-
FAQ on Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions
IMEU, Aug 10, 2010 What is BDS? What are the goals of BDS? Who is calling for BDS? What are some examples of how BDS was used during Apartheid in South Africa? What is the call for academic and cultural boycott of Israel? Who are some of the people endorsing the Palestinian-led BDS campaign? Who […]
Continue reading -
Palestine’s students call on PLO envoy to boycott South African Zionists
Open Letter, Various undersigned, 11 August 2010 The following open letter was sent to Ambassador Ali Ahmed Halimeh, PLO Mission, South Africa on 10 August 2010: We address you from occupied Palestine urging you to cancel your participation in an event hosted by the South African Union of Jewish Students (SAUJS) entitled “Towards Peace in […]
Continue reading -
Gaza flotilla video mashup: Internet Killed Israeli PR
Parody of Video Killed the Radio Star (the Buggles) by Minor Demographic Threat. Useful links: bdsmovement.net and palestinefreedom.org for BDS & Palestine activism resources & news, artistsagainstapartheid.org to learn more about creative resistance to Israeli Apartheid. Please share extensively! Lyrics: You had them on your wireless saying, ‘Death to Jews’ You sliced & diced & […]
Continue reading -
New guide puts Palestine history, debates in activists’ hands
Report, The Electronic Intifada, 9 August 2010 “For 62 years, the Palestinian people have been misunderstood and oppressed, and in a small way, we hope to change that. It is in the spirit of justice that we found the inspiration to compile The Veritas Handbook,” states the website promoting a brand-new 347-page electronic book chock-full […]
Continue reading -
Words without Borders “dialogue” violates Palestinian boycott call
Haidar Eid, The Electronic Intifada, 9 August 2010 An initiative recently launched by the prestigious online literature magazine Words without Borders entitled “Cross-Cultural-Dialogues in the Middle East,” rings alarm bells in light of the Palestinian civil society call for boycott divestment and sanctions (BDS) on Israel. The initiators of this series of articles are Azareen […]
Continue reading -
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): Boycott of Israeli Goods
?Thanks to Phan Nguyen, the original author, and Works In Progress, the original publisher. 1. Boycott is a tactic, not a principle. This concept was most eloquently detailed by Nelson Mandela. A boycott is initiated to create change. It is not a tool of rejection, retribution, punishment, or disgust. When workers go on strike, it […]
Continue reading -
To Know Is Not Enough
http://toknowisnotenough.info [vodpod id=ExternalVideo.962482&w=425&h=350&fv=] To Know Is Not Enough, posted with vodpod a short documentary about the Hampshire College campaign for divestment from the occupation of Palestine. Hampshire is often credited with being the first US college to divest for the occupation, and this video attempts to understand the group and the campaign that made it […]
Continue reading -
Interview: “Israel has turned Gaza into the largest concentration camp in history”
Sunday, 25 July 2010 Interview with Haidar Eid Founding member of the PCACBI (Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel). ____________________________ The world was appalled by the Israeli massacre at the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009. But then Gaza disappeared from Western news media. What is the situation today […]
Continue reading -
Al-Quds University flouts own academic boycott
Jillian Kestler-D’Amours, The Electronic Intifada, 6 August 2010 Al-Quds University is maintaining a joint Israeli-Palestinian master’s degree program with Haifa, Hebrew and Tel Aviv universities, despite a decision taken by its own University Council in February 2009 to distance itself from Israeli academic institutions. “[The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, […]
Continue reading