“Dialogue” isn’t enough to address the Israel-Palestine issue: A prominent academic organization endorses a boycott of Israeli institutions and support of BDS
The American Anthropological Association has taken up BDS as a human rights issue
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Amnesty international : Save the palestinian poet and artist Ashraf Fayadh
Why this is important
Edward Said’s Humanism versus the U.S. State Department’s Anti-Semitism
[Richard Falk’s Prefatory Note: This post consists of my written text for a public presentation on the theme of “Edward Said’s Humanism and the Rejection of the State Department’s Definition of Anti-Semitism” at a conference at Fresno State University, Nov. 6, 2015 bearing the title “Universities at the Crossroads: The Assault on Academic Freedom,” which was the last event of the “Edward Said Lecture Series” organized by Professor Vida Samiian of the Department of Linguistics at FSU. My talk as given departed considerably from this text.]
Dialogue vs. BDS? Responding to arguments against an academic boycott of Israel
On Tuesday, October 27, a full-page advertisement appeared in The Guardian, announcing the support of more than 300 UK-based scholars for an academic boycott of Israel. A week on, the….
Academics and Israel
Sir, – As scholars associated with Irish institutions of higher education, north and south, we are deeply disturbed by Israel’s ongoing illegal occupation of Palestinian land, the intolerable human rights….
Israel BDS — Why I Signed…Reluctantly
Anthropologists for the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions->https://anthroboycott.wordpress.com/] is pleased to present this thoughtful reflection on the boycott by James Ferguson. The American Anthropological Association will be voting on a pro-boycott resolution (Resolution #2) at its annual business meeting at 6:15 pm on Friday, November 20. His essay joins others on this blog, by scholars such as Partha Chatterjee, Talal Asad, Rosemary Sayigh, and [Bryan Boyd. We urge all anthropologists to look at the facts of the boycott and VOTE YES on #2 if attending the meeting.
Palestinian Women from Occupied East Jerusalem Call for Protection: Jerusalemite Women ’s Coalition
A Statement by the JERUSALEMITE WOMEN’S COALITION
According to the Court of Cassation, freedom of expression does not authorize the call to boycott Israeli products
[This article was rived by the author on November 7, 2015.]
Anti-Israel Activism Criminalized in the Land of Charlie Hebdo and “Free Speech”
The post-Charlie Hebdo “free speech” march in Paris was a fraud for multiple reasons, as I wrote at the time. It was led by dozens of world leaders, many of….