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How Palestine’s biggest film festival defies walls, roadblocks and a tiny budget
How do you create a national film festival in a physically divided country that is stifled by lack of financing? Screen visits Palestine Cinema Days.
Pitzer College Faculty Votes Support BDS for Palestinian Rights
Faculty at Pitzer College in California have overwhelmingly voted to pass two motions that support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights. As Israel’s attacks on Palestinian education escalate, professors and students are standing up for Palestinian rights.
‘Scholasticide: Israel’s attempt to destroy Palestine’s universities’
A version of this talk was given on 3 November at the Chester Stop the War Conference on ‘Palestine : Reframing the Debate’
The health of Palestinians
Published in the Lancet on November 14, 2018 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32934-9
Justin Trudeau Conflating BDS With Anti-Semitism Is Dangerous
On November 7, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a well overdue apology on behalf of all Canadians for the rejection of the MS St. Louis in 1939. Canada’s refusal to….
Israeli Academics and Artists Warn Against Equating anti-Zionism With anti-Semitism
Their open letter ahead of a conference in Vienna advises against giving Israel immunity for ‘grave and widespread violations of human rights and international law’
Airbnb to Remove Listings in Jewish West Bank Settlements
Settlers: ‘This can only be a result of anti-Semitism or surrendering to terrorism.’ Israel’s tourism minister instructed the ministry to restrict the company’s operations across the country