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In Israeli Left-wing Activist’s Arrest, Court Dances to the Tune of Settler Incitement
The left-wing activist Jonathan Pollak was arrested Monday. Undercover officers came to his workplace, informed him that he was under arrest, handcuffed him and put him in a police car…..
Academia for Equality’s letter to the President of the German Rectors’ Conference
We [the Board of Academia for Equality] wrote to the President of the German Rectors’ Conference as well as to the Members of the Executive Board and the General Assembly expressing our deep concern regarding their decision to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism.
In light of the increase in anti-Semitism as well as other forms of racism in Germany and beyond, we welcome and support all academic professionals and institutions initiatives to combat racism and bigotry. However, we maintain that the adoption of the IHRA definition neither serves the cause of combating anti-Semitism, nor does it protect its victims. We urge the German academic community to fight anti-Semitism while respecting legitimate support for Palestinian rights, without infringing the basic rights of free speech, expression and political association, while zealously protecting democratic spaces.
See the full letter below
Palestinian journalist tortured in Israeli prison
PALESTINIAN journalism student Mays Abu Ghosh has been tortured in an Israeli jail, her family alleged today as human rights groups warn of systemic abuse of prisoners by authorities. Her….
Israel jails Palestinian intellectual Ahmed Qatamesh without charge or trial
Palestinian leftist intellectual Ahmed Qatamesh was ordered jailed without charge or trial under administrative detention by Israeli occupation forces on 1 January 2020, only days after the 68-year-old writer and….
Addameer Collects Hard Evidence on Torture and Ill-Treatment Committed against Palestinian Detainees at Israeli Interrogation Centers
Since its creation, the occupying state developed and enforced laws and practices that led to both the systematic use of torture and to absolute impunity for the perpetrator of this….
Netanyahu urges Trudeau to condemn possible ICC probe into alleged Israeli war crimes
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made a personal appeal to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to condemn the International Criminal Court for taking a major step toward investigating Israel for….
Trump’s Executive Order Abuses Federal Funding to Bully Universities Into Suppressing Freedom of Speech in Support of Palestinian Rights
Trump’s announced executive order (EO) would continue his dangerous attacks on hard-fought democratic rights. Abusing federal funding to bully universities into suppressing academic freedom and freedom of speech in support….
Students accuse Columbia University of ‘importing racism’ from Israel
Activists angered by Tel Aviv University and Columbia University forming a dual degree – the first partnership of its kind between Israel and the US
Human rights organisations welcome Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on racial segregation and apartheid on both sides of the Green Line
Joint Statement Al-Haq – Law in the Service of Man BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights The Palestinian Center for Human Rights Al Mezan Centre for Human….