Emigrating From Gaza to the Grave, With a Little Help From Israel
GAZA – The residents of Gaza are tossed about by a constant sequence of shocks, the kind that have lowered our threshold of sensitivity to almost anything, no matter how….
Category: Columns
Solidarity and Unity in Opposing Global Militarization: BNC Statement on Kashmir
The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), the largest coalition in Palestinian society, shares the shock and anger of Kashmiris and democratic forces in India and across the….
Guarantee full freedom of movement for international academics working at Palestinian academic institutions!
Dear colleagues, Please consider signing this petition regarding the discrimination against Palestinian universities, an initiative of Academia for Equality. The petition will be forwarded to the following: Israeli Interior Minister….
UN lets Israel’s child killers off the hook again
Human rights defenders are slamming UN Secretary-General António Guterres for leaving Israel off an official list of the world’s worst abusers of children’s rights. On Tuesday, the UN released the….
Why Americans Should Support BDS
Inspired by the civil rights and anti-apartheid movements, it calls for Palestinian liberation on terms of full equality with Israelis and categorically opposes all forms of racism, including anti-Semitism.
No Impunity for Ethnic Cleansing in Jerusalem – Boycott Israel Now
Israel committed its biggest crime of ethnic cleansing since 1967, destroying homes of hundreds of Palestinian families in Wadi Hummus, occupied East Jerusalem. Our most effective response is BDS.
Israel forcing international lecturers out of West Bank Palestinian universities
Birzeit University, Adalah, Al-Haq now fighting to end escalating discriminatory Israeli policy aimed at preventing international academics from staying in the West Bank and refusing to renew visas for those with teaching contracts.
Maybe, when it comes to anti-Semitism, no ‘different Germany’ exists?
It’s hard to determine exactly when the term “a different Germany” entered Israel’s public discourse – or who introduced it. Journalist David Witzthum, who recently published a book about Israel’s….
International law is not a mere empty promise to the oppressed
On 13 June 2019, Advocate General Gerald Hogan issued his Opinion in Case C-363/18, referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for a preliminary ruling on….
Talib Kweli’s removal from festival lineup is part of anti-Palestinian censorship trend
103 signatories including Peter Gabriel, Naomi Klein and Boots Riley condemn attempts in Germany to impose political conditions on artists who support Palestinian rights