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Bisan Lecture – Ivar Ekeland – Climate change: transition, bifurcation or catastrophe?
The last Bisan Lecture webinar before the summer holidays will take place on Wednesday, May 10th at 7pm Palestine time (7 pm Israel, 6 pm CET, 5 pm UK, 12 noon US Eastern). We will have the pleasure to welcome Prof. Ivar Ekeland (University Paris-Dauphine) who will speak (in English with simultaneous Arabic translation for those who wish) Climate change: transition, bifurcation or catastrophe? You can register for the webinar by clicking here!
Prominent Palestinian Activist and Political Prisoner Khader Adnan Passes Away Due to Deliberate Medical Neglect at the Hands of the Israeli Occupation
Prominent Palestinian Activist and Political Prisoner Khader Adnan Passes Away Due to Deliberate Medical Neglect at the Hands of the Israeli Occupation
Ronen Shoval’s position as a lecturer at Princeton is deeply concerning
We write this to alert faculty, students, and the administration of the appointment of Ronen Shoval as Research Scholar and Lecturer in Politics, and to invite us to reflect on….
Israeli forces shoot, kill two Palestinian boys in the occupied West Bank
Jebril Mohammad Said Kamal, 17, left, and Mustafa Amer Ali Sabbah, 15, right, were both shot and killed by Israeli forces. (Photos: Courtesy of the Kamal and Sabbah families)
Israel Razed the Last Orchard in Silwan in Search of Siloam Pool. It Still Can’t Be Found
For over four months, the Israeli Antiquities Authority and the settler NGO Elad excavated in East Jerusalem in an effort to find the most ancient and significant pool in Jerusalem’s history. It is possible that the lack of findings will require to redraw maps of ancient Jerusalem
Israeli Policies in East Jerusalem Are Harming Palestinian Women
Independence Day celebrations took place this year in the shadow of the threat of the government’s planned judicial shakeup and deep concern for the future of human and civil rights in Israel.
Theater as politics: an interview with Einat Weizman
Jonathan Ofir interviews Israeli playwright Einat Weizman about her play ‘Prisoners of the Occupation’ and how theater can become a vehicle for political mobilization and change.
Columbia University to open learning center in Israel amid faculty backlash
Columbia University’s plans to open a learning center in Israel is being criticized by faculty members.
Trash Israel’s Regime-approved Civics Textbook
The right has put control over civics classes at the top of its agenda over the past decade. The religious and extreme nationalist right homed in on civics lessons as the main vehicle for changing the minds of generations of students and future voters. The subject, which is meant to serve as a foundation for democratic life, has been gutted and neutered in a gradual, methodical process intended mainly to satisfy the regime.