Arab Artists Back Out of Regional Show in Israeli Arab City
Artists, hailing from France and Lebanon, say they weren’t notified that their works would be exhibited; Curator in response: Collective withdrawal due to BDS influence
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Artists, hailing from France and Lebanon, say they weren’t notified that their works would be exhibited; Curator in response: Collective withdrawal due to BDS influence
If Israel keeps controlling Palestinians, ‘inevitable’ result will be ‘either non-Jewish or non-democratic’ state, former Israeli PM tells Conflict Zone’s Tim Sebastian in Deutsche Welle TV interview
Almost as if Naftali Bennett ‘wants the backlash and damage,’ says Randi Weingarten, president of America’s largest teachers’ union
The code would forbid academic staff from calling for boycotts of Israel, and would prevent institutions from collaborating with political organizations
The occupation has its own language: An Arab is a ‘terrorist,’ detention without trial is ‘administrative,’ the occupying power is forever the victim and writing about its crimes is treason
A democracy doesn’t deny millions their civil rights, plunder their land and resources and deprive them of independence and of a say in their future
Israel has arrested hundreds of Palestinians since the lone-wolf intifada began in September 2015, partly by analyzing social media posts. Authorities say these arrests are legitimate, but others see it as a grave violation of human rights
Ministry scraps outing to Jerusalem-Tel Aviv fast train line after EU representatives decline invitations. Official: Segment over Green Line is underground, only a few hundred meters in length
A right-wing student group demanded that the conference be canceled, but the university’s spokeswoman said it was scrapped for logistical reasons
– New nation-state bill holds that ‘the right to realize self-determination in the State of Israel is unique to the Jewish people’
– Softened bill doesn’t subordinate democracy to the state’s Jewish character