How Antisemitic are You?
OK, the title is mostly to get you reading. This article is really about how to read the Chakrabarti Report into antisemitism in the Labour Party (and we will get….
Category: Columns
Standing in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Gaza
Ten years of siege, two years since the 2014 Israeli massacre – it’s high time for accountability and for a two-way military embargo on Israel!
“We have a right to engage in non-violent action”: Christian leaders refuse to be silenced in struggle for Palestinian rights
As is well-known by now, the unilateral decision of New York governor Andrew Cuomo to create a blacklist of businesses and organizations abiding by divestment and boycott campaigns related to….
Interview with Shir Hever
You went to Berlin to the Free University. Why? I actually live in Heidelberg, although I’m writing my PhD at the Free University of Berlin. I followed my partner who….
Free speech and justice: Defending the rights of the BDS movement
Jana Tamimi, a 10-year-old journalist-in-the-making from the village of Nabi Saleh in the occupied Palestinian territory, asked me during the latest conference of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement….
BDS: Discussing Difficult Issues in a Fast-Growing Movement
Introduction Israel’s attacks on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and other human rights defenders living under occupation, such as Al Haq staff, have dominated the headlines in recent….
Only BDS can force Israel to prove it’s a democracy for its Arab citizens too
When Michael Karayanni was appointed law school dean, Isaac Herzog hailed it as ‘break[ing] another glass ceiling for Israel’s Arabs’. But one academic’s success can’t erase Israel’s institutionalized racism directed at its Arab citizens.
Support the protest against the travel ban imposed on Omar Barghouti
We, the undersigned, support the protest against the travel ban imposed on Omar Barghouti We are Israeli citizens, active against Israel’s occupation and violations of international law. We would like….
Andrew Cuomo and Other Democrats Launch Severe Attack on Free Speech to Protect Israel
One of the greatest free speech threats in the West is the growing, multi-nation campaign literally to outlaw advocacy of boycotting Israel. People get arrested in Paris — the site….
Israel Boycott Has Staying Power
The American Anthropological Association resolution pledging to honor the academic boycott of Israel just lost a membership vote by 2,423 to 2,384. The closeness of the tally illustrates how acutely….