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Letter of Support to Students for Justice in Palestine at UC Berkeley
[Occupied Palestine – April 27th, 2010] We Palestinian Queers living in Occupied Palestine (48 territories, West Bank and Gaza Strip), Salute the students of UC Berkley for their courage and tremendous efforts in passing this historic resolution to divest from companies that are directly linked with Israeli war crimes against Palestinians (For more information about […]
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Palestinian Queers for BDS (PQBDS) salute Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA) for their courageous stance against Apartheid and condemn the City of Toronto for its blunt threat to freedom of speech!
[Occupied Palestine – April 23rd 2010] According to the Toronto Star (April 18, 2010) the city of Toronto may pull funding from next year”s Pride Parade (2011) if Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA) is allowed to march in the parade this year (2010). City bureaucrats have claimed that QuAIA”s rhetoric contradicts the city”s anti-discrimination policy. […]
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Ghosh: Do not undermine the Palestinian struggle for freedom!
PACBI | 25 April 2010 Occupied Ramallah, 25 April 2010 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) was extremely disappointed by the recent statement you issued in response to pleas from individuals and groups around the world urging you not to associate your name with Israel”s efforts to white-wash its […]
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BNC calls on Trade Unions to urgently intervene with their governments to stop Israel from joining the OECD
Occupied Palestine, 22 April 2010 – In a few days Trade Unions will commemorate the achievements of the labor movement. The origins of the International Worker”s Day date back to the 1886 Chicago protests where police killed several workers marching to demand their rights. Every week, Palestinian human rights defenders march in their villages protesting […]
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Open letter to Gare St Lazare Players Ireland: Cancel Tel Aviv University!
PACBI | 23 April 2010 Occupied Ramallah, 23 April 2010 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) urges through this letter the Irish touring theatre company Gare St Lazare Players Ireland to cancel their scheduled performance of Samuel Beckett”s “First Love” at Tel Aviv University on May 26, 2010. We […]
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Open Letter to Gil Scott-Heron: Don’t Play Apartheid Israel!
PACBI | 21 April 2010 Occupied Ramallah, 21 April 2010 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) is gravely disappointed by the announcement that well-known, progressive artist Gil Scott-Heron is due to perform in Israel on May 25. We call upon Mr. Scott-Heron, a member of United Artists Against Apartheid […]
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Call for Margaret Atwood to Join Cultural Boycott of Israel
The Palestinian Academic and Cultural Boycott Initiative (PACBI) has issued a statement encouraging Margaret Atwood not to accept the Dan David prize, which is based at Tel Aviv University (TAU). The PACBI statement is reproduced below. At the same time, the Palestinian Students Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel (PSCABI) issued an open letter […]
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UC Berkeley: Divest from war crimes!
BNC salutes University of California Berkeley Student Senate for Passing Israel Divestment Bill and encourages students to stand on the right side of history once again! Reaffirm Senate bill 118A! Occupied Palestine, 14 April 2010 – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) wishes to express its full and unreserved praise for the […]
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PSCABI and TUA – An open letter in support of the UK prisoners given extended sentences for opposing Israeli War Crimes
Besieged Gaza, Palestine 9 April 2010 We write to you as academics and student representatives of all academic institutions in the besieged Gaza Strip. We support and salute your willingness to suffer the consequences that come with demonstrating in a “free” Western country against the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed against us, the […]
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Israel knows apartheid has no future
Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, The Electronic Intifada, 8 April 2010 After decades of military rule over Palestinians and theft of our land, Israeli leaders are increasingly seeing the writing on the wall. They are at least acknowledging reality, if not yet grappling with the consequences. In 2007, Ehud Olmert, then prime minister, declared: “If the day […]
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