-
Inside Story – Israeli apartheid week
A controversial campaign in the Western world links Israel’s treatment of Palestinians to the treatment of blacks in apartheid South Africa, called the Israeli apartheid week. Inside Story asks: Is criticism of specific Israeli policies raising doubts about Israel’s right to exist? And is Israel now on the PR offensive to fight back?
Continue reading -
A Community Debate: Achieving a Just Peace in Israel/Palestine
Is the Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions (BDS) Campaign a help or hindrance? Zeev Maoz & Omar Barghouti Sunday, March 7, 2010, 7pm Doors open at 6:30pm Veterans Memorial 203 E. 14th St, Davis $5 suggested donation Omar Barghouti is an independent Palestinian researcher, commentator and human rights activist and is a founding member of the […]
Continue reading -
Maia Project Billboard: From LA to Palestine Clean Drinkable Water is a Human Right
This Maia Project billboard designed by MECA Art Director and Alliance Graphics co-founder Jos Sances is currently up in Los Angeles. The space for Jos’ design was donated to MECA by John Knight and is part of the MAK Center for Art and Architecture’s project How Many Billboards? Art in Stead. This large-scale urban exhibition […]
Continue reading -
BNC Statement in Support of Israeli Apartheid Week
Monday, 01 March 2010 22:29 Occupied Palestine, 1 March 2010 – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) salutes the organizers of Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW), which will take place in over 40 cities this year. For the first time, IAW will see activities in Gaza City, where Palestinians continue to resist Israel”s […]
Continue reading -
Sixth Annual Israeli Apartheid Week
New York City will be participating in this year’s 6th annual International Israeli Apartheid Week. It will be the 4th year of events here in NYC. For additions/changes to the schedule, please check the NYC section of the international website for updates. http://newyork.apartheidweek.org/ The New York organizing coalition can be e-mailed at: ApartheidWeekNYC[at]gmail.com Please note […]
Continue reading -
Land Day to be marked with Global BDS Day of Action
Statement, Palestinian BDS National Committee, 1 March 2010 The BDS National Committee (BNC) is calling on you to unite in your different capacities and struggles for a Global BDS Day of Action on 30 March 2010 in solidarity with the Palestinian people and for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel. The BNC calls on […]
Continue reading -
Universities across the globe mark Israeli Apartheid Week
By Danna Harman, Haaretz Correspondent in Europe LONDON – A filmmaker, anthropologist and economic researcher are among those headlining events marking what pro-Palestinian organizers have declared as “Israeli Apartheid Week” – and all three speakers are Israeli. University campuses in more than 40 cities around the world are marking the week with lectures, films, multimedia […]
Continue reading -
Building international solidarity during Israeli Apartheid Week
Ilaria Giglioli, The Electronic Intifada, 1 March 2010 In March 2005, a group of activists from the Arab Student Collective at the University of Toronto launched the first Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW). The aim of the week was two-fold. On one hand, it sought to break the wall of silence and misrepresentation around what was […]
Continue reading -
Omar Barghouti : Co-founder of the Global BDS Movement & PACBI
Palestinian academic, commentator, human rights activist and co-founder of the Palestinian Campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) along with the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI), Omar Barghouti discusses the formation of BDS, the profiteering and aiding and abetting of unethical multinational companies such as CRH (a.k.a, Cement Roadstone […]
Continue reading -
Jewish Daily Forward and Chicago Public Radio cover BDS
Thursday, February 25, 2010 Two pieces on BDS in the mainstream press this week caught our attention. Israeli academic and author Neve Gordon spoke to Chicago Public Radio about his support of BDS, making the argument that by opposing Israel’s policy of expansionism and occupation, BDS is in fact a movement to “save Israel from […]
Continue reading