Anti-Zionism is an opinion, not a crime
For the 400 signatories of this text, anti-Zionism is a legitimate opinion in opposition to Israel’s colonising logic. The fact that it may serve as an alibi for anti-semites does not justify it being banned.
Category: Columns
University of California must allow faculty to boycott Israel in academia
On Dec. 13, the 10 UC chancellors took the unusual step of signing a collective statement that opposed the “academic boycott of Israeli academic institutions and/or individual scholars” as being….
First Israel Suffocates Gazans, Then We Say We’re Worried About Their Fate
Total denial of responsibility for the dire situation of Gaza’s healthcare system proves Israeli politicians aren’t prepared to embrace a different policy than the one bound to bring about mass civilian casualties in war
Amnesty Int’l: Israel must end arbitrary travel ban on human rights defender Omar Barghouti
Israeli authorities must immediately end their arbitrary restrictions on prominent Palestinian human rights defender Omar Barghouti’s rights to freedom of movement and guarantee his right to residency, liberty, security of….
Motion of the Italian Middle East Studies Society on Ariel University
Motion adopted by the Italian Middle East Studies Society on February 1st, 2019.
The BBC should press for Eurovision to be moved from Israel
On 8 February, the BBC will screen You Decide, to ‘deliver the UK the artist it deserves to fly the flag out in Tel Aviv in May’. For any artist of conscience, this would be a dubious honour, say 50 figures from the creative industries.
Amnesty : Tourism companies driving settlement expansion, profiting from war crimes
Online booking giants Airbnb, Booking.com, Expedia and TripAdvisor are fuelling human rights violations against Palestinians by listing hundreds of rooms and activities in Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land, including….
Academic Institutions Must Defend Free Speech
Statement issued by the International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity: We, the undersigned, oppose the coordinated campaign to deny academics their free speech rights due to their defense of….
Time to Break the Silence on Palestine
Martin Luther King Jr. courageously spoke out about the Vietnam War. We must do the same when it comes to this grave injustice of our time.
Opposing the Israeli Defense Forces in Our Classrooms
Under the auspices of the Public Policy Program and the Committee on International Relations, Meir Elran, a retired Brigadier General in the Israeli Defense Forces, will teach a class this….