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UK unions vote to divest from occupation
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Many of Britain’s unions have thrown their weight behind a campaign of disinvestment and boycott from companies which are profiting from Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories. Trade unions voted unanimously at an annual conference for a motion put forward by the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association, seconded by the GMB, and supported […]
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TUC votes for campaign of boycott and disinvestment to free Palestine
Press Release For immediate release Britain “s unions have thrown their weight behind a campaign of disinvestment and boycott from companies which are profiting from Israel “s illegal occupation of Palestinian territories. Trade unions voted unanimously today at the TUC”s annual conference for a motion put forward by the Transport Salaried Staffs” Association (TSSA), seconded […]
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TUC likely to push for full Israel boycott
By Marcus Dysch, September 2, 2010 The Trades Union Congress is expected to call on its members at its annual conference to strengthen opposition to Israel by extending boycotts and encouraging disinvestment. A motion on Israel and the Palestinians, backed by the GMB, the Fire Brigades’ Union, the Public and Commercial Services Union and the […]
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A necessary prelude to peace?
by Ghada Karmi (Monday, August 9, 2010) “Beneath the official level of western governmental support for Israel, there is private disquiet about Israeli conduct. And at the popular level, there is a sea change in opinion: where Israel was once seen as the victim, it has now become the bully. In Britain, for example, the […]
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To members of the Scientific Progamme Committee of the Group Analytic Society (GAS)
In response to John Schlapobersky’s recent email (of 22 July, 2010) confirming the plenary speaker arrangements for the forthcoming Group Analysis Symposium (August 2011), I totally disagree with his claims that there has been a full discussion of this issue. To say that the decision on plenary speakers has been arrived at after open democratic […]
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Robert Boyce questions Israel’s continued participation in EU Research Framework Programmes
To European Commissioner for Research Innovation and Science, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn: As an academic connected to a research-led institution, I strongly support initiatives for strengthening research cooperation within the European Union and the European Economic Area. However, I wish to know how you can justify Israel’s continued participation in EU Research Framework Programmes when it so […]
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The fight against Israeli apartheid
by Tom Hickey Israel”s attack on the Gaza aid flotilla – an atrocity which saw nine unarmed aid workers killed – occurred during the lecturers” UCU annual conference. The day before, delegates debated the question of boycotting Israel and reaffirmed UCU support for the policy of boycott, disinvestment and sanctions (BDS). Delegates agreed the sidelining […]
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Divide grows over Israel and Gaza
* The Guardian, Friday 4 June 2010 We applaud Iain Banks’s decision to refuse book translation deals with Israeli publishers (Letters, 3 June). The mentality behind Israel’s tortuous attempts to justify nine murders and many injuries on the Mavi Marmara was exposed for all to see outside the Israeli embassy in Kensington on Wednesday night. […]
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British Academic Union Makes BDS History, Severing Links with Histadrut and Boycotting Ariel College
PACBI | 30 May 2010 Ramallah, Occupied Palestine 30 May 2010 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)expresses its profound appreciation for the courageous positions in support of Palestinian rightstaken by the membership of the University and College Union (UCU) at its Congress today inManchester. The UCU has again firmly […]
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Lettre de l’AURDIP aux lauréats du prix de la fondation Wolf 2010
29 Avril 2010 | AURDIP, BRICUP, Campagna Diritto allo Studio e Libertí Accademica in Palestina, CUNCAP | Téléchargez cette lettre au format PDF Download the letter as a pdf file Sir David Baulcombe? (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Britain) Professor Shing-Tung Yau? (Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts USA) Professor Dennis Sullivan? (Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY […]
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