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Boycott “Ariel” and the Rest! All Israeli Academic Institutions are Complicit in Occupation and Apartheid
In response to the recent decision by the Israeli government to upgrade the status of the so-called Ariel University Center of Samaria (AUCS) to a full university, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) reiterates its call for a boycott of AUCS and all other Israeli academic institutions due to […]
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Supporting SAIA, Students Against Israeli Apartheid at Carleton University
February 7th, 2010 Dear Friends at SAIA, Students Against Israeli Apartheid – Carleton, We are a group of Palestinians and Jews, citizens and residents of Israel, who are struggling to end Israeli apartheid and the decades-long occupation and oppression of the Palestinians. We are writing to express our unequivocal support of SAIA’s admirable divestment campaign […]
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British academics urge Elton John to cancel Israel concert
A group of British academics have called on singer Elton John to cancel his scheduled performance in Israel this June. “Political or not political, when you stand up on that stage in Tel Aviv, you line yourself up with a racist state,” the British Committee for Universities of Palestine wrote in an open letter to […]
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In favor of academic boycott
Recognition of Ariel college as a university a purely political move Ariel Rubinstein About two years ago, Yigal Cohen-Orgad, chancellor of the college in Ariel, asked me to come and visit. Cohen-Orgad feels, correctly, that we have similar views – for example, against the trend of private colleges. Colleagues spoke in praise of Cohen-Orgad”s performance […]
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Pressure continues on Veolia and Alstom to halt light rail project
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 5 February 2010 French transport giants Veolia and Alstom are involved in the construction and running of a light rail line which connects West Jerusalem to several illegal settlements in or surrounding occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem. The light rail project is part of the “Jerusalem Transportation Master Plan” sponsored by […]
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Boycott and divestment gets mainstream attention in church, on campus
Thursday, February 4, 2010 It’s good news to see that boycott and divestment campaigns against companies profiting from Israeli occupation and apartheid are becoming increasingly mainstream. Here’s a couple of recent examples. The National Catholic Reporter ran a great article about the Kairos Document produced by the Palestinian Christian community, calling for churches around the […]
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Proposed measure calls for state divestment in Israel
February 1, 2010 | 11:15 am A group calling itself the Israel Divestiture Forum has filed an initiative with the attorney general that would require state pension funds to sever ties with Israeli companies or the Israeli government. The measure was submitted by Sacramento resident Chris Yatooma, who works as the head of fiscal policy […]
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First Anniversary of Divestment 2009 coming up!
February 7th marks the anniversary of Hampshire College’s divestment from the Israeli Occupation of Palestine, the first institution of higher education to wash its hands of the systematic exploitation of the Palestinian people by the Israeli state. To remember the occasion, Students for Justice in Palestine urges you to talk, inform and celebrate this historic […]
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Thank You Carlos Santana
Carlos Santana Artists Against Apartheid and the US Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel would like to extend our thanks to Carlos Santana for honoring the call for the Cultural Boycott of Israel, by electing not to perform in the apartheid state. The call for cultural boycott was successful in creating international […]
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