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USACBI Call for Solidarity with the Palestinian People: Boycott Now!
Palestine is in flames. At this moment, racist lynch mobs are marching through the streets of Jerusalem, chanting “death to Arabs,” and hurling threats and insults at terrorized and bleeding Palestinian children and youth, left to die surrounded by dozens of Israeli soldiers, when they are not summarily executed on their way to or from […]
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New Resource: FAQ on the Academic Boycott of Israeli Institutions
The US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (USACBI) and Jewish Voice for Peace Academic Advisory Council have produced the following FAQ on the call for academic boycott of Israeli institutions. The FAQ, a resource for academics, students and others interested in the boycott, provides information on the reasons for the boycott, […]
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What’s Behind the Explosions of Violence in Palestine? — The Destruction of Religious Sites and “Extrajudicial Executions” of Palestinian Teenagers
This article, by USACBI Organizing Collective member, Stanford professor David Palumbo-Liu, was published at the Huffington Post. It focuses on the systematic attacks on Palestinian youth and the drive to occupy and colonize Palestinian holy sites at the hands of the Israeli state: With this rash of summary executions of Palestinian youths, seemingly sanctioned by […]
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Solidarity with the Palestinian popular resistance! Boycott Israel now!
The following statement was released by the Palestinian Boycott National Committee: Whether the current phase of Israel”s intensified repression and Palestinian popular resistance will evolve into a full-fledged intifada or not, one thing is already evident–a new generation of Palestinians is marching on the footsteps of previous generations, rising up en masse against Israel”s brutal, […]
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New reports detail campus repression, “Palestine exception to free speech”
Two new reports detail the repressive mechanisms being used by Zionist organizations, in U.S. campuses and communities, in an attempt to silence voices in support of Palestinian rights and put in place the “Palestine exemption to free speech.” Palestine Legal and the Center for Constitutional Rights, and Jewish Voice for Peace, have just issued reports […]
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SWANA Region Radio: Interviews on Academic Boycott and BDS
SWANA Region Radio on KPFK conducted two interviews on 28 September, focusing on Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions: the first, an interview with Lisa Taraki and Omar Barghouti on the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and the second with Mitri Raheb, on Palestinian Christians today. Available on audio archive […]
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Elia and Najjar: Israel’s assaults on Palestinian education amount to genocide
Nada Elia and Rima Najjar, of USACBI’s Organizing Collective, have authored a new article in Electronic Intifada on Israeli attacks on Palestinian education. Focusing on attacks on Palestinian education in 1948 Occupied Palestine and in Jerusalem, the article provides a historical and current view. “The historical context of today”s crisis in Palestinian education is critically important […]
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Anthropology Boycott Campaign: Resources for a Teach-In on Academic Boycott
Anthropologists for a Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions has produced a packet of materials, designed specifically for anthropologists supporting the campaign in the American Anthropological Association in favor of academic boycott, to hold a teach-in at your university or department. USACBI is redistributing these materials to encourage their wide usage: Have you signed on to […]
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October 6, NYC: Steven Salaita and Joseph Massad – Palestine and the Limits of Academic Freedom
Tuesday, October 6 7:00 pm New York University School of Law, Vanderbilt Hall Room 210, 40 Washington Square S New York, NY 10012 Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/923172314428854/ Join us for a discussion with Steven Salaita and Joseph Massad on academic freedom, free speech on campus, and the movement for justice in Palestine. In the summer of 2014, […]
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Video: Bethlehem University students on the right to education
The following video, with interviews with student leaders at Bethlehem University, was created in June 2015; 4 Palestinian students and 1 professor came to Ireland for a delegation to explore building connections with Irish student unions and Irish universities, including exchange programs. The students in this video discuss the frequent violations of the Palestinian right […]
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