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Musician Shlohmo Cancels Israel Performance Over ‘Human Rights Atrocities’
Electronic artist joins Lana Del Rey in bowing out of festival, citing desire to support the oppressed
EU Pledges to Continue Backing UNRWA After U.S. Cuts All Financial Aid
EU statement implies it may increase funding to the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency if deemed necessary ■ EU adds that ‘many others in the international community, including many Arab states’ have pledged support
Don’t let science legitimise Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories
Academics express their disquiet at a science conference being held in a settlement in the occupied West Bank
How Israel Spies on US Citizens
A never-shown Al Jazeera documentary on the pro-Israel lobby in the United States reveals possibly illegal Israeli spying on American citizens, and the lobby’s fear of a changing political mood.
Originally published by Alain Gresh in French under the title “Lobby israélien, le documentaire interdit” in Le Monde Diplomatique, September 2018.
Report: Trump to Demand Recognized Palestinian Refugees Be Capped at Tenth of Current Number
According to the Israel Television News Company, Trump administration will also announce freezing funding to UNRWA in the West Bank and asking Israel to limit its activities
More Than Half of the Invited Speakers Withdraw From Scientific Workshop at Israeli Settlement University
Six of the eleven invited speakers have confirmed their withdrawal from a physics workshop at Ariel University, which is built on occupied Palestinian land in an illegal Israeli settlement. Palestinian academics urge remaining speakers to withdraw from the workshop.
BDS: how a controversial non-violent movement has transformed the Israeli-Palestinian debate
Israel sees the international boycott campaign as an existential threat to the Jewish state. Palestinians regard it as their last resort.
Campaign forces Israel’s Zim to halt shipments to Tunisia
Palestinians hail “first victory of its kind in the Arab world.”
EASA2018: Motion against apartheid academia in the West Bank
The European Association of Social Anthropologists recently voted a motion opposing « the establishment and regularization of academic institutions intended exclusively to serve the population of an occupying power in occupied….