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An Education Witchhunt
Minister Seeks to Punish Boycott Supporters By JONATHAN COOK Hundreds of Israeli college professors have signed a petition accusing the education minister of endangering academic freedoms after he threatened to “punish” any lecturer or institution that supports a boycott of Israel. The backlash against Gideon Saar, a member of the prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu”s Likud […]
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New Yorkers Celebrate Five Successful Years of Palestinian-Led Boycott Movement Against Israel
Published Today – 09:01 GMT In a joyful celebration of the Palestinian peaceful and creative grassroots resistance, 40 New York human rights activists conducted a musical walking tour of businesses complicit in Israeli Apartheid in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The “Off-Off-Broadway BDS Tour” was part of the international commemoration of the fifth anniversary […]
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Protesters say Ricky’s backs Israel’s ‘illegal’ occupation
It’s all because of a mud-based cosmetic made in the West Bank. By Ben Kochman Last Updated: 11:51 PM, July 11, 2010 The centuries-old Middle East conflict turned into a bizarre form of mud-slinging on quiet Montague Street on Friday when protesters demanded that the Ricky”s cosmetics shop stop selling a dirt-based cosmetic that, apparently, […]
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Way forward for Palestine solidarity
Al-Awda New York statement to USSF Thursday, 24 June 2010 01:21 Al-Awda New York, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition, issued a statement, “The Way Forward for Palestine Solidarity,” on June 23, 2010, in conjunction with their planned workshop at the US Social Forum. The issues addressed in the statement below will be discussed more […]
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Please ask Suzanne Vega to cancel Israel concerts
On July 15 & 16, folk-inspired singer and songwriter Suzanne Vega is scheduled to play in Israel. Vega has declared her support for the work of Amnesty International and other international social causes. Santana, Elvis Costello, The Pixies and other prominent performers have recently cancelled concerts in Israel in solidarity with the Palestinian call for […]
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Please ask rapper Missy Elliott to cancel Israel concert
On July 15, rapper Missy Elliott is scheduled to play in Israel. As a member of a visible minority, and someone who has long contributed to various social causes, Ms. Elliott may have a sensitivity to the plight of the oppressed. Santana, Elvis Costello, The Pixies and other prominent performers have recently cancelled concerts in […]
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Shades of Gandhi in Palestinian movement
Jul 10, 2010, 12.05pm IST Ban on products manufactured in Israel-occupied territories gains momentum in West Bank. On a dusty road at the edge of Nablus’ old city, Abu Mahmoud eagerly hands out a fistful of Palestinian-made chocolates, encouraging his customers to try them. While waiting for his customers’ reactions, his enthusiasm quickly overwhelmed him. […]
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Israeli academics hit back over bid to pass law that would criminalise them
Backlash over threat to outlaw supporters of boycott movement aimed at ending the continued occupation of the West Bank * Rachel Shabi in Jerusalem and Peter Beaumont * The Observer, Sunday 11 July 2010 Palestinian protest against the expansion of the Israeli settlements A Palestinian woman shouts at an Israeli soldier as clashes erupted with […]
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AN OPEN LETTER TO ANNE SOFIE VON OTTER
Dear Anne Sofie von Otter, We are writing to you because we wonder whether a musician who has done as much as you have to make the world remember the Nazi “show camp” of Theresienstadt might be willing to think about the implications of your performances in Israel, scheduled for this October. Possibly among your […]
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UNESCO: Stop Covering up the Israeli Academy’s Complicity in Occupation and Apartheid
— PACBI | 11 July 2010 Occupied Ramallah, 11 July 2010 — The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) condemns the newly announced Master”s program, coordinated by La Sapienza University in Rome, that brings together a Palestinian University, Al Quds, and three Israeli universities, Haifa, Hebrew and Tel Aviv with […]
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