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We condemn the destruction of Gaza cultural centre in Israeli airstrike
Fourteen leading playwrights and theatre directors, including Mike Bartlett, Caryl Churchill, Vicky Featherstone and Rufus Norris, describe the great rage and deep pain of their Palestinian friends and colleagues
Palestinians Can’t Keep Living Like This
Israeli Jews won’t change that reality by ignoring it.
Censorship in Donaueschingen
For decades, the Donaueschingen Festival (Donaueschinger Musiktage) has stood not only for new sounds, but also for new ideas and discourses, including controversial ones. Whether dealing with world politics or….
Oppression Education: Israeli Academic Institutions Throw Their Lot With the Israeli Security Elite
Three recent events in Israel’s largest universities demonstrate academic and security institutions are actually increasing their cooperation.
This article was originally published in the July newsletter of the British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP)
Home Office stopped author from speaking at UK festival, says publisher
Visa refusals mean Palestinian Nayrouz Qarmout unlikely to get to Edinburgh book festival
Israel destroys Gaza cultural center
Israel bombed and destroyed a building housing a cultural center in Gaza City before reportedly agreeing to a ceasefire with Hamas late Thursday. The obliteration of the building in the….
Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour sentenced to 5 months in Israeli jail: Take action for freedom
Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour was sentenced to five months in Israeli prison on 31 July 2018, the culmination of a nearly three-year saga of imprisonment and house arrest following the….
Israeli University Heads Challenge Decision to Open Med School in West Bank Settlement
University heads claim the move to open the school at the Ariel University was a ‘diktat by politicians’ that will pave the way for governmental interference in the educational system
Palestinian Teen Ahed Tamimi, Jailed for Assaulting Israeli Soldier, Released
Tamimi, 17, spent eight months in prison. ‘Resistance will continue until occupation ends,’ she says on release ■ PA President Abbas calls Tamimi ‘role model for Palestinian struggle for liberty’