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Gaza Academics and Students: U. of Johannesburg’s Decision to Condition Ties with Ben Gurion University, a Step in the Right Direction
Besieged Gaza, University Teachers” Association Palestinian Students Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel 30.September.2010 Gaza Academics and Students: U. of Johannesburg”s Decision to Condition Ties with Ben Gurion University, a Step in the Right Direction University Teachers” Association in Palestine and Palestinian Students” Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel welcome the decision taken […]
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South Africa Champions the Academic Boycott of Israel
PACBI | 30 September 2010 We can easily be enticed to read reconciliation and fairness as meaning parity between justice and injustice. Having achieved our own freedom, we can fall into the trap of washing our hands of difficulties that others face. Yet we would be less than human if we did so. It behooves […]
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UJ decision backward
Sep 29, 2010 | Sowetan Editorial Sun Oct 03 15:00:48 SAST 2010 THE world, with the obvious exception of the lunatic fringe, is fast becoming unanimous in its condemnation of repression, wherever it rears its ugly head. It is heartening to note that the voices coming out of Cosatu are mindful of this clarion call […]
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South Africa’s Israel boycott
An international boycott helped end apartheid – now South Africans are leading world opposition to racism in Israel o Ronnie Kasrils o guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 29 September 2010 08.00 BST Desmond Tutu Prominent South Africans including Desmond Tutu have endorsed recent moves to boycott Israeli institutions. Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian When Chief Albert Luthuli […]
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SAPA: UJ to mull Israeli university ties
NEWS24.COM 2010-09-29 14:08 Johannesburg – The University of Johannesburg (UJ) senate will hear recommendations from a task team on its relationship with Ben Gurion University (BGU) in Israel on Wednesday. UJ deputy vice chancellor Adam Habib could not comment on the recommendations, saying he did not want to “pre-empt” the meeting. The move followed calls […]
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Cut ties with Israel University, UJ told
September 28 2010 at 07:14pm The Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) on Tuesday added its voice to calls for the University of Johannesburg to cut ties with Israel’s Ben Gurion University. “… we call upon the University of Johannesburg to act in the interest of justice and terminate an agreement between itself and the […]
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SA university must reconsider Israel ties – Haidar Eid
As a graduate of the University of Johannesburg and a resident of Gaza, I find it distressing that the university has signed an agreement with Israel’s Ben Gurion University despite the policy of ethnic cleansing and the latest war crimes committed against the people of Gaza by the nation’s government. Israeli academic institutions are known […]
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200 prominent South Africans sign BGU boycott petition
By RONEN SHNIDMAN 09/25/2010 00:27 Pro-boycott petition letter circulated ahead of University of Johannesburg vote on whether to end ties with Ben-Gurion University set for Sept. 29. Talkbacks (14) Two hundred prominent South Africans have publicly called for the University of Johannesburg to end its relationship with Ben-Gurion University as part of an ongoing global […]
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Eight American Universities Say Yes to Apartheid – An Analysis
Lawrence Davidson A letter from Gaza appeared on the Web dated September 24, 2010. It was from a group of Gaza academics and students and sought to publicize the fact that eight American universities have recently signed agreements with various Israeli universities to offer U.S. students free semester long programs in Israel. Among the American […]
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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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