• Militarization of Tel Aviv University

    Posted on June 4, 2009

    Urgent Briefing Paper (to download pdf file click here: palsocontau_jan_2009_draft3) Tel Aviv University – A Leading Israeli Military Research Centre Prepared By SOAS Palestine Society, February 2009 In the rough and tumble reality of the Middle East, Tel Aviv University is at the front line of the critical work to maintain Israel”s military and technological […]

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  • Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters: Tear down the (West Bank) wall

    Posted on June 3, 2009

    Last update – 12:22 03/06/2009 By The Associated Press Pink Floyd’s former frontman Roger Waters said yesterday he’ll take to the stage the minute Israel tears down its West Bank separation wall, just as he did in Berlin two decades ago when another wall came down. Visiting a Palestinian refugee camp in the shadows of […]

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  • Company in Saudi rail project linked to Israel

    Posted on June 3, 2009

    By Abbas Al Lawati, Staff Reporter Published: May 30, 2009, 23:30 Dubai: A plan to link Makkah and Madinah by train has become the subject of controversy, as Palestinian officials try to persuade Saudi authorities to withdraw the rail contract from a company alleged to be complicit in Israel’s expansion in occupied East Jerusalem. Palestinian […]

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  • High Court accepts IDF criteria for Palestinian study in Israel

    Posted on June 3, 2009

    May 25, 2009 21:47 | Updated May 25, 2009 21:53 By DAN IZENBERG Despite strong objections from the Committee of University Heads, individual academics and the human rights organization Gisha, the High Court of Justice on Monday accepted the army’s non-security related criteria for granting Palestinian post-graduate students permits to enter Israel to study at […]

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  • The Carmel Academic Center in Haifa Closes Academic Track As Too Many Palestinian Students Registered

    Posted on June 3, 2009

    The Carmel Academic Center in Haifa shut down the concentration in accounting within its Department of Business Administration because a majority of the students applying were Palestinian citizens of Israel. This was revealed in a news item reported on Israeli news Channel 10 on 24 May (in Hebrew only). According to this report, just over […]

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  • British lecturers vote to boycott Israeli universities

    Posted on June 3, 2009

    British lecturers have voted overwhelmingly to boycott Israeli universities and colleges. At their annual conference, the lecturers said Israeli academics are complicit in their government’s oppression of Palestinians. However, as soon as the vote was carried it was declared null and void by the lecturers’ union because of legal threats. Roshan Muhammed Salih in Bournemouth […]

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  • Open Letter to Madonna: Boycott Israel

    Posted on June 3, 2009

    By Will Guest Post from Waleed. Madonna just confirmed her last 2009 tour date at Tel Aviv’s Yehoshua Gardens (HaYarkon Park) on September 1st. This is bound to be big news come tomorrow morning as this is going to put an end to all the rumors and speculations of her coming to the region. A […]

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  • “Boycotts work”: An interview with Omar Barghouti

    Posted on June 3, 2009

    Ali Mustafa, The Electronic Intifada, 1 June 2009 Omar Barghouti is an independent Palestinian researcher, commentator and human rights activist and a leader of the Palestinian campaign of boycott, divestment and sanctions to force Israel to uphold international law and universal human rights. Barghouti discussed the growing worldwide campaign with The Electronic Intifada contributor Ali […]

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  • Sign the Petition Against the UC Davis Summer Abroad in Israel

    Posted on June 3, 2009

    To: Dr. Eric Shroeder Summer Abroad faculty Director, Dr. Jean-Xavier Guinard Associate Vice Provost, and Dr. William Lacy Vice provost at the University of California Davis From: The EAP Equality Coalition Date: June 1, 2009 As University of California students, faculty, and people of conscience, we strive to uphold the Principles of Community whereby “We […]

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  • WHY I’M JOINING THE ACADEMIC BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL

    Posted on June 3, 2009

    2 June 2009 By Jake Lynch Nearly two-thirds of Israelis in favour of direct, substantive negotiations between their own government and the leadership of Hamas. Some mistake, surely? Actually no – this was the finding of an opinion survey in February 2008 by Tel Aviv University. Barely ten months later, as “Operation Cast Lead” got […]

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