• INDIAN CALL FOR THE ACADEMIC & CULTURAL BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL

    Posted on July 22, 2010

    IcACBI | July 2010 Both the academia and the arts are profoundly rooted in the values of democracy, equality and justice, and the pursuit of excellence in both these fields has meaning only if it is imbued with conscience. As Indian academics, intellectuals and artists in the decolonised world, we have historically played a crucial […]

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  • The Olympia Food Co-op Needs Your Support Now!

    Posted on July 22, 2010

    Just last week the Board of Directors of the Olympia Food Co-op in Olympia, WA, the hometown of Rachel Corrie, took the courageous step of instituting a boycott of Israeli goods, the first grocery boycott of Israel in the US. Already, there is a movement afoot to condemn the Co-op for taking this important stand. […]

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  • GRITtv: Antony Loewenstein & Ali Abuminah: The Real Peace Process | GRITtv with Laura Flanders

    Posted on July 21, 2010

    Peace process, proximity talks, one state, two state…though these terms are often tossed around the mass media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, t … [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.958927&w=425&h=350&fv=] GRITtv: Antony Loewenstein & Ali Abuminah: The …, posted with vodpod

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  • PA sets deadline for banning settlement goods

    Posted on July 21, 2010

    Ramallah – Ma’an – The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Economy in Ramallah announced 31 July as the deadline for merchants to clear their shops of settlement goods or face legal action. The law prohibiting the sale and purchase of settlement goods was issued by President Mahmoud Abbas on 26 April 2010, with a penalty of […]

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  • Challenging the Jewish National Fund

    Posted on July 21, 2010

    Hazem Jamjoum, The Electronic Intifada, 21 July 2010 For anyone taking a road trip along the highways of the part of Palestine that became Israel in 1948, one is bound to spot a blue and green structure in the shape of a bird marked with the Hebrew letters KKL, which stands for Keren Kayemeth L’Yisrael, […]

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  • Off-Off-Broadway BDS Musical Tour!, The Video

    Posted on July 21, 2010

    For more info on this event, CLICK HERE For more on the companies in this video, CLICK HERE On July 11, 2010, members of Adalah-NY, the New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel, and other members of the New York community participated in a tour of companies profiting from and financially enabling the Israeli […]

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  • Chomsky and Palestine: Asset or Liability?

    Posted on July 21, 2010

    In a recent interview renowned linguist Noam Chomsky called the BDS campaign “hypocritical”. Jeffrey Blankfort, who is the author of an earlier important critique of Chomsky”s position on Palestine, responds: When Noam Chomsky was stopped at Jordan”s Allenby Bridge and prevented from entering the Palestinian West Bank by Israeli occupation forces in May, the widespread […]

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  • California Scholars for Academic Freedom (CS4AF) Statement Regarding Israel’s Knesset Bill Calling for Heavy Fines to be Imposed on Citizens of Israel Who Initiate or Incite Boycotts Against Israel

    Posted on July 21, 2010

    21 July 2010 California Scholars for Academic Freedom (CS4AF) is an organization of scholars devoted to the defense of academic freedom, particularly, but not exclusively, with regard to discussion of Middle East affairs. Over the past few years, CS4AF has spoken out against the intimidation of scholars and institutions, whether on the basis of their […]

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  • Johnny Rotten: “Rise” against racism, boycott Israel

    Posted on July 21, 2010

    Open Letter, Palestinian Students’ Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel, University Teachers’ Association in Palestine, 20 July 2010 The following letter to British musician John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten, who is scheduled to perform in Tel Aviv next month, was issued on 18 July 2010 by the Palestinian Students’ Campaign for the Academic Boycott […]

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  • Israel-Turkey axis turned on its head

    Posted on July 21, 2010

    By Chris Zambelis For many observers, the long-term implications of Israel’s deadly May 31 assault against the MV Mavi Marmara, the Turkish flagship that was part of the Gaza Freedom flotilla, on Israeli-Turkish relations are unclear. The attack left eight Turks and one Turkish-American dead and scores more wounded. The flotilla set off to break […]

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