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Boycott, Divest From, and Sanction Israel?: A Debate on BDS With Omar Barghouti and Rabbi Arthur Waskow
In 2005, a coalition of Palestinian civil society groups called for people all over the world to engage in a non-violent campaign to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel until it complies with international law. The call was inspired by the international boycott and divestment initiatives applied to South Africa in the struggle to abolish […]
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PROJECT: Boycott, Divest, Sanction Published as a supplement to al-Akhbar newspaper, Thursday, February 25, 2010
Objective: Jamaa al-Yad is a cultural association the aim of which is the research, implementation, dissemination, and reestablishment of various cultural manifestations including but not limited to craft, design, and art, by focusing on the local, vernacular, indigenous, and popular, using methodologies and means that ideologically reflect models of collaboration, co-operation, and communality, in the […]
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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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