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Statement of Boycott of Academic Workshop at Hebrew University
Fifty-five scholars and intellectuals, most of whom do work related to South Asia, and four important academic and cultural associations, are among many hundreds of academics from different fields who urge scholars to boycott any official event hosted by Israeli universities, institutions that are complicit with occupation and apartheid. In particular, the signatories of the letter, below, ask that scholars do not attend the workshop on South Asia in World War II to be held this summer at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Among the list of scholars and intellectuals are Aijaz Ahmad, Partha Chatterjee, Githa Hariharan, Jasbir Puar, Nivedita Menon, Tithi Bhattacharya, Junaid Rana, and Najaf Haider. Our pledge is not to cross the international picket line until “the occupation of Palestine and blockade of Gaza ends, racial inequality inflicted on Palestinians in Israel is terminated, and the Apartheid Wall is dismantled.”
In surprise move, France rejects Israeli drones
Campaigners in France are welcoming a decision by their country’s military not to buy the Watchkeeper drone, which is based on a model Israel has used in hundreds of lethal….
Progressive Jewish groups make New York Times parody issue to protest newspaper’s “biased Israel-Palestine coverage”
EXCLUSIVE: JVP’s satirical publication, handed out on the street and emailed, condemns the Times’ pro-Israel slant
Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh’s death sentence quashed by Saudi court
Panel of judges downgrades punishment for apostasy conviction to eight years in prison and 800 lashes
Call for proposals 2016-2018 – Al Maqdisi research program
The Al-Maqdisi programme aims at strengthening cooperation and scientific and academic exchanges between French and Palestinian researchers and research laboratories. The current call for proposals concerns projects that can include….
Palestinian youths get 15 years in prison for stone throwing they denied
Five Palestinian youths, known as the “Hares boys,” after their home village in the West Bank, have concluded a nearly three-year military trial by agreeing to a plea deal with….
CO’s Tair and Tanya go to prison for refusing to service in the IDF
On Sunday (Jan. 31), at 12:00 noon, Tair Kaminer returns to the IDF Induction Center to reaffirm to officers there her intention to refuse service in the IDF. This is….
Israeli forces storm al-Quds University, seize documents
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Hundreds of Israeli soldiers stormed Abu Dis’ al-Quds Open University early Friday and confiscated equipment and documents belonging to its student union, staff members told Ma’an. Hassan….
170 academics at Italian universities call for boycott of Israeli institutions
Launch of the Stop Technion campaign urges suspension of all academic collaboration with the Haifa-based technical institute Italian initiative part of a growing global trend of scholars taking a stand….