Samra Popular School threatened with demolition
The Israeli occupation forces have once again attacked the right of Palestinian children to education, by threatening to demolish Samra school. Military jeeps entered the small community of Samra in….
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Petition to the American Historical Association RE: Gaza, Islamic University’s Oral History Center
As members of the American Historical Association, we feel an urgent need to take a principled stand in response to the attack on Gaza, calling on like-minded colleagues to join….
Artists and Intellectuals Including Junot Díaz, Chuck D, and Boots Riley Call for Boycott and Divestment from Israel
Leading U.S. intellectuals, writers, and hip hop artists have recently added their voices in support of the Palestinian civil society call for an academic and cultural boycott of Israel in….
Keep Rani Burnat Rolling
Replace Rani Burnat’s wheelchairs and camera broken by Israeli soldiers in Bil’in Village, West Bank
The Oral History Association condemns Israeli violence against Palestinian researchers and their archival and oral history collections
The Oral History Association passed a resolution during its annual meeting in October 2014, condemning Israeli violence against Palestinian researchers and their archival and oral history collections.
How ‘Open Hillel’ created a new community by challenging the Jewish establishment
Two years ago, Harvard’s Hillel chapter clamped down on dissent. The Hillel-affiliated Progressive Jewish Alliance planned an event with the Palestine Solidarity Committee to bring two anti-occupation Jews to America’s….
Cambridge academics: we have a ‘responsibility’ to ‘speak out’ against Israel
More than 50 academics from the University of Cambridge have condemned the assault on Gaza, calling for an end to violence and the ‘discriminatory and dehumanising treatment of Palestinian citizens’…..
On the Proposal for the CUNY Graduate Center’s Doctoral Students’ Council to Boycott Israeli Academic Institutions
In April 2013, the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) became the first United States academic body to pass a resolution boycotting formal relations with Israeli universities. In December, the….
Warmongering Hebrew University tries to muzzle Palestinian students
Back in 1969, the civil rights activist Angela Davis complained of how third-level education was being hijacked. Research grants were being awarded by the US government to “force the scholar….
Palestinian students call for Barclays boycott over Elbit investment
The Palestinian Students’ Campaign for the Academic Boycott of Israel (PSCABI), a group of Palestinian students in Gaza dedicated to the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Campaign of Israel….