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“Damning” report on University of Johannesburg’s relations with Israel’s Ben-Gurion University
Today, a fact-finding report commissioned on the University of Johannesburg”s relationship with Israel”s Ben-Gurion University (BGU) was released. The report, titled, “The UJ-BGU Report”, is attached to this media release and can be accessed at www.ujpetition.com. The UJ-BGU Report reveals “damning” evidence of BGU”s active collaboration with the Israeli military, its discriminatory practices, contributions to human […]
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Students Against Israeli Apartheid at the University of Toronto and York University Launch Campus Divestment Campaign
Sign the SAIA Toronto Divestment Petition HERE On Monday March 7, the first night of Israeli Apartheid Week 2011, Students Against Israeli Apartheid, at the University of Toronto and York University officially launched a campaign demanding that their respective universities divest from four companies involved in violations of Palestinian human rights and Israeli Apartheid. Investments in BAE Systems, Lockheed […]
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University of Johannesburg: Cancel Relationship with Ben-Gurion University!
International academics are invited to sign the petition from the University of Johannesburg, calling for an end to the university’s relationship with Ben-Gurion University(www.ujpetition.com). The UJ Petition was initiated late last year by South African academics, who have now asked for international support. USACBI has endorsed this petition, has has PACBI, COSATU (the Congress of South […]
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Bay Area community members say “Drown Out Apartheid” at Israeli Philharmonic in San Francisco
Tour greeted with protests in six of seven U.S. cities FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 27 – Fifty members of the Bay Area human rights community protested the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra”s (IPO) performance at Davies Symphony Hall on Sunday evening, using chants, songs and street theater to highlight the IPO”s role in whitewashing Israel”s apartheid policies […]
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Pappe: Stuttgart Declaration represents a paradigm shift
Ilan Pappe January 18, 2011 Following the controversy (*) caused by the Final Declaration of the Conference of Solidarity with Palestine, held in November 2010 in Stuttgart under the title “One Democratic State in Palestine with Equal Rights for all its Citizens “, Ilan Pappe emphasizes here the importance and relevance of this statement which […]
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British Writers in Support of Palestine: Jerusalem Book Fair & Prize Eminently Boycottable
BWISP – Jerusalem Book Fair & Prize: Both Eminently Boycottable It was announced yesterday that British novelist Ian McEwan has been awarded the Jerusalem Prize, awarded biennally at the Jerusalem Book Fair, to a writer whose work explores the theme of the “freedom of the individual in society”. The Book Fair is notable for its Fellowship scheme, in […]
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AMARC: World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters Joins BDS Movement
Recently, in La Plata, Argentina, the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) joined the BDS movement. See below for the AMARC statement and a solidarity statement from Tadamon! Montreal. AMARC 10 motion to support Palestinian civil society call for BDS (Spanish and French available here) –Whereas Israel’s oppression of the Palestinian people comprises the […]
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USACBI Appeal to Macy Gray: Don’t legitimize apartheid
Dear Macy Gray, You report on your Facebook page that you are receiving “a lot of letters from activists urging/begging me to boycott by NOT performing in protest of Apartheid against the Palestinians.” And you say that you “don”t know how my NOT going changes anything.” The answer is that the cultural boycott of Israel is having […]
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Macy Gray publicly contemplating the BDS call – contact her on Facebook!
Macy Gray published this on her official Facebook page: “I’m booked for 2 shows in TelAviv. I’m getting alot of letters from activists urging/begging me to boycott by NOT performing in protest of Apartheid against the Palestinians. What the Israeli government is doing to the Palestinians is disgusting, but I wana go. I gotta lotta fans there I dont want to […]
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ASU students protest study abroad in Israel program
The following article was written by Arizona State University student Oday Shahin, and published in the State Press, ASU’s student newspaper. Study abroad program sends wrong message By Oday Shahin October 10, 2010 at 5:33 pm ASU”s Study Abroad Office announced an Israel study abroad program in conjunction with Ben-Gurion University last month. However, a partnership […]
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