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Awarta: The Right to Education Denied
The attached report was issued by the UNESCO Chair on Human Rights and Democracy at An Najah National University. The Right to Education is an important right denied Palestinians by Israel, and is the subject of an important call for academic boycott. While University students all over the West Bank are taking exams, students from […]
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Dear Coen Brothers, by Tali Shapiro
The following piece by Tali Shapiro was published on Pulse Media on May 16, 2011: Dear Coen Brothers, It”s Nothing Personal (It”s all Political) Ethan and Joel Coen recieve the $1M Dan David Prize on May 15th 2011 at Tel Aviv University. ~ Photo by REUTERS/Amir Cohen On May 15th, while thousands of people were getting […]
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Tell Bob Dylan: Don’t Play in Occupied Palestine
USACBI is circulating the following call from activists on Facebook, calling upon Bob Dylan to respect the cultural boycott of Israel. Please participate: Tell Bob Dylan about Occupied Palestine; he is going to play in Tel Aviv on June 20 Facebook group for the campaign: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=191605100881827 Bob Dylan’s Birthday is May 24, 1941. We’re asking […]
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DePaul students to participate in historic vote on Sabra hummus referendum in election this week
by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) DePaul FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Student Government Association at DePaul allows a referendum on Sabra hummus for upcoming election ballot in response to a request from Students for Justice in Palestine. CHICAGO, IL (May 16, 2010)–Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at DePaul University has been campaigning for […]
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Enrique Iglesias, don’t sing for Israeli apartheid!
The following letter to Enrique Iglesias, urging him to respect the boycott of Israel, was coordinated by the BDS Group Catalonia. USACBI is a signatory and is distributing the letter, in English and Spanish. Also, please see the Facebook page calling upon Iglesias to boycott apartheid Israel. Enrique Iglesias, don”t sing for the Israeli apartheid! […]
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Study In Israel Billboards Modified by Guerrilla Advertisers
10 bus shelter billboards advertising the University of California”s “Study in Israel” campaign were remade into “Boycott Israel” ads and placed around Berkeley and San Francisco in May. Under the headline, “Boycott Israel? We boycott Israel because…”, one of the modified posters depicts students saying, “I believe in speaking out against racism. Israel”s entrenched system […]
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Palestinian Students in Gaza Launch Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel
A Call from Palestine: Palestinian Students” Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel (PSCABI) PSCABI-Gaza, Occupied Palestine 29 May, 2009 “Gaza today has become the test of our indispensable morality and common humanity.” Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) National Committee, 27 December 2008 Statement The Palestinian Students” Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel (PSCABI) […]
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Adalah New York: Leonard Cohen Don’t Play Apartheid
Demonstration at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, adapted Leonard Cohen’s song “Democracy.”
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New Palestinian minister orders boycott of Israeli goods
Nablus – Ma”an – Newly-appointed Palestinian Minister of Social Affairs Majida Al-Masri has ordered a ministry-wide boycott of Israeli products as her first decision in her new role. The decision says Palestinian products must have the priority, but if a certain product is unavailable, priority goes to Arab countries, then foreign equivalent. Israeli products are […]
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“LA CARRAU IS CANCELLING ITS VISIT TO ACRE”
After having talks with the platforms promoting the boycott of Israel and with representatives of Catalan institutions and gathering as much information as possible about the events taking place on 24-25 May at Acre, Israel in which La Carrau has been invited to participate, we feel that we should make the following public statement: LA […]
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