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French academics join the call for boycott
Friends, Attached are French and English versions of a text signed by French academics who declare they wouldn’t collaborate with Israeli institutions participating in the occupation and demand the adoption of a policy of sanctions against Israel. Please send around, Thanks, Israel’s impunity must end Reports have made it clear that Israel’s actions in Gaza […]
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US activists urge boycott of Israeli companies
International outrage at the war on Gaza has triggered calls to boycott, divest and sanction Israel. Just this week, student activists at a small US college said they persuaded their university to divest from corporations that support Israeli occupation. A movement like the one that ended South African apartheid may be tough to build in […]
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Educators of Conscience Call for an Academic Boycott of Israel
February 13, 2009 · No Comments by J. Kehaulani Kauanui, Ph.D. On Monday, February 2, 2009, scholar Benny Morris gave a lecture, “The First Arab-Israeli War,” at Wesleyan University, which was sponsored by the Jewish and Israeli Studies Certificate Program. As a New Historian who supports Zionist ideology, Morris is one of Israel”s most distinguished […]
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A Campus Sit-in against Israeli Occupation
by Ron Jacobs / February 13th, 2009 On Friday, February 6, the University of Rochester-SDS (UR-SDS) organized an occupation of Goergen Hall at the University of Rochester for peace and solidarity with the Palestinians. The action was partially inspired by the wave of occupations across the UK in support of Palestine the past few weeks. […]
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Hampshire Is First to Divest
by Gary Lapon / February 13th, 2009 The Hampshire College Board of Trustees voted to transfer assets from a fund that invests in corporations that contribute to the Israeli occupation of Palestine, making Hampshire the first institution of higher education in the U.S. to divest. A range of organizations came out in Amherst, Mass., on […]
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US college cuts ties with Israeli occupation-affiliated businesses
Bethlehem – Ma”an – Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts has become the first of any college or university in the US to divest from companies on the grounds of their involvement in the Israeli occupation of Palestine. The landmark move is a direct result of a two-year intensive campaign by the campus group, Students for […]
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Hampshire College becomes first college in U.S. to divest from Israeli Occupation!
[press kit attached below] – Hampshire College in Amherst, MA, has become the first of any college or university in the U.S. to divest from companies on the grounds of their involvement in the Israeli occupation of Palestine. This landmark move is a direct result of a two-year intensive campaign by the campus group, Students […]
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Australian University students support BDS campaign
University of Western Sydney’s Student Association (UWSSA) | Australian BDS Campaign for Palestine | February 7, 2009 The University of Western Sydney’s Student Association (UWSSA) has decided to formally affiliate to the “Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel”. The call to boycott which was sent by “Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of […]
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Rochester’s show of solidarity with Gaza
Kyle Brown reports from a campus occupation at the University of Rochester. February 9, 2009 STUDENTS AT the University of Rochester (UR) and their supporters from the community occupied a campus building February 6 in solidarity with the victims of Israel’s siege of Gaza–and in a matter of half a day declared victory after winning […]
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Why Support the U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel?
by Adrienne Rich February 3, 2009 Dear All, Last week, with initial hesitation but finally strong conviction, I endorsed the Call for a U.S. Cultural and Academic Boycott of Israel. I’d like to offer my reasons to friends, family and comrades. I have tried in fullest conscience to think this through. My hesitation: I profoundly […]
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