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Protest at the holding of ‘Israeli Day of Science’
Dear Supporter, With amazing and insensitive bad taste the Science Museum in London (and the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry) are allowing their premises to be used for an ‘Israel Day of Science’ sponsored by the Zionist Federation. The research of seven Israeli universities is to be showcased. The planned dates are March 3 […]
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Hundreds of Catalan Organizations and Academics Call for Boycott of Israel
Posted by OPGAI on Mon, 02/02/2009 – 09:23 (Read the Statement in Catalan) — The Israeli occupation army is committing a new massacre in Gaza. At the moment the result of this new act of barbarism has produced five hundred Palestinian deaths, a lot of them unarmed civil population. This last bloodbath, although being the […]
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UC San Diego Department of Ethnic Studies Statement
Commentaries We welcome all thoughtful, informed and reasoned comments to our departmental statements. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the Regents of the University of California or the University of California, San Diego. Please post your comments on our blog: http://ethnicstudiesucsd.wordpress.com/ UCSD Ethnic Studies Department Statement on the Racial Violence […]
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Georgetown Faculty Statement
15 January 2009 We, the undersigned “Faculty for Gaza,” voice our outrage at the scale and nature of Israel”s military aggression since 27 December 2008 against the Palestinians in Gaza, and at Israel”s gross disregard for the dual principles of proportionality and distinction that are central to International Humanitarian Law. We decry Israel”s massacre of […]
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Israeli Academic Institutes Join the Iron Fist Policy
Hundreds of Special Forces Brutally Suppress a Demonstration by Arab Students in Haifa University NDA Press Release 12.01.2009 Twelve students were arrested and many more assaulted and injured, one of whom hospitalized, during a demonstration arranged by the Arab students of Haifa University against the Gaza massacre. The University administration called for the interference of […]
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“Where’s the Academic Outrage Over the Bombing of a University in Gaza?”
The Islamic University (Gaza) | Press Release | January 25, 2009 On Saturday December 27th, 2008, the Islamic University of Gaza (IUG) was ready to start the final exams of the fall semester for more than 20,000 students (60% of whom are women) enrolled into its 10 colleges -education, religion, art, commerce, Shariah law, science, […]
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Australian academics: join us in boycott call
Appeal from the Australian academic community: 22 January 2009 Mission statement: Australian Academic Boycott of Israel Responding to the CALL of Palestinian civil society to join the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, we are an Australian campaign focused specifically on a boycott of Israeli academic and cultural institutions, as delineated by PACBI […]
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U.S. professors call for academic, cultural boycott of Israel for first time
Last update – 06:23 29/01/2009 By Raphael Ahren In the wake of Operation Cast Lead, a group of American university professors has for the first time launched a national campaign calling for an academic and cultural boycott of Israel. While Israeli academics have grown used to such news from Great Britain, where anti-Israel groups several […]
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MOTION FROM THE CFA PEACE AND JUSTICE COMMITTEE
Note: The California Faculty Association (CFA), union of California State University, has a Peace and Justice committee that has created the resolution below. It will be presented to the Board of Directors soon for approval. ******* CFA Call for A Halt to Violence Against All Civilians in Palestine and Israel Whereas, violence against civilians – […]
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International Writers and Scholars Endorse Academic Boycott of Israel
by Steven Salaita / January 27th, 2009 We stand in support of the indigenous Palestinian people in Gaza, who are fighting for their survival against one of the most brutal uses of state power in both this century and the last. We condemn Israel”s recent (December 2008/ January 2009) breaches of international law in the […]
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