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Apartheid = Immoral Order
Authors Margaret Atwood and Amitav Ghosh are well known for works centered around oppression and colonialism with an anti-war stance. Tel-Aviv University is one of the prime targets of the academic boycott, for its support and part in Israel”s violent occupation over the Palestinian people. The Dan David Prize is one of those high-profile awards […]
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Boycotting the boycotters
While the international boycott against apartheid South Africa is credited with leading to the regime’s downfall, here it is considered irrelevant and unworthy of comparison. By Gideon Levy Most people here are appalled at the notion that anybody beyond Israel’s borders would think to boycott their country, products or universities. Boycotts, after all, are viewed […]
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EU set to renew cooperation agreement with apartheid Israel but no upgrade
From Jerusalem Post: http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=175452 Israel”s EU upgrade to be put off again Israel”s ties with the European Union remain strong, but are unlikely to be upgraded when the action plan for its bilateral relations expires in June, diplomatic sources told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday. That plan, which exists under the framework of the European […]
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United against Israeli apartheid and colonialism
Saturday, 15 May 2010 16:13 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 May 2010 Contact: Manal Ammouri Mobile: (052) 449-2303 manal.am[at]gmail.com ror1state[at]gmail.com United against Israeli apartheid and colonialism The Second Haifa Conference for the Return of the Palestinian Refugees and for the Democratic Secular State in Historic Palestine 28-30 May 2010 Haifa – At a time when prospects […]
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Amitav Ghosh’s Reply to Letter of May 7
May 14, 2010 Dear Signatories to the letter of May 7: I am sorry I have been slow to respond to your letter expressing disappointment in my decision to to accept the Dan David prize. I will attempt to do so now. You begin by describing my work as dwelling “consistently on histories of colonialism […]
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Jordanians burn Israeli produce
Hundreds burn Israeli fruit, vegetable crates after clerics issue religious edict Roee Nahmias Cold peace with Jordan: Israelis good were burned in Jordan Saturday, during protests against Israel in the Hashemite Kingdom’s capital marking Nakba Day. Hundreds of members of the Anti-Normalization Committee, which fights against normalization of economic relations with Israel, set fire to […]
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Margaret Atwood believes in dialogue, unless she is criticized, and she likes submissive natives as well
My previous post, Novelistic Scabs, criticizing Atwood and Ghosh, didn’t get approved in the comments to her posting of the two’s “acceptance speech” for the Dan David prize on Atwood’s blog. It was deleted twice. She does allow critical views. My post wasn’t more critical than other comments she let through. It was more detailed, […]
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Fatah official: boycott goods produced in State of Israel, too
Fatah Central Committeeman Mahmoud al Aylool suggested at a conference that the Palestinian Arabs boycott products from the State of Israel, not just from Judea-Samaria. The Palestinian Authority has an agreement not to boycott Israel. The Committeeman is suggesting an informal boycott. “However, Akiva Eldar, a columnist for the left-wing Haaretz newspaper, not only backed […]
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