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Study: Tel Aviv University part and parcel of the Israeli occupation
Report, SOAS Palestine Society, 9 July 2009 As part of Tel Aviv’s centenary celebration, the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London hosted a Tel Aviv University Special Lecture Series from January to March 2009. Taking place in the midst of Israel’s war on Gaza — which had already mobilized SOAS students to […]
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Netanyahu’s Two-State Goal?
Saree Makdisi To judge by the next day’s headlines, Benjamin Netanyahu’s policy speech last month was a great success. “Israeli Premier Backs State for Palestinians,” declared the New York Times. “Israel Endorses Two-State Goal,” said the Washington Post. “Netanyahu Backs Palestinian State,” announced The Guardian. He did no such thing, of course, unless by “state” […]
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Militarization of Tel Aviv University
Urgent Briefing Paper (to download pdf file click here: palsocontau_jan_2009_draft3) Tel Aviv University – A Leading Israeli Military Research Centre Prepared By SOAS Palestine Society, February 2009 In the rough and tumble reality of the Middle East, Tel Aviv University is at the front line of the critical work to maintain Israel”s military and technological […]
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High Court accepts IDF criteria for Palestinian study in Israel
May 25, 2009 21:47 | Updated May 25, 2009 21:53 By DAN IZENBERG Despite strong objections from the Committee of University Heads, individual academics and the human rights organization Gisha, the High Court of Justice on Monday accepted the army’s non-security related criteria for granting Palestinian post-graduate students permits to enter Israel to study at […]
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The Carmel Academic Center in Haifa Closes Academic Track As Too Many Palestinian Students Registered
The Carmel Academic Center in Haifa shut down the concentration in accounting within its Department of Business Administration because a majority of the students applying were Palestinian citizens of Israel. This was revealed in a news item reported on Israeli news Channel 10 on 24 May (in Hebrew only). According to this report, just over […]
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Tel Aviv University – A Leading Israeli Military Research Centre
“In the rough and tumble reality of the Middle East, Tel Aviv University is at the front line of the critical work to maintain Israel”s military and technological edge. (Tel Aviv University Review, Winter 2008-9) Introduction Tel Aviv University (TAU) is Israel”s largest university. Like any large university, TAU hosts an extensive range of well-regarded […]
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US court allows apartheid claims
A United States judge has ruled that lawsuits can go ahead against several companies accused of helping South Africa’s apartheid-era government. IBM, Ford and General Motors are among those corporations now expected to face demands for damages from thousands of apartheid’s victims. They argue that the firms supplied equipment used by the South African security […]
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Arab Students Marginalized by Israeli Universities
by Jonathan Cook Obstacles to Israel’s Arab minority participating in higher education have resulted in a record number of Arab students taking up places at universities in neighboring Jordan, a new report reveals. Figures compiled by Dirasat, a Nazareth-based organization monitoring education issues, show 5,400 Arab students from Israel are at Jordanian universities — half […]
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A Harsh Reality for Palestinians
By AHMAD TIBI Published: April 6, 2009 JERUSALEM – The right-wing coalition of the new Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, does not bode well for Palestinians in Israel. With the appointment of Avigdor Lieberman as foreign minister, the extremists are going after the indigenous population and threatening us with loyalty tests and the possibility of […]
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Salim Vally: The campaign to isolate apartheid Israel — lessons from South Africa
By Salim Vally [Salim Vally, a leading member of the Palestine Solidarity Committee in South Africa and a veteran anti-apartheid activist, will be a featured guest at the World at a Crossroads conference, to be held in Sydney, Australia, on April 10-12, 2009, organised by the Democratic Socialist Perspective, Resistance and Green Left Weekly. Visit […]
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