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UW-Madison Union of Graduate Student Workers (TAA) Endorses BDS Movement
Members of the Teaching Assistants’ Association at the University of Wisconsin-Madison vote overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution to divest from the State of Israel and corporations that profit from the illegal occupation of Palestine.
Chomsky: Hillary Clinton Fears BDS Because It Counters Decades of US Support for Israeli Aggression
We speak with world-renowned political dissident Noam Chomsky about where the Democratic presidential candidates stand on the issue of Israel and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, or BDS. “Boycott….
Omar Barghouti on repression campaign against BDS movement on Nakba Day
The Palestinian-led movement for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel is facing significant repression internationally and from the Israeli state: from criminalization in France, attempts to pass anti-BDS laws in….
Israeli court hands prison sentence to Palestinian astrophysicist over Facebook posts
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — An Israeli court at the Ofer detention in the central occupied West Bank on Tuesday sentenced a well-known Palestinian astrophysicist to two months in prison over statements….
Letter to the European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation concerning the renewed detention of the astro-physicist Imad Barghouthi
On 4 Mai 2016, AURDIP, BACBI and BRICUP have written to the European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation drawing his attention to the renewed detention of Imad Barghouthi, Professor of Theoretical Space Plasma Physics at Al-Quds University in East Jerusalem, and calling upon him to request the suspension of the EU Association Agreement until Israel releases Professor Barghouthi. The letter is set out below.
Call closed on May 15, 2016
Israel Prize winner donates cash award to Israeli group that helps Palestinians
Hebrew University Prof. David Shulman will receive the prize on Thursday for his research into languages and culture in south India.
Tell Netanyahu – Free Imad Barghouthi!
Imad Barghouthi is Professor of Theoretical Space Plasma Physics at Al-Quds University, and has been unfairly arrested by Israeli police and sentenced to three months detention without charge.
Dr. Barghouthi is a renowned astrophysicist, who has worked for NASA and is widely published in international journals.
Join us in calling for his freedom and for the Palestinian right to education!