Israeli artist warned in Germany not to support BDS
A German venue is warning an Israeli-German artist that her upcoming concert in Munich will be canceled if she expresses support for the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement for….
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Walid Raad Denied Art Prize for Refusing to Denounce BDS Movement
The German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel has reported that Lebanese-American artist Walid Raad has been denied a prize he was set to receive because he refused to denounce the Boycott, Divestment,….
U.S. Orders Duke and U.N.C. to Recast Tone in Mideast Studies
WASHINGTON — The Education Department has ordered Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to remake the Middle East studies program run jointly by the two….
Another German Court rules in favor of supporters of BDS Movement
On Friday 13 September 2019, the Administrative Court of Cologne (Verwaltungsgericht Köln) instructed the City of Bonn to admit the German-Palestinian Women’s Association to the annual Bonn Culture and Encounter….
Kamila Shamsie stripped of German literary prize over support for BDS
British-Pakistani author tells MEE jury for Nelly Sachs Prize, awarded by city of Dortmund, has ‘bowed to pressure’, after decision to award her prize is reversed
Inculquer le racisme : la loi sur l’État-nation désormais officielle dans les programmes scolaires israéliens
À compter de cette rentrée, les élèves palestiniens en Israël seront obligés d’apprendre qu’ils valent « moins qu’un citoyen juif » et que « ce pays ne leur appartient pas »
Deported Palestinian Harvard student makes it into US in time for classes
Ismail Ajjawi’s deportation over his friends’ social media posts had sparked fierce backlash
Incoming Harvard Freshman Deported After Visa Revoked
While most Harvard freshmen settle into their dorms Tuesday, one new student, Ismail B. Ajjawi ’23, faces ongoing negotiations with immigration officers to allow him to enter the United States….
Israeli University Heads Say Won’t Intervene in Discrimination Against Palestinian Schools
Committee says refusal to grand visas to guest lecturers is not in its purview ■ Hundreds of academics ask top officials to match guidelines at West Bank institutions to those at Israeli ones
The U.S. Border Patrol and an Israeli Military Contractor Are Putting a Native American Reservation Under “Persistent Surveillance”
On the southwestern end of the Tohono O’odham Nation’s reservation, roughly 1 mile from a barbed-wire barricade marking Arizona’s border with the Mexican state of Sonora, Ofelia Rivas leads me….