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Czech public figures call on Václav Havel: “Do not use your name to whitewash Israeli war crimes, human rights violations
[ISM Czech Republic] – In response to news about Václav Havel”s support for an international campaign to fight so-called “delegitimisation” of Israel and to fight against the worldwide boycott movement against Israel initiated by the former Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar, ISM Czech Republic and Friends of Palestine Czech Republic issued an open letter […]
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SA university must reconsider Israel ties – Haidar Eid
As a graduate of the University of Johannesburg and a resident of Gaza, I find it distressing that the university has signed an agreement with Israel’s Ben Gurion University despite the policy of ethnic cleansing and the latest war crimes committed against the people of Gaza by the nation’s government. Israeli academic institutions are known […]
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Why Does Israel Still Occupy the Palestinians?
Weekend Edition September 24 – 26, 2010 Policies Defying Rationality? By SHIR HEVER The majority of Israel”s anti-occupation movement, unfortunately, does not focus on the rights of Palestinians to live free, but on the damage that the occupation causes to Israeli society (Sternhell, 2009). The arguments that the occupation is a major investment of resources […]
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SCORPIONS: “Wind of Change” for Justice or Apartheid?
An Open Letter from PACBI Dear Scorpions, Occupied Ramallah, 28 September 2010 — The Palestinian Campaign for Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) has learned from various sources that you are scheduled to perform in Tel Aviv on October 4, 2010. Your performance in Israel was only recently announced on your official tour website. […]
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200 prominent South Africans sign BGU boycott petition
By RONEN SHNIDMAN 09/25/2010 00:27 Pro-boycott petition letter circulated ahead of University of Johannesburg vote on whether to end ties with Ben-Gurion University set for Sept. 29. Talkbacks (14) Two hundred prominent South Africans have publicly called for the University of Johannesburg to end its relationship with Ben-Gurion University as part of an ongoing global […]
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Eight American Universities Say Yes to Apartheid – An Analysis
Lawrence Davidson A letter from Gaza appeared on the Web dated September 24, 2010. It was from a group of Gaza academics and students and sought to publicize the fact that eight American universities have recently signed agreements with various Israeli universities to offer U.S. students free semester long programs in Israel. Among the American […]
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Israel, South Africa, Academic Boycotts
September 27, 2010 The Faculty Senate at the University of Johannesburg will vote this week on whether to end an academic relationship between the South African university and one in Israel, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. The vote has set off an intense debate among South African academics and intellectuals, with Archbishop Desmund Tutu last […]
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Gestures From an Explosive Movement Palette
By CLAUDIA LA ROCCO Published: September 26, 2010 The big hook for the Batsheva Dance Company”s Joyce Theater engagement is that two casts perform Ohad Naharin”s “Project 5″ sampler program, one all-female and the other all-male. Audiences can compare and contrast, seeing just what a difference gender makes in this Israeli choreographer”s intensely physical work. […]
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WHY UJ SHOULD SEVER RELATIONS WITH ISRAELI UNIVERSITY
By Professor Ran Greenstein Sunday Independent – South Africa – [26_09_2010] Can one live a normal life in an abnormal society? The anti-apartheid movement believed that you could not, and must not. It set out to disrupt the comfortable lives of white South Africans, to force them to understand that change was necessary. One tactic […]
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Israeli ties: a chance to do the right thing
Sep 26, 2010 12:00 AM | By Archbishop Desmond Tutu The University of Johannesburg’s Senate will next week meet to decide whether to end its relationship with an Israeli institution, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, on the grounds of that university’s active support for and involvement in the Israeli military. Archbishop Desmond Tutu supports the […]
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