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Palestinian Universities under Occupation
This Report was prepared by a delegation of 8 academics from 5 European countries representing the European Platform for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (EPACBI) who visited seven Palestinian universities and academies in April 2015. The delegation is grateful to the many faculty members and administrators of those institutions who made the visit possible.
Archaeology and the BDS/boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions: some personal fragmentary reflections
Anthropologists for the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions is pleased to present the latest in a series of essays reflecting on the decision to support the boycott until Israeli higher education ends its complicity in the violation of Palestinian rights (including academic rights).
This piece by Israel-Palestine archaeologist Brian Boyd->http://anthropology.columbia.edu/people/profile/361] joins earlier statements on Savage Minds by [Talal Asad, Mick Taussig, J. Lorand Matory, and Rosemary Sayigh.
Tel Aviv University academics debate BDS for the first time
On June 8th, 2015 Tel Aviv University academics held a first ever discussion on BDS. The following is an address given by Dr. Hilla Dayan at the conference: I would….
Israel once again commits an act of state piracy in the Mediterranean
At 02:06AM today (Gaza time) the “Marianne” contacted Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) and informed us that three boats of the Israeli navy had surrounded her in international waters, while sailing….
US Congress members demand end to Israel’s “cruel” abuses of Palestinian children
In rare defiance of the stifling pro-Israel consensus in the US capital, members of Congress are calling on the Obama administration to push Israel to end its systematic abuses of….
UK Actors, directors and writers demand immediate sanctions on Israel
Actors, authors, academics and architects have today called on the UK government to push for immediate sanctions on Israel until it abides by international law and ends its occupation of….
More than a hundred MEPs call for end to Gaza blockade
More than a hundred MEPs from all European political groups have signed an open letter to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini….
Interview: The man behind the BDS movement
As the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement grows, its co-founder, Omar Barghouti, has become a target for Israeli demonization. +972’s Rami Younis sits down with Barghouti for a rare discussion about BDS’s goals, its recent successes, and increasingly frequent accusations that the boycott movement constitutes anti-Semitism.
Salaita firing lands Univ. of Illinois on AAUP censure list
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has formally censured the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) over its firing last summer of Steven Salaita for criticizing Israel on Twitter…..