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Sign on: French intellectuals call for boycott of Israel, defy state repression
French intellectuals and academics have issued a call affirming their support for the boycott of Israeli products and institutions, following an October 22, 2015 ruling by France’s Court of Cassation, upholding the conviction of 12 Palestine solidarity activists for flyering and leafleting about boycotting Israeli products to support Palestinian rights. More recently, Manuel Valls, France’s […]
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Petition to oppose the agreement between the í‰cole Polytechnique and the Technion: No to the collaboration with the Technion, complicit in war crimes
AURDIP, France’s Association of Academics for the Respect of International Law in Palestine, along with French scholars and intellectuals, are demanding an end to the relationship between the í‰cole Polytechnique and the Technion, because of the Technion’s deep relationship with the Israeli state and military. Petition to oppose the agreement between the í‰cole Polytechnique and the […]
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Noted French theorist Jacques Rancií¨re cancels Israel lecture, heeding boycott call
The following article was written by Ali Abunimah for the Electronic Intifada: Noted French philosopher and political theorist Jacques Rancií¨re has canceled a visit to Israel after an appeal by PACBI, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. Rancií¨re, emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Paris VIII and Professor of Philosophy at […]
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French university cancels writer’s conference due to anti-Israel protest
Israeli author Esther Orner says she did not expect such a decision by the University of Provence Aix-Marseille. By The Associated Press and Haaretz Service A French university has canceled a conference of Mediterranean writers after participants protested the presence of an Israeli author. The author, Esther Orner, said Sunday she wasn’t expecting the decision […]
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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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France BDS Manifesto
The French will stage a protest outside the Ministry of Justice in response to the government”s threat to sue anyone who boycotts Israel. See the manifesto: BDS Manifesto This manifesto comes * after the condemnation of our friend Sakina in Bordeaux this month for having put a sticker “Boycott israel” on a bottle of orange […]
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FSU, the largest teachers union in France, has overwhelmingly voted to endorse BDS !!
La fédération syndicale unitaire (FSU) is the biggest union of the State civil service. It is a federation composed of national general unions, sectors or trades within the scope of education, youth and sports, research, culture and justice. Today, it is present in the three public sectors: state, territorial and hospital. It has 163,000 members. […]
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French academics join the call for boycott
Friends, Attached are French and English versions of a text signed by French academics who declare they wouldn’t collaborate with Israeli institutions participating in the occupation and demand the adoption of a policy of sanctions against Israel. Please send around, Thanks, Israel’s impunity must end Reports have made it clear that Israel’s actions in Gaza […]
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