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Edward Said’s Humanism versus the U.S. State Department’s Anti-Semitism
[Richard Falk’s Prefatory Note: This post consists of my written text for a public presentation on the theme of “Edward Said’s Humanism and the Rejection of the State Department’s Definition of Anti-Semitism” at a conference at Fresno State University, Nov. 6, 2015 bearing the title “Universities at the Crossroads: The Assault on Academic Freedom,” which was the last event of the “Edward Said Lecture Series” organized by Professor Vida Samiian of the Department of Linguistics at FSU. My talk as given departed considerably from this text.]
Israeli forces injure dozens of university students in Tulkarem
TULKAREM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces shot and injured at least five students with live bullets on Monday at the northern occupied West Bank’s Palestine Technical University in the Tulkarem district,….
Dialogue vs. BDS? Responding to arguments against an academic boycott of Israel
On Tuesday, October 27, a full-page advertisement appeared in The Guardian, announcing the support of more than 300 UK-based scholars for an academic boycott of Israel. A week on, the….
Academics and Israel
Sir, – As scholars associated with Irish institutions of higher education, north and south, we are deeply disturbed by Israel’s ongoing illegal occupation of Palestinian land, the intolerable human rights….
CGT-INRA : Immediate cessation of repression against workers and Palestinian youth ! Reinstatement of the dismissed workers !
The CGT‐INRA supports the call of the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) and that of the Arab Workers Union in Israel for the reinstatement of the dismissed workers and to stop the terror of the Israeli Government against the Palestinian people.
The CGT‐INRA joins the BDS 2005 call of Palestinian civil society for a boycott of all Israeli economic, cultural and academic institutions.
Israel BDS — Why I Signed…Reluctantly
Anthropologists for the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions->https://anthroboycott.wordpress.com/] is pleased to present this thoughtful reflection on the boycott by James Ferguson. The American Anthropological Association will be voting on a pro-boycott resolution (Resolution #2) at its annual business meeting at 6:15 pm on Friday, November 20. His essay joins others on this blog, by scholars such as Partha Chatterjee, Talal Asad, Rosemary Sayigh, and [Bryan Boyd. We urge all anthropologists to look at the facts of the boycott and VOTE YES on #2 if attending the meeting.
European call to defend the right to education in Palestine: the European Union must act now to stop the Israeli aggression
On 22 October 2015, AURDIP and BRICUP have written to the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and to the European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation to alert them to the dramatic situation of Palestinian students confronted by the new Israeli aggression which targets in particular Palestine’s youth and its education system. The letter urges the suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement.
Call closed on November 16, 2015
Israeli forces assault, detain Palestinian assistant lecturer
RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israeli forces assaulted and detained an assistant lecturer from Birzeit University on Monday in the Old City of East Jerusalem, the university said Tuesday. “A large number….
Palestinian Women from Occupied East Jerusalem Call for Protection: Jerusalemite Women ’s Coalition
A Statement by the JERUSALEMITE WOMEN’S COALITION