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The Forward: “JCPA Taking Direct Aim at Anti-Israel Boycotters”
By Gal Beckerman Published in The Jewish Daily Forward, February 24, 2010, issue of March 05, 2010. With anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions efforts gaining visibility, the Jewish community”s main public-policy coordinating body is for the first time confronting the BDS movement as a specific and stated priority. At its recent annual plenum, the Jewish […]
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Judith Butler: As a Jew, I was taught it was ethically imperative to speak up
By Udi Aloni Philosopher, professor and author Judith Butler arrived in Israel this month, en route to the West Bank, where she was to give a seminar at Bir Zeit University, visit the theater in Jenin, and meet privately with friends and students. A leading light in her field, Butler chose not to visit any […]
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Open Letter to the International Society for Iranian Studies
UPDATED 25.2.10 To our academic endorsers: Please read the letter below in relation to the inclusion of an Israeli colonist participating in the upcoming International Society for Iranian Studies Conference in Santa Monica, California. Faculty members who wish to sign onto the letter, should send their names and institutional affiliations to NoArielU@gmail.com. Please be sure […]
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Why Do I Boycott Israel?
A new comic by Ethan Heitner illustrates the plethora or reasons for engaging in boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaigns against Israeli occupation and apartheid:
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Behind Brand Israel: Israel’s recent propaganda efforts
Ben White, The Electronic Intifada, 23 February 2010 “The Delegitimization Challenge” report from the influential Israeli think tank the Reut Institute has put the spotlight on efforts by Israel and the Zionist lobby to counter the growing movement for justice in Palestine, and specifically, the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign. The work done by […]
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Support the Palestinian people in their struggle to regain their homeland: Boycott Israel (1983)
from L’Association Quebec Palestine
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Dancing, Singing New Yorkers protest, calling for boycott of Israel Ballet
Ballet official says nothing existed in Israel before 1948, denies government funding despite ballet’s own website MEDIA CONTACT: info[at]adalahny.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Brooklyn, NY, February 21, 2010 – Forty-five human rights activists called upon fellow New Yorkers to boycott the Israel Ballet at its performance Sunday at the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts. Accompanied […]
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CAIA Condemns Canadian Government for defunding pro-Palestinian Organizations
The Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA) condemns in the strongest terms the recent actions of the Canadian government to defund and slander various pro-Palestinian organizations. In what looks like a full-fledged war that the Harper Government has declared on everything and everyone related to Palestine, the Harper Government continues to cut funding and restrict the […]
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Activist Coalition Tells Israel Ballet: Don’t Tiptoe Around Apartheid!
TROUPE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR REPLIES: “NOTHING” WAS THERE IN 1948 by BDS Activists, Boston, MA Contact: bdsbostonma (at) gmail.com Worcester, MA, February 20, 2010 – The Israel Ballet”s recent performance of Don Quixote was protested by a coalition of activists who sought to highlight the troupe”s role in the Israeli government”s attempt to whitewash its record […]
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BDS Activists from US and Israel interrupt Israel Ballet performance in protest
by BDS Activists Saturday Feb 20th, 2010 8:12 PM Human rights activists from Vermont, New York and Israel interrupted a performance of the Israel Ballet at the Flynn Theater in Burlington, VT calling attention to the dance company”s complicity in Israeli war crimes. Using two banners that read “No Tutu is Big Enough to Cover […]
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