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….
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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.”
Israel passes contentious Palestinian land-grab bill in late night vote
Right praises vote as ‘historic day for the settlement movement’ | Bill allows Israel to declare private Palestinian land state property | Israeli opposition warns: bill will land Israel in The Hague.
Hundreds of Belgian artists and academics urge government to end participation in EU project cooperating with Israeli National Police
In Belgium, 482 professors and researchers, and more than 190 artists, have written an open letter calling on their authorities to withdraw from participating in a European Union funded research….
Israeli forces raid Palestinian-owned publishing house
Israeli forces raided a Palestinian publishing house in the West Bank district of Ramallah and seized equipment, the Palestinian News and Info Agency reports. The owner of al-Nour Publishing House,….
The Palestine Philharmonie — an orchestra is born in Bethlehem
In January the Palestine Philharmonie, a major Palestinian musical initiative, presented concerts in Jerusalem and Bethlehem, as well as a full day of diverse cultural activities. Efforts to reclaim Palestine’s….
Palestinian Child Denied Access to Hospital by Israeli Authorities Dies
The Israeli occupation authorities continue to deny Palestinians of Gaza access to adequate medical care in the West Bank and Israel, preventing or delaying the passage through Erez crossing, and….
UCC conference on Israel sparks row with Israeli embassy
Plans to hold similar conference at UK university were cancelled over ‘safety concerns’