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A Lone Voice in the Sports World Asks: “What About Palestine?”
One of the greatest squash players on earth wants us to reckon with the hypocrisy of supporting Ukraine while ignoring other injustices.
Statement on the Academic Restrictions Israel is imposing on International Academics Visiting Palestine
On March 8, 2021, Israeli media outlets reported plans by the Israeli Ministry of Defense aiming to establish conditions under which Israel controls which foreign lecturers are allowed to teach….
The Seventh Palestinian Conference on Modern Trends in Mathematics and Physics
Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine, July 30- August 1, 2022
Letter to the European Mathematical Society Executive Committee concerning Russia and Israel
A group of mathematicians welcome the decision of the European Mathematical Society (EMS) to freeze academic cooperation with state institutions and business enterprises in Russia, in the wake of Russia’s attack on Ukraine. They call on the EMS to apply the same universal principles it has so justifiably implemented with regard to Russia and to suspend academic cooperation with the Israeli corporate members until such time as their Palestinian colleagues will be able to enjoy the full academic and political rights to which they are entitled.
Call to Action Birzeit University Rejects Israeli Measures Against Academic Freedom
Birzeit University rejects Israel’s most recent attempt to constrict the fundamental right of Palestinians to education and to undermine the academic freedom and autonomy of Palestinian universities. Scheduled to take….
Nothing makes liberals abandon their values, or their courage, like mentioning Palestine
Like Gigi Hadid, my dad is a Palestinian refugee, and I’ve been harassed for suggesting Palestinians deserve human rights
A racist Israeli law just got even more racist
In a late-night vote on Thursday, the Knesset decided to make one of Israel’s most racist laws even more racist. After months of political wrangling, the parliament passed a new….
Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT): Arbitrary detention of human rights lawyer Salah Hamouri
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has received new information and requests your intervention in the following situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT).
New information:
The Observatory has been informed about the arrest and arbitrary detention of Mr. Salah Hammouri, a Franco-Palestinian human rights defender and lawyer in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
The US supports illegal annexations by Israel and Morocco. Why the hypocrisy?
America must be consistent. It cannot pick and choose when to follow international law