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Sign the Petition Against the UC Davis Summer Abroad in Israel
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
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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Study In Israel Billboards Modified by Guerrilla Advertisers
10 bus shelter billboards advertising the University of California”s “Study in Israel” campaign were remade into “Boycott Israel” ads and placed around Berkeley and San Francisco in May. Under the headline, “Boycott Israel? We boycott Israel because…”, one of the modified posters depicts students saying, “I believe in speaking out against racism. Israel”s entrenched system […]
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Palestinian Students in Gaza Launch Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel
A Call from Palestine: Palestinian Students” Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel (PSCABI) PSCABI-Gaza, Occupied Palestine 29 May, 2009 “Gaza today has become the test of our indispensable morality and common humanity.” Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) National Committee, 27 December 2008 Statement The Palestinian Students” Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel (PSCABI) […]
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Adalah New York: Leonard Cohen Don’t Play Apartheid
Demonstration at Radio City Music Hall, New York City, adapted Leonard Cohen’s song “Democracy.”
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New Palestinian minister orders boycott of Israeli goods
Nablus – Ma”an – Newly-appointed Palestinian Minister of Social Affairs Majida Al-Masri has ordered a ministry-wide boycott of Israeli products as her first decision in her new role. The decision says Palestinian products must have the priority, but if a certain product is unavailable, priority goes to Arab countries, then foreign equivalent. Israeli products are […]
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“LA CARRAU IS CANCELLING ITS VISIT TO ACRE”
After having talks with the platforms promoting the boycott of Israel and with representatives of Catalan institutions and gathering as much information as possible about the events taking place on 24-25 May at Acre, Israel in which La Carrau has been invited to participate, we feel that we should make the following public statement: LA […]
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Why Palestinians are calling for a boycott of Israeli universities
A Palestinian academic union urges British colleagues to back a boycott in support of ‘our struggle for justice’ * Amjad Barham * guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 26 May 2009 15.57 BST Palestinian academics have been heartened by the outpouring of solidarity with our people on the part of British academics and students – the latter attested to […]
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Action Alert: Boycott Israeli Wine
Watch this Video: http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/video?id=6807325 You can follow the distributor on Twitter by clicking here: http://twitter.com/israeliwine
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Tel Aviv University – A Leading Israeli Military Research Centre
“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 edge. (Tel Aviv University Review, Winter 2008-9) Introduction Tel Aviv University (TAU) is Israel”s largest university. Like any large university, TAU hosts an extensive range of well-regarded […]
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