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PSAF greets Berkeley students’ divestment struggle
The Progressive Student Action Front in Gaza Palestine, issued the following statement to the students of the University of California – Berkeley in the United States, where their university’s student government was considering a bill on April 28, 2010 to call upon the university to divest its holdings in two arms manufacturers that sell weapons […]
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Petition against Israel’s accession to OECD in Italian
Si prega la massima diffusione! Firma la petizione contro l”ingresso di Israele all”OCSE http://bit.ly/be4ksi Mancano ormai pochi giorni all”11 maggio, data in cui si prevede la decisione dell”OCSE sull”adesione di Israele come stato membro. A meno che non ci sia una forte mobilitazione per fargli cambiare idea! Per bloccare l”ingresso di un nuovo stato membro […]
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An Open Letter to Amitav Ghosh
1-May-2010 Fifty intellectuals write to Amitav Ghosh asking him to to reconsider accepting the Dan David prize (to be awarded on 9th May by Israeli president Shimon Peres) and to respond to their appeal to support the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions. Dear Amitav Ghosh, Many of us who count ourselves among your […]
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US professor says that Gaza and the West Bank will be incorporated into a ‘Greater Israel,’ which will be an Apartheid state similar to white-ruled South Africa
The Future of Palestine By John J. Mearsheimer The following is an excerpt from the The Hisham Sharabi Memorial Lecture delivered by Professor John Mearsheimer at the Palestine Center in Washington D.C. on April 29, 2010. The Future of Palestine: Righteous Jews vs. the New Afrikaners …There is going to be a Greater Israel between […]
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A surgical strike on Israel’s wallet could end the occupation
By Matthew A. Taylor What on earth will it take to persuade Israel to leave the occupied territories? Sometimes it seems as if nothing will work. For eight years now, the Arab Peace Initiative, which early Zionist leaders would have seen as a dream-come-true, has been collecting dust. Its terms include two states based on […]
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Divestment Coalition Receives Negative Response from GU
By Elizabeth Rowe | Apr 30 2010 The administration dealt a blow to Georgetown, Divest!, a coalition of students on campus that wants the university to divest from companies that may profit from human rights abuses in Israel and Palestine, on Tuesday. Assistant Vice President for Business Policy and Planning LaMarr Billups wrote a letter […]
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Israeli Citizens Say: Do Not Approve Israel’s OECD Membership Until It Abides by International Law
In May 2010 the OECD ministerial committee will vote on the admission of Israel as a member of the organization. As Israeli citizens, we are concerned by the policies of the Israeli governments, policies which violate international law, violate the basic human rights of Palestinians under occupation and serve to instigate instability, violence and suffering […]
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UC Berkeley Senate Discuss Divestment From War Crimes
After the UC Berkeley Senate voted 16-4 to divest from companies complicit in war crimes committed by Israel during operation Cast Lead (General Electric and United Technologies) the bill was vetoed by President Will Smelko. After two nights of lengthy debate and incredible external pressure the veto was upheld, but the attention the bill attracted […]
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UC Berkeley Students Argue in Favor of Divesment from War Crimes 2
After the UC Berkeley Senate voted 16-4 to divest from companies complicit in war crimes committed by Israel during operation Cast Lead (General Electric and United Technologies) the bill was vetoed by President Will Smelko. After two nights of lengthy debate and incredible external pressure the veto was upheld, but the attention the bill attracted […]
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