• Israeli academic charged with war crimes to lecture on int’l law at Harvard

    Posted on July 12, 2009

    Alleged war criminal, Israeli Colonel Pnina Sharvit-Baruch, who was recently appointed by Tel Aviv University as a lecturer in the faculty of law, is invited to a Harvard University seminar as an expert on international law. For those who do not recall, Sharvit-Baruch headed the international law division of the Israeli army during its criminal […]

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  • Argentinian singer urged to cancel performance at Israeli festival

    Posted on July 12, 2009

    Open letter, PACBI, 11 July 2009 The following open letter was sent to Argentinian musician Leon Gieco by the The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) on 9 July 2009: The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) is writing to express its grave concern about […]

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  • Leonard Cohen is not Playing in Ramallah!

    Posted on July 12, 2009

    PACBI Press Release Occupied Ramallah, 12 July 2009 PACBI has been heartened by the untiring efforts of BDS activists in the US and UK in organizing demonstrations and pickets at Leonard Cohen”s performances in advance of his planned concert in Tel Aviv later this summer. The call, “don”t Play Israel!” has been heard loud and […]

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  • Transcript of Naomi Klein Lecture in Ramallah

    Posted on July 12, 2009

    Below is a transcript of Naomi Klein’s speech at the BNC-organized event in Ramallah on 27 June 2009. The speech was transcribed and edited by Toufic Haddad for The Faster Times [Naomi Klein, June 27, Ramallah:] “This is I think the most emotional event I have ever done. I give speeches once in a while, […]

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  • Study: Tel Aviv University part and parcel of the Israeli occupation

    Posted on July 10, 2009

    Report, SOAS Palestine Society, 9 July 2009 As part of Tel Aviv’s centenary celebration, the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London hosted a Tel Aviv University Special Lecture Series from January to March 2009. Taking place in the midst of Israel’s war on Gaza — which had already mobilized SOAS students to […]

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  • Melbourne International Film Festival urged to not promote apartheid

    Posted on July 10, 2009

    Open letter, Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, 7 July 2009 The following open letter was sent to the Melbourne International Film Festival by the The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) on 5 July 2009: The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of […]

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  • Jordanians angry over Israeli imports

    Posted on July 9, 2009

    Since Jordan signed its peace treaty with Israel in 1994, Jordanians have regularly protested against normalized political and economic relations with Israel. Now the importation of Israeli farm products grown in illegal settlements has caused resentment with Jordanians saying that the proceeds from these products is used as a weapon against Palestinians. Al Jazeera’s Nisreen […]

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  • Netanyahu’s Two-State Goal?

    Posted on July 9, 2009

    Saree Makdisi To judge by the next day’s headlines, Benjamin Netanyahu’s policy speech last month was a great success. “Israeli Premier Backs State for Palestinians,” declared the New York Times. “Israel Endorses Two-State Goal,” said the Washington Post. “Netanyahu Backs Palestinian State,” announced The Guardian. He did no such thing, of course, unless by “state” […]

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  • ICJ Apartheid Wall / Palestinian BDS Call Anniversaries

    Posted on July 9, 2009

    July 9th marks two important anniversaries for our movement. In 2004, the International Court of Justice issued an advisory ruling declaring Israel’s apartheid wall illegal. Then, in 2005, over 100 Palestinian civil society organizations issued their international call for boycott, divestment, and sanctions actions to bring Israel’s illegal 42 year military occupation to an end. […]

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  • BNC Open Letter to UNICEF: End your partnership with Motorola

    Posted on July 9, 2009

    Palestine, July 01 2009 – In 2005, over 170 Palestinian civil society organizations called on the international community to impose broad boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) initiatives against Israel, similar to those applied to South Africa in the apartheid era, until Israel meets its obligation to recognize the Palestinian people’s inalienable right to self-determination and […]

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