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PACBI: Appeal for Action – End Cornell Collaboration with Technion
The Palestinian academic community was deeply disturbed by the recently revealed plan of collaboration between Cornell University and Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The two institutions have won a multi-billion-dollar competition held by the City of New York to establish “a 2 million square foot engineering and applied sciences university campus” on Roosevelt Island, […]
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Sign on: Scholars in Solidarity with Khader Adnan
The following statement will be distributed to the International Committee of the Red Cross, Israeli officials, and the US State Department urging immediate action for the freedom of Khader Adnan. Please sign on below or email khaderadnan@usacbi.org: We, the undersigned, write as concerned scholars and academics to demand the immediate release of Palestinian baker and […]
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Palestine Diaries by Nikhil Pal Singh
The following essay, by USACBI Delegation member Nikhil Pal Singh of NYU, was published in Jadaliyya on February 13, 2012. When I told the Israeli border official who interviewed me that I was going to Ramallah, she sneered and wrinkled her brow: “okay.” Why would anyone go there, she seemed to say. There was no […]
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Purdue professor joins academic, cultural boycott of Israel
By Eric Weddle, JCOnline, February 11, 2012 The conflict between Palestine and Israel has continued for more than half a century and created division along political and religious lines across the world. Bill Mullen, a Purdue University professor of English and American studies, believes the overall issue is one of Palestinian self-determination. “I don’t think […]
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“˜A level of racist violence I have never seen’: UCLA professor Robin D. G. Kelley on Palestine and the BDS movement
The following article and interview, by Alex Kane with USACBI Delegation member Robin D. G. Kelley of UCLA, was published in Mondoweiss on February 16, 2012. If there”s one thing the Palestine solidarity movement and Israel lobbyists can agree on, it”s this: American college campuses remain a potent battleground when it comes to the politics […]
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Educators can’t stay silent about Israeli apartheid
The Electronic Intifada published the following op-ed, written by USACBI Delegation – and Advisory Board – members J. Kehaluani Kauanui, Robin D. G. Kelley, Bill V. Mullen, Nikhil Pal Singh and Neferti Tadiar, on February 13, 2012. We encourage you to distribute it widely. EI link: http://electronicintifada.net/content/educators-cant-stay-silent-about-israeli-apartheid/10928 Today the systematic dispossession of the Palestinian people continues […]
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Adalah-NY plans protest of Batsheva Dance Company
Protest Batsheva Dance Company’s 2012 performances at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Wednesday, March 7, 2012 – 6:45pm – 7:45pm Save the Date! Join Adalah-NY to protest a performance by Batsheva, “Israel”s leading cultural ambassador”. In an exchange of letters with Adalah-NY, Batsheva’s host, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, tried the excuse that Batsheva’s performance won’t “further a political agenda”, but there’s no denying it’s […]
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Occupy Oakland overwhelmingly endorses BDS
On February 1, 2012, Occupy Oakland, in a major step forward for the US occupy movement’s recognition of BDS and Palestinian rights, endorsed the BDS campaign with a 135-1 vote. See the video below: For more coverage of the Occupy Oakland vote, please seeAllison Deger’s piece at Mondoweiss or Nora Barrows-Friedman’s article at the Electronic […]
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PACBI: The Academic Boycott on Campus: Breaking New Ground, Gaining Momentum
The following statement was issued by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) on February 3, 2012: In an open letter dated October 21, 2011 [1], Palestinian students wrote to their counterparts across the world, “we hope you put BDS at the forefront of your campaigns and join together for […]
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Israeli Apartheid Week 2012 video launched
As BDS organizers around the world prepare for Israeli Apartheid Week 2012, a new video was launched, highlighting preparations for the upcoming week of activities and events.
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