Category: Columns
2015 Black Solidarity Statement with Palestine
Over 1,000 Black activists, artists, scholars, students and organizations have signed the 2015 Black Solidarity Statement with Palestine, including: Angela Davis | Cornel West | Mumia Abu-Jamal | Talib Kweli | The Dream Defenders | Malcolm X Grassroots Movement | Organization for Black Struggle – St. Louis
The Doctor Who Dared to Come Out Against a Torturous Law
Doctors who would forcibly insert a tube into someone’s stomach should be boycotted and ostracized, in Israel and abroad.
It’s time to admit it. Israeli policy is what it is: Apartheid
I used to be one of those people who took issue with the label of apartheid as applied to Israel. Not anymore.
Artists Launch “Letter for Palestine” Campaign at Venice Biennale
On Sunday, artists participating in and attending the 2015 Venice Biennale launched a campaign titled “Artists’ Letter for Palestine.” More than 20 prominent artists, academics, and activists have signed the….
From Gaza to Oxford: persistence triumphs over tyranny
As I prepare to leave the UK to return to Gaza, my mind is a jumble of thoughts. When I originally filed my visa application so that I could study….
Israeli citizens against “Tel Aviv on the Seine”
We are Israeli citizens, active against our government’s policies of racism, occupation, and Apartheid. One year ago, nearly two thousand people were massacred by the Israeli army in Gaza, including….
Now more than ever, Solidarity
I am deeply honored to be invited to write the editorial for this edition of the AURDIP newsletter. I write a time of great tragedy, and of crisis, one which….
Israel vs the Violin
This past semester I was the violin and viola teacher at the Gaza branch of Palestine’s National Conservatory of Music—though I never met my students, because Israel blocked me from….
Jeremy Corbyn backs boycott of Israeli universities involved in arms research
Jeremy Corbyn, the surprise frontrunner in the leadership election for the UK Labour Party, says he would impose a two-way arms embargo on Israel if he were to become prime….