Don’t let science legitimise Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories
Academics express their disquiet at a science conference being held in a settlement in the occupied West Bank
Category: Columns
How Israel Spies on US Citizens
A never-shown Al Jazeera documentary on the pro-Israel lobby in the United States reveals possibly illegal Israeli spying on American citizens, and the lobby’s fear of a changing political mood.
Originally published by Alain Gresh in French under the title “Lobby israélien, le documentaire interdit” in Le Monde Diplomatique, September 2018.
More Than Half of the Invited Speakers Withdraw From Scientific Workshop at Israeli Settlement University
Six of the eleven invited speakers have confirmed their withdrawal from a physics workshop at Ariel University, which is built on occupied Palestinian land in an illegal Israeli settlement. Palestinian academics urge remaining speakers to withdraw from the workshop.
BDS: how a controversial non-violent movement has transformed the Israeli-Palestinian debate
Israel sees the international boycott campaign as an existential threat to the Jewish state. Palestinians regard it as their last resort.
We condemn the destruction of Gaza cultural centre in Israeli airstrike
Fourteen leading playwrights and theatre directors, including Mike Bartlett, Caryl Churchill, Vicky Featherstone and Rufus Norris, describe the great rage and deep pain of their Palestinian friends and colleagues
Palestinians Can’t Keep Living Like This
Israeli Jews won’t change that reality by ignoring it.
Censorship in Donaueschingen
For decades, the Donaueschingen Festival (Donaueschinger Musiktage) has stood not only for new sounds, but also for new ideas and discourses, including controversial ones. Whether dealing with world politics or….
Oppression Education: Israeli Academic Institutions Throw Their Lot With the Israeli Security Elite
Three recent events in Israel’s largest universities demonstrate academic and security institutions are actually increasing their cooperation.
This article was originally published in the July newsletter of the British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP)
Rein in illegal Israeli horse farms in West Bank? State signals nay
Supported by state healthcare providers, some settlers are using swaths of Palestinian land seized for security purposes to build dozens of stables
Daniel Barenboim : Today, I Am Ashamed to Be an Israeli
The founding fathers of the State of Israel considered the principle of equality and the pursuit of peace as the bedrock of the society they were building. What happened?