhattan. Backed by the music of the radical marching band, Rude Mechanical Orchestra, demonstrators handed out programs […]
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A report on the two day conference on “A Just Peace for Palestine” held on 22-23 September 2010 at New Delhi.
“Just Peace for Palestine” Fri, 2010-09-24 15:07 – Dhananjay Day 1 Noted academics, political leaders and activists from the different parts of the world gathered today for a two day Conference in New Delhi on “A Just Peace for Palestine”. The Conference was jointly organised by the Committee for Solidarity with Palestine, Palestine BDS National […]
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BNC Event: “South African anti-apartheid strategy and BDS, then and now”
The Palestinian Boycott Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) cordially invites you to a public presentation entitled(?????? ??????? ?? ??????) “South African anti-apartheid strategy and BDS, then and now” by Professor Patrick Bond Political economist and professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal School of Development Studies in South Africa. Professor Bond authored/edited more than a […]
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