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Towards a Divestment Policy that Makes Global Connections
Friday, 10 April 2009 13:06 USA, April 10th, 2009 (Pal Telegraph) – On March 25, The Student Government Association of the University of Massachusetts/ Amherst, passed a resolution calling for divestiture in companies that profit from war and occupation. While not specifically mentioning Israel , this motion, which is not binding on the University, had […]
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Police Arrest 22 at New School Building
April 10, 2009, 10:05 am By Colin Moynihan AND Sewell Chan Updated, 10:37 p.m. | About 20 police officers wearing helmets and carrying batons, plastic shields and pepper spray entered a New School building at 65 Fifth Avenue around 11 a.m. on Friday, arresting 19 protesters who had occupied it as part of a determined […]
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Tutu’s viewpoint welcome: Keep political ties away from academic perspectives
Editorial Board Published: Wednesday, April 8, 2009 Updated: Wednesday, April 8, 2009 UNC and Michigan State squared off against each other in Monday night”s thrilling NCAA National Championship game. Now, both schools are under fire for selecting Archbishop Desmond Tutu to speak at their commencement ceremonies. The Anti-Defamation League sent a letter to UNC Chancellor […]
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Israel’s Key Vulnerability
Paul Grenville Apr 10th, 2009 Israel has once more sent out a message to the Islamic and Arab world with its onslaught on Gaza that the struggle for the Middle East will be uncompromisingly bloody and violent. It was the same message in the summer of 2006 with the invasion of the Lebanon, with the […]
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New School Re-Occupied !!!! Come to 65 Fifth Avenue!!!
Apr 10th, 2009 by Take Back NYU! Students at New School have occupied the ENTIRE BUILDING of the Graduate Building. Be there or be square! More info to come!
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Tesco criticised for Israeli goods boycott hotline
* Rachel Williams * The Guardian, Friday 10 April 2009 Tesco has come under fire from the pro-Israel lobby after setting up a customer helpline option for people to complain about it stocking Israeli products. A recorded message told callers ringing its general customer services number: “If you are ringing regarding Israeli goods, please press […]
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Group assails MSU’s Tutu invitation
April 10, 2009 Academic freedom cited by Simon in response to criticism Matthew Miller mrmiller [at] lsj.com EAST LANSING – Michigan State University announced last week that retired South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu would give this year’s commencement address. Two days later, the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish advocacy organization, filed a protest. In a letter […]
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US court allows apartheid claims
A United States judge has ruled that lawsuits can go ahead against several companies accused of helping South Africa’s apartheid-era government. IBM, Ford and General Motors are among those corporations now expected to face demands for damages from thousands of apartheid’s victims. They argue that the firms supplied equipment used by the South African security […]
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Arab Students Marginalized by Israeli Universities
by Jonathan Cook Obstacles to Israel’s Arab minority participating in higher education have resulted in a record number of Arab students taking up places at universities in neighboring Jordan, a new report reveals. Figures compiled by Dirasat, a Nazareth-based organization monitoring education issues, show 5,400 Arab students from Israel are at Jordanian universities — half […]
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Jewish groups clash at LCBO Israeli-made wines snapped up after calls for boycott
They shouted ‘Shame!’ and ‘Jew-haters!’ at the small group of Jewish protesters who yesterday called for a boycott of Israeli wines at a midtown liquor store. Hundreds of pro-Israeli Jews descended on the Summerhill LCBO to counter a group of about 30 pro-Palestinian Jews who urged a boycott of Israeli wines ahead of this week’s […]
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