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AURDIP, BACBI and BRICUP request an international presence in the trial of the Palestinian astrophysicist Professor Imad Barghouthi
Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Carlos Moedas, Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation Dear Madam, Sir, We had occasion to write to….
Israel Admits Cutting West Bank Water Supply, but Blames Palestinian Authority
Israel says region’s intense heatwave combined with Palestinian Water Authority’s refusal to approve additional infrastructure had led to ‘old and limited pipes being unable to transfer all the water needed.’
Viet Thanh Nguyen, 2016 Pulitzer Prize winner, endorses academic and cultural boycott of Israel
Scholar and writer Viet Thanh Nguyen, 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner and associate professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California, has endorsed….
Israel Asks Culture Institutions to Declare if They Hold Performances in Settlements
Culture Minister Miri Regev begins implementing new criteria for funding cultural institutions.
The UN’s damning report on Israel and torture: The desperate case of Palestinian youth in the occupied territory
The report alleges torture, excessive use of force, coerced evidence, settler violence, house demolition and more
BDS: Discussing Difficult Issues in a Fast-Growing Movement
Introduction Israel’s attacks on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and other human rights defenders living under occupation, such as Al Haq staff, have dominated the headlines in recent….
Only BDS can force Israel to prove it’s a democracy for its Arab citizens too
When Michael Karayanni was appointed law school dean, Isaac Herzog hailed it as ‘break[ing] another glass ceiling for Israel’s Arabs’. But one academic’s success can’t erase Israel’s institutionalized racism directed at its Arab citizens.
Irish public figures’ statement in support of Israel boycott welcomed by human rights campaigners
In an open letter published in today’s Irish Times and Irish Independent, thirteen of Ireland’s best-known musicians, writers, artists and sports stars have called on the Irish government to join them in supporting the growing worldwide boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. The statement has been welcomed by Palestinian and Irish human rights campaigners.
Support the protest against the travel ban imposed on Omar Barghouti
We, the undersigned, support the protest against the travel ban imposed on Omar Barghouti We are Israeli citizens, active against Israel’s occupation and violations of international law. We would like….