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Students fight university sanctions after protesting Israeli soldiers
Students are fighting back against a series of sanctions imposed on them by the University of California, Irvine (UCI) as punishment for chanting and clapping during a campus event with….
Palestinian Academics Urge European Universities and Scholars to Withdraw from LAW TRAIN
European professors and academic institutions urged to end cooperation with the EU-funded project over involvement of Israeli institutions known for illegal detention practices, routine torture, and violence against Palestinians.
Jewish Voice for Peace Urges Young Jews to Boycott Birthright Israel
Since 1999, the Birthright Israel program has sent over 500,000 Jewish young adults on a free ten-day trip to Israel, in the name of strengthening Jewish identity and connection to the Jewish state. But while all Jews worldwide are handed this free trip, and, furthermore, automatic citizenship if they choose to immigrate to Israel, Palestinians are barred from returning to the homes and villages where their ancestors lived for centuries.
How have some Arab high schools become Israel’s top performers?
New research shows that Arab schools have made significant progress to close gaps with their Jewish counterparts. But some experts say that’s despite Israeli policies – not because of them
Banned Play on Palestinian Prisoners, Occupation Throws Israeli Theater Festival Into Turmoil
Artistic director quits popular Acre Fringe Theater Festival after public steering committee disqualifies ‘Prisoners of Occupation’
Understanding the Boycott of Israel : An interview with Cynthia Franklin (USACBI)
An informative interview on ThinkTech Hawaii with Professor Cynthia Franklin, member of the USACBI Organizing Collective.
[AURDIP’s Note : The program manager of ThinkTech Hawaï get mad at this interview and inserted a violent diatribe before and after it (never seen before for this program).
Few hours after posting the video on Youtube, he censored it. Then, after protests over this exploded on facebook tagging thinktech and after they got a flurry of mail, it then went back up with a new title and address ]
Scientists urged to boycott Israel biochemistry conference
Palestinian, Israeli and international academics are urging colleagues to boycott the 2017 congress of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies in Jerusalem next month. “Some attendees will be unaware of….
On boycotts, Palestine, and resistance: a review of ‘Assuming Boycott’
Assuming Boycott: Resistance, Agency, and Cultural Production
Edited by Kareem Estefan, Carin Kuoni, and Laura Raicovich
272 pp. OR Books, 2017. $18.
Israel revokes citizenship of hundreds of Negev Bedouin, leaving them stateless
Some were citizens for 40 years, served in the army and paid their taxes, but had their status canceled with a single keystroke and no further explanation