• The Academic Boycott of Israel – Patrick Bond and Muhammed Desai

    One of South Africa”s largest tertiary institutions, the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in Durban, is a site of multiple controversies, but a near-disaster on Monday deserves more reflection because it points us in a positive direction: away from allying with the Israeli state and its apartheid policies during a time of heightened racism. A representative of […]

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  • South African UKZN cancels Monday’s Israeli lecture

    By Daily News Reporter The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) has cancelled a lecture on Monday by Israeli”s deputy ambassador to South Africa, Yaakov Finkelstein. The decision was made by UKZN”s deputy vice-chancellor, Professor Joseph Ayee, on Sunday afternoon after coming under pressure from student organisations and academic staff to cancel Finkelstein”s lecture. “I have reconsidered […]

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  • South African-Palestinian music video celebrates common struggle against racial intolerance

    Published by Ali Abunimah at the Electronic Intifada: In a first ever musical collaboration between South Africa and Palestine, South African band, The Mavrix and Palestinian Oud player, Mohammed Omar, have released a music video called “The New Black.” The song is taken from The Mavrix”s upcoming album, Pura Vida, set for release in June. The […]

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  • South Africa: Israeli delegation’s airport arrival disrupted

    Report by BDS Working Group (SA) Johannesburg”s international airport was put on red alert after its National Key Point status was activated this morning due to the expected arrival of a delegation from Israel. Plans of the delegation”s local host, the South African Union of Jewish Students, to welcome their Israeli “Hasbara” delegation were thwarted, […]

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  • University of Johannesburg Upholds Academic Boycott of Israel

    09 July 2011 The UJ Petition Committee views with contempt attempts by the pro-Israeli lobby to mislead the public by implying that the University of Johannesburg has reinstated its old Memorandum of Understanding with Israel’s Ben-Gurion University (BGU). In fact, the decision to terminate UJ”s institutional agreement with BGU was reaffirmed in a recent follow-up […]

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  • “Damning” report on University of Johannesburg’s relations with Israel’s Ben-Gurion University

    Today, a fact-finding report commissioned on the University of Johannesburg”s relationship with Israel”s Ben-Gurion University (BGU) was released. The report, titled, “The UJ-BGU Report”, is attached to this media release and can be accessed at www.ujpetition.com. The UJ-BGU Report reveals “damning” evidence of BGU”s active collaboration with the Israeli military, its discriminatory practices, contributions to human […]

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  • University of Johannesburg: Cancel Relationship with Ben-Gurion University!

    International academics are invited to sign the petition from the University of Johannesburg, calling for an end to the university’s relationship with Ben-Gurion University(www.ujpetition.com). The UJ Petition was initiated late last year by South African academics, who have now asked for international support. USACBI has endorsed this petition, has has PACBI, COSATU (the Congress of South […]

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  • PRESS RELEASE – SA UNIVERSITY: Conditional termination with Israeli institution

    29 September 2010 This afternoon, after what was described as a “most tense” Senate meeting, UJ”s highest academic body voted to conditionally end its Apartheid-era relationship with Ben-Gurion University (BGU). A fact-finding investigation conducted by the University confirmed BGU”s links with the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) and complicity in the Israeli occupation. Against the backdrop […]

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  • More varsities check Israel links

    DAVID MACFARLANE | JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – Oct 01 2010 09:47 Major South African universities began looking into their own ties with Israeli universities within hours of the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) decision on Wednesday night to terminate its links with Ben-Gurion University unless it fulfils, within six months, two conditions UJ has specified. After […]

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  • PSA PRESS RELEASE: UJ Takes Historic Decision to Boycott Israeli Institution &UP holds debate on Academic Freedom

    ISSUED BY THE PALESTINE SOLIDARITY ALLIANCE-Today, Wednesday, 29 September 2010, the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) highest academic body voted to conditionally terminate its partnership agreement with Israel’s Ben-Gurion University (BGU). The decision, made at UJ’s Soweto campus, stands as a historic first step in refusing institutional affiliations between South African universities and Israeli institutions that […]

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