At 70, Israel more than ever deserves a cultural and academic boycott
Israel’s deportation of a law professor and conviction of a Palestinian poet underscore wrong-headed objections to BDS
Author: aurdip
Gaza killings: Names and faces of those killed by Israeli forces this week
Eight-month-old Laila is youngest Palestinian killed in Gaza on Monday, the deadliest day since 2014 war
Moment of silence at Palestine Pavilion at Cannes Film Festival 2018 : Nakba 70
Following the killing of over 60 Palestinians and more than 2 700 injured in Gaza by the Israeli army, Annemarie Jacir, Palestinian filmmaker and jury member of Un Certain Regard,….
Gaza killings: The names of people shot dead by Israeli forces on Monday
14-year-old Ezz Eldin Alsamaak is the youngest Palestinian killed in Gaza on deadliest day since Israeli assault on enclave in 2014
South Africa withdraws its ambassador to Israel “with immediate effect”
The South African government today condemned in the strongest terms possible the latest act of violent aggression carried out by the Israeli armed forces along the Gaza border, which has….
Palestinians on US Embassy Opening in Jerusalem & 70 Years of the Ongoing Nakba
The Trump administration’s decision to open the US embassy in Jerusalem as Palestinians commemorate 70 painful years of displacement signals that it’s giving Israel freer reign than ever to try to push Palestinians out of their homeland. But a growing alliance of progressive communities around the world gives Palestinians hope that together they can, and will, end the ongoing assaults on Palestinian life, and create a better world for all.
Columbia Community Objects to Israeli Global Center
This petition protests the refusal of the state of Israel to permit entry to Professor Katherine Franke of Columbia University. Franke arrived to meet with Israeli and Palestinian colleagues. She was interrogated for 14 hours before being sent back to NY and told she was barred from entry. We adamantly oppose the creation of a Columbia Global Center in Israel, particularly, though not only, because many members of the Columbia community would be denied entry to Israel because of their speech, or their academic and political work. This denial is in violation of Columbia’s core values, and Columbia must similarly deny to support, through association, such actions.
Israel using culture to mask brutality, say film-makers, journalists and artists
Cinema, media and cultural institutions should refuse to provide platforms for national celebrations sponsored by Israel, say signatories including Helena Kennedy, Maxine Peake and Juliet Stevenson
Winner of Prestigious Israeli Award to Donate Prize Money to Human Rights Organizations
Feminist and scientist Evelyn Fox Keller, a former professor at MIT, will give her Dan David Prize money to anti-occupation organization B’Tselem, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel and Physicians for Human Rights
Detained and Then Deported: U.S. Human Rights Lawyers Barred from Entry into Israel
Two U.S. human rights lawyers were detained Sunday for 14 hours at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport before being deported back to the United States. Columbia University’s Katherine Franke….