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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….
Uri Avnery, Veteran Peace Activist and First Israeli to Meet Arafat, Dies at 94
The Gush Shalom founder was one of the first Israelis to actively seek a Palestinian state as a peaceful solution to the conflict: ‘The difference between a freedom fighter and a terrorist depends on your perspective’
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