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On the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Eliminating Racial Discrimination Against Palestinians Means Joining the Movement Against Israel’s Apartheid
[BADIL, Occupied Bethlehem] March 21 was selected as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination because it is the day in 1960 when police forces killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration against the apartheid “pass law” system in Sharpeville, South Africa. Today an equal if not more extensive pass law system dominates […]
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Ann Arbor call for BDS at People’s Food Coop
Public Commentary Henry Herskovitz: Herskovitz noted that the day marked the sixth anniversary of the death in Rafah of Rachel Corrie, an American citizen, who on March 16, 2003 was crushed by bulldozer (manufactured in the U.S.) driven by a soldier-driver with the Israeli military. Herskovitz described her death as a “murder.” He said that […]
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Who Said Nearly 50 Years Ago that Israel was an Apartheid State?
Mandela: ‘We South Africans cannot feel free until the Palestinians are free.’ By Ronnie Kasrils At the onset of international ‘Israel Apartheid Week’ in solidarity with the embattled Palestinian people, I want to start by quoting a South African who emphatically stated as far back as 1963 that “Israel is an apartheid state.” Those were […]
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Our South Africa Moment Has Arrived
‘This criminal impunity (was) the main motivation behind the Palestinian BDS campaign.’ By Omar Barghouti Introduction As Israel shifts steadily to the fanatic, racist right, as the latest parliamentary election results have shown, Palestinians under its control are increasingly being brutalized by its escalating colonial and apartheid policies, designed to push them out of their […]
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Ronnie Kasrils on Crossing the Line
This week on Crossing The Line: There has been a constant refrain that what is currently happening with Israeli policy towards Palestinians mirrors that of the White South African government towards Blacks. But what are the similarities and is this a fair comparison? South African activist and former member of the Mandela government Ronnie Kasrils […]
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Quebec College Federation joins the BDS campaign
Quebec College Federation | 14 March 2009 The Federation of teachers, Fédération autonome du collégial (FAC)–Quebec College Federation has joined the BDS campaign. English translation (original French follows): 14 March 2009 – the Federal Assembly of the Quebec College Federation (FAC – www.lafac.qc.ca) unanimously adopted (with some abstentions) the following resolutions: That the FAC expresses […]
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Israel Review Conference
“United Against Apartheid, Colonialism and Occupation Dignity & Justice for the Palestinian People” Geneva, 18-19 April 2009 United Against Racism, Dignity & Justice for All – is the slogan of the United Nations’ Durban Review Conference to be held in Geneva between 20 and 24 April 2009. United Against Apartheid, Colonialism and Occupation, Dignity & […]
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Israel’s War Crimes
Published on Thursday, March 12, 2009 by Le Monde Diplomatique (France) Israel blamed its earlier wars on the threat to its security, even that against Lebanon in 1982. However, its assault on Gaza was not justified and there are international calls for an investigation. But is there the political will to make Israel account for […]
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An Interview with Haider Eid
March 13 / 15, 2009 Massacre in Slow Motion By ERIC RUDER More than a month after Israel’s assault on Gaza ended, life for Gaza’s 1.5 million Palestinians continues to be a daily struggle. Israel maintains a suffocating siege that blocks the flow of basic staples, plunging the vast majority of residents into abject poverty. […]
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Gaza 2009: De-Osloizing the Palestinian Mind
March 13, 2009 By Dr. Haidar Eid One of the most important outcomes of the Gaza massacre (2009) has been the unprecedented tremendous outpouring of popular support for the Palestinian cause; something the signatories of the Oslo accords (1993) must have not been happy with. The return of the pre-Oslo slogans of liberation, as opposed […]
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