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The Israeli Occupation as an Apartheid System
During the sixth International Israeli apartheid week, the Alternative Information Center is hosting events and lectures. On 2 March, Hazem Jamjoum of the Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights discussed about Israeli apartheid system in the AICafé. On this occasion we interviewed him. Why can the Israeli occupation be considered an apartheid […]
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Inside Story – Israeli apartheid week
A controversial campaign in the Western world links Israel’s treatment of Palestinians to the treatment of blacks in apartheid South Africa, called the Israeli apartheid week. Inside Story asks: Is criticism of specific Israeli policies raising doubts about Israel’s right to exist? And is Israel now on the PR offensive to fight back?
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A Community Debate: Achieving a Just Peace in Israel/Palestine
Is the Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions (BDS) Campaign a help or hindrance? Zeev Maoz & Omar Barghouti Sunday, March 7, 2010, 7pm Doors open at 6:30pm Veterans Memorial 203 E. 14th St, Davis $5 suggested donation Omar Barghouti is an independent Palestinian researcher, commentator and human rights activist and is a founding member of the […]
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Palestinian Boycott Leader Challenges SF Jewish Federation
by Omar Barghouti, a leader of the international movement to boycott Israel Open Letter to Rabbi Doug Kahn Executive Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council It has recently come to my attention that pending the advice of a working group of which you were a member, the Jewish Community Federation has chosen to itself […]
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Size doesn’t matter …but apartheid does
March 2, 2010 Link newspaper Concordia University, by Aaron Lakoff The sixth annual Israeli Apartheid Week is back again in Montreal, and will be featuring events on three campuses in the city from March 4 to 11. Every year for the last six years, many cities (43 cities participated last year) around the world join […]
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Maia Project Billboard: From LA to Palestine Clean Drinkable Water is a Human Right
This Maia Project billboard designed by MECA Art Director and Alliance Graphics co-founder Jos Sances is currently up in Los Angeles. The space for Jos’ design was donated to MECA by John Knight and is part of the MAK Center for Art and Architecture’s project How Many Billboards? Art in Stead. This large-scale urban exhibition […]
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International Society for Iranian Studies Hosts Israeli Settler from Ariel Military University
Note see petition referenced in letter here Statement by the International Society for Iranian Studies President Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi on “Scholarly Autonomy and Academic Civility” The International Society for Iranian Studies (ISIS) has received a petition distributed by the U.S. Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel. Academics leading this campaign are protesting against […]
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Dublin, Ireland: IPSC “˜Boycott Israeli Goods’ protest targets Jervis Shopping Centre
Posted by IPSC on Mon, 03/01/2010 – 22:24 On Saturday 27th February 2010, members and supporters of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign took to the streets of Dublin asking consumers and retailers to boycott Israeli Apartheid products in solidarity with the Palestinian people who continue to suffer incalculable misery at the hands of the Israeli […]
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BNC Statement in Support of Israeli Apartheid Week
Monday, 01 March 2010 22:29 Occupied Palestine, 1 March 2010 – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) salutes the organizers of Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW), which will take place in over 40 cities this year. For the first time, IAW will see activities in Gaza City, where Palestinians continue to resist Israel”s […]
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Israel and Apartheid: Is It a Fair Comparison?
by Edward C. Corrigan / March 1st, 2010 There is a controversy raging in North America over Israeli Apartheid Week (March 1-7 2010).1 A resolution was passed in the Ontario Provincial Parliament which was unanimously supported (only 30 MPPs voted) and declared the comparison of Israel”s treatment of the Palestinians to apartheid as “odious.” To […]
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