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Understanding the Boycott of Israel : An interview with Cynthia Franklin (USACBI)

Posted on | Cynthia Franklin | USACBI

An informative interview on ThinkTech Hawaii with Professor Cynthia Franklin, member of the USACBI Organizing Collective.

[AURDIP’s Note : The program manager of ThinkTech Hawaï get mad at this interview and inserted a violent diatribe before and after it (never seen before for this program).

Few hours after posting the video on Youtube, he censored it. Then, after protests over this exploded on facebook tagging thinktech and after they got a flurry of mail, it then went back up with a new title and address ]

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BDS Leader Omar Barghouti Dedicates His Gandhi Peace Award to Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike

Posted on | Amy Goodman & Juan Conzalez | Democracy Now | Omar Barghouti

As more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners have entered their ninth day on a massive hunger strike inside Israeli jails, we are joined by the Palestinian activist Omar Barghouti, who has come to the United States to receive the 2017 Gandhi Peace Award for his work as co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, or BDS, movement. At the award ceremony, Barghouti dedicated the prize to Palestinians on hunger strike. He was almost prevented from attending after Israeli police arrested him, seizing his passport and forbidding him from leaving the country. An Israeli court eventually temporarily lifted the travel ban.

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Israeli Government Is Petrified of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement

Posted on | Mark Karlin & Rebecca Vilkomerson | Truthout

How can we distinguish between the very real and harmful phenomenon of antisemitism, and false accusations of antisemitism used to defend Israeli state policies? Jewish Voice for Peace, a grassroots organization working for justice and equality in Palestine and Israel, has put together a collection of essays on this question, with a foreword by Judith Butler. Order your copy of On Antisemitism: Solidarity and the Struggle for Justice!