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High Court accepts IDF criteria for Palestinian study in Israel
May 25, 2009 21:47 | Updated May 25, 2009 21:53 By DAN IZENBERG Despite strong objections from the Committee of University Heads, individual academics and the human rights organization Gisha, the High Court of Justice on Monday accepted the army’s non-security related criteria for granting Palestinian post-graduate students permits to enter Israel to study at […]
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The Carmel Academic Center in Haifa Closes Academic Track As Too Many Palestinian Students Registered
The Carmel Academic Center in Haifa shut down the concentration in accounting within its Department of Business Administration because a majority of the students applying were Palestinian citizens of Israel. This was revealed in a news item reported on Israeli news Channel 10 on 24 May (in Hebrew only). According to this report, just over […]
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British lecturers vote to boycott Israeli universities
British lecturers have voted overwhelmingly to boycott Israeli universities and colleges. At their annual conference, the lecturers said Israeli academics are complicit in their government’s oppression of Palestinians. However, as soon as the vote was carried it was declared null and void by the lecturers’ union because of legal threats. Roshan Muhammed Salih in Bournemouth […]
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Sign the Petition Against the UC Davis Summer Abroad in Israel
To: Dr. Eric Shroeder Summer Abroad faculty Director, Dr. Jean-Xavier Guinard Associate Vice Provost, and Dr. William Lacy Vice provost at the University of California Davis From: The EAP Equality Coalition Date: June 1, 2009 As University of California students, faculty, and people of conscience, we strive to uphold the Principles of Community whereby “We […]
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WHY I’M JOINING THE ACADEMIC BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL
2 June 2009 By Jake Lynch Nearly two-thirds of Israelis in favour of direct, substantive negotiations between their own government and the leadership of Hamas. Some mistake, surely? Actually no – this was the finding of an opinion survey in February 2008 by Tel Aviv University. Barely ten months later, as “Operation Cast Lead” got […]
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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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Why Palestinians are calling for a boycott of Israeli universities
A Palestinian academic union urges British colleagues to back a boycott in support of ‘our struggle for justice’ * Amjad Barham * guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 26 May 2009 15.57 BST Palestinian academics have been heartened by the outpouring of solidarity with our people on the part of British academics and students – the latter attested to […]
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Tel Aviv University – A Leading Israeli Military Research Centre
“In the rough and tumble reality of the Middle East, Tel Aviv University is at the front line of the critical work to maintain Israel”s military and technological edge. (Tel Aviv University Review, Winter 2008-9) Introduction Tel Aviv University (TAU) is Israel”s largest university. Like any large university, TAU hosts an extensive range of well-regarded […]
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British academic union deals one more blow to business-as-usual with the Israeli academy
Once again, the membership of the University and College Union (UCU) has not let Palestinians down. The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) salutes our British colleagues for their steadfast and principled support for the cause of justice and peace in Palestine and for adopting, at the UCU”s annual congress […]
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