Richard Falk: ‘History is on the side of the Palestinians’
The former UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine talks about his career, his commitment to the Palestinian cause and his hopes for the future
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German Bank for Social Economy Closes Account of Jewish Peace Group
Our organization, the “Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East” (JS) was founded thirteen years ago as the German Section of the “European Jews for a Just….
Palestine: The End of the Bedouins?
One way to tell the story of the Middle East as a whole is to describe the endemic struggle between peripatetic nomads and settled peasant farmers—a struggle attested already in….
Groundbreaking statement by 200 European Legal Scholars Upholds the Right to BDS for Palestinian Rights
Palestinians welcome statement as “a major blow to Israel’s repressive legal war” on the BDS movement:
- Renowned legal scholars and lawyers from 15 European countries consider BDS as “a lawful exercise of freedom of expression”
- Palestinian BDS human rights defenders welcome the statement as a “defining moment” in asserting their right to boycott Israel to realize Palestinian rights
BDS impact round up for 2016
Israel’s war of repression has failed to stop the continued growth of the BDS movement for Palestinian rights
Prominent Liberal Intellectuals Speak Out For The First Time For A Selective Boycott Of Israel — But Is It Enough?
The New York Review of Books is not known as a venue for the venting of debates on Israel-Palestine, but that is exactly what has happened. Recently, two statements were….
BDS and the shattering of liberal Zionist taboos
“We welcome the statement’s shattering of the taboo against boycotting Israeli entities that are complicit in—at least selective—violations of Palestinian human rights”, wrote Angela Y. Davis, Chandler Davis, Richard A…..
Habima Theater and the need for a cultural boycott of Israel
The national theater’s upcoming performance in Kiryat Arba settlement proves that boycotts against Israeli activity in the West Bank alone will never destabilize the occupation.
California Scholars for Academic Freedom lay out recent history of assaults on universities regarding academic freedom, the right of free speech and dissent
California Scholars for Academic Freedom (CS4AF) a group of over 200 scholars at twenty California institutions of higher learning, urge a renewed and strong support by university administrators for academic freedom and the right to free speech and dissent in light of an alarming recent history of assaults on academic freedom.