Israel’s travel ban: Knesset bars entry to foreigners who call for boycott of settlements
New law doesn’t include caveat urged by Justice Ministry: To exempt Palestinians who reside in Israel.
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The Student Council of the University of Torino approved with a clear majority a motion supporting the academic boycott of Israel
On the 1st of March 2017, the Student Council of the University of Torino approved with a clear majority (76%), a motion supporting the academic boycott of Israel, asking for….
Israel kills 26 Palestinian students, arrests 198 in 2016
Official Palestinian statistics indicated that Israeli occupation forces committed violations and attacks on 89,799 students and 5,528 teachers and employees during 2016. The Palestinian Ministry of Education said in a….
PEN America drops Israel sponsorship
PEN America is no longer accepting funding from the Israeli government, after five years of accepting such sponsorship for the literary group’s annual World Voices festival in New York, the….
Israeli Apartheid Week begins! Over 200 Cities!
This year’s Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) is about to launch in London on Tuesday, and will be held in over 200 cities around the globe over the next two months…..
Israel denies visas to staff from ‘hostile’ Human Rights Watch
Decision to ban new HRW director from working in Israel is an ‘ominous turn’ and puts country in same league as North Korea says NGO
Ken Loach backs controversial Israel conference
A conference on Israeli “exceptionalism” will go ahead in Ireland this spring, organizers insisted on Wednesday. Supporters of the event – organized by University College Cork academics – include Ken….
Video: Protests disrupt Vienna talk by Israeli genocide advocate Ayelet Shaked
Israeli justice minister Ayelet Shaked faced repeated disruptions during a speech at the University of Vienna on Wednesday. Protesters read back words she posted on Facebook in 2014 calling for….
University of Vienna urged to cancel talk by genocide advocate Ayelet Shaked
More than 350 activists and scholars from universities around the world, and a Jewish group in Germany, are calling on the University of Vienna’s law faculty to cancel a lecture….
Scientists Plan for a Second Palestine Advanced Physics School
Organizers look to donors to help fund the next “meeting of minds” in Jerusalem
Stephen Hawking : “I was pleased to send a greeting to the Palestinian Master students attending the first Palestinian Advanced Physics School last year. The school was greatly appreciated by both the students and the lecturers.
I support the rights of scientists everywhere to freedom of movement, publication and collaboration. In this spirit, I would like to bring up a fundraising project aimed at raising funds to make a second Palestinian Advanced Physics School possible. Please consider making a donation today to support science in Palestine.”